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Warbirdsim Mustangs For FSX!

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SpaceWeevil said:
where IS that paintkit?!
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who needs a paintkit anyway?

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so, I have been flying around for a while, what do I think? A few observations:

Well, it is a very nice, good looking model that seems to fly right, and sounds nice too. It is clear that a lot of TLC has gone in to it, well done John! I will enjoy flying it!

However, with a price like this, you expect the best...

...which it isn't.
Strangely enough, my biggest disappointment was with the textures. They used 1024x1024 textures, and as a result,
none of the stencilling on the outside of the aircraft is readable, look at the stencils on the wings for example:

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using 2048 textures would have solved this and resulted in a better look. Maybe later in an upgrade?

The bare metal exterior also suffers from what I call the 'orange peel' look, I believe this is due to baked reflections in the model?
The Hellcat has the same. It looks great from some angles (see the shots above), but not so great from other angles (see below).
I think I prefer spec files for reflective textures, which this pony does not use. The camouflaged ones look better.

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Talking of an upgrade, I'm sure 'emergency' is the correct spelling, not 'emergancy':

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Other things I'm missing is sounds with the switches in the cockpit, and an engine that need looking after, like on the Catalina, B377 and Razorback.
Funny, I never thought I'd say that after blowing up my engines on the Cat and Jug at least 20 times, but I do, I miss it here.
It makes it feel a bit...boring...being in the cockpit. Lots of dials that you can ignore...
They do look a bit flat too, not the 'oh wow' of the CH FW190.

Not being able to see the exterior in the selection menu is annoying too, but apparently necessary for security reasons.

So in all, a very nice model, and I'm very happy having a Mustang razorback, but is far from being the top product the price suggests.
There are other warbirds out there which offer far more for less money.
Well, I think so anyway.

Now it is back to China in old '187'
 
I did some additional tinkering on Lucifer and Little Jeep:

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I hope you like them, OK to post Albert?

I'll wait for a paintkit before doing more paints.
 
jankees said:
paintkit?:bump:
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On the FS9 thread you say that the textures are the same except for the .dds format so we can use the FS9 paintkit, right?? Currently not got the funds for this and I prefer the -D model anyway. The free A2A FSX upgrade with 2048 x 2048 .dds textures will keep me happy forever!

DaveQ
 
Thanks to Jankees great work I decided to "invest" in the product but have to say i agree with everyone who moaned about the system.

I have never had to work so hard to spend £50 - in fact gave up serveral times. Now they have my money and after 24 hours am still not able to fly the bleeping thing.

Perhaps i will be more excited about buying something from them in the future once i get strapped in.
 
I have ordered the boxed version of Warbirdsims P51 Mustang and i live in th united kingdom, does anyone know how long warbirdsim take to post the p51 too you?
dont worry i'm not about to slag warbirdsim off as i think they have done a terrific job just having trouble in trcking my order and have sent countless e-mails to them with no reply
 
I'm sorry I pushed you over the edge, Gajit. Sad to hear that you still can't use it after spending all that money.
Aftersales are not the strongest point of WBS I'm sorry to say.
Sad really, I really wanted to be happy with the model, and do lots of repaints, but both the company, the price, the service, the paintkit and the model are disappointing.

I've also had a look at the paintkit, which is just a blank texture, not really a paintkit, and decided to put it on the backburner for now...so do not expect too many repaints from me either.
What's so strange, is that John's paintkit for the A2A Mustang is much better than this one, and readily available. That Mustang is about the same, quality wise, and costs just a fraction too.
 
Warbirdsim p51

Hi there i also "took the plunge" which seems the popular phrase to use about this model, but am still waiting to know whether warbirdsim have posted my boxed version of this aircraft, i purchased the boxed version because i am one of those old fashoned gamers who likes the tangible version of a computer manual and have it open and read it while i fly.
But the lack of communication from warbirdsim means they may know alot about building and designing FSX addons, but have alot to learn about customer service.
 
Ive not had any confirmation for 4 days re my download activation - they dont seem to have taken my money so i might be lucky
 
I upgraded my computer ( motherboard, cpu, RAM ) so i reinstalled the whole thing, mailed WBS for an activation, got replied that i needed a good reason to get the plane activated again, told them i upgraded the computer... Received the activation code with the mail header: "second and last activation"!
How cool is that?:pop4:
 
Warbirdsim p51

Thiats just it they have taken my money and said that they were waiting for more printed materials and would post early this week, wince then i have heard nothing from them and that was on the 9th september 2009
gajit said:
Ive not had any confirmation for 4 days re my download activation - they dont seem to have taken my money so i might be lucky
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Josquin said:
I upgraded my computer ( motherboard, cpu, RAM ) so i reinstalled the whole thing, mailed WBS for an activation, got replied that i needed a good reason to get the plane activated again, told them i upgraded the computer... Received the activation code with the mail header: "second and last activation"!
How cool is that?:pop4:
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that is disgraceful. Your lucky you even have had a reply from them. I've sent 3 requests for help as I have had no activation code sent to me but no one cares.
 
empeck said:
You guys are joking right?

One of the most expensive FSX addons, and LIMITED amount of activations?
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That's my question as well. Had I been told that my second activation was my LAST one, I'd be asking for an explanation. Is this true? Only two activations? After you've paid, what, 75.00 for it? What could possibly be the reason for such a policy? It makes no sense.
 
You I just get :mad::angryfir::censored::violent: when I hear stuff like this. And from what I hear from you guys I will NEVER support Warbirdsim!

Warbirdsim has just been added to my Cappy Company List.

Sorry for my outburst. And I haven't even bought from them. Thanks for the HU. Shame on them.

Ben
 
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