Went to file a few screenies, and got distracted looking at some old shots. Thought I'd post some of them here as a reminder of some old faces that haven't reappeared (yet?) for MSFS. When MSFS first came out I did convert a few older aircraft but not all were successful and most of the ones that were initially ended up u/s after a few MSFS updates.

Not a big deal, got way more than I can reasonably use in the hangar now anyway, but there's always room for more!

I'll start with one of my real all-time favourite aircraft. Had a couple of trips to the SAS museum at Omaha to see this beaut, and still got a couple of plastic model kits I bought there sitting around waiting to be built. That'll probably never happen now - not sure I've got the fine point dexterity to do such things any more.

and this beast is also rather fine

"come on if you think you're hard enough!"

None of these warplanes are here because of their militaristic uses, I just like them aesthetically

I actually like pretty much all of the the "century" jets, and had most of them for FSX/P3D

And this always was a schoolboy favourite kind of thing

especially painted like this!

OK, so I do actually have one of these for MSFS but this one is better looking!

Another major fave

Not exactly pretty but remind me of my yoof and Southend Airport

experimental is good

Sea Dart - a jet with skis!

Now that looks like fun

The BUFF, well named!

And lastly, this was an occasional delight!

Got plenty more somewhere, might post some if I find them again. He-111 springs to mind, I know I've got some nice shots of that somewhere.

Wow, thats a lot, the one in the second shot would be mine..😊

cheers 😉

Great post, Andy. The Hustler has an especially soft spot in my heart, as it was the second Revell model, after the B-727, that I built as a kid. I managed to convert the Glowing Heat FSX payware plane to MSFS, but it didn’t fly too well, so I gave up on it.  

 

On 5/8/2024 at 8:31 PM, pmplayer said:

the one in the second shot would be mine..😊

Cheers pmplayer, and yep, that would make a fine private leisure plane. Conspicuously leaving a set of XB-70 ignition keys on the bar would probably get you a lot of free drinks!

5 minutes ago, bernd1151 said:

the second Revell model, after the B-727, that I built as a kid. I managed to convert the Glowing Heat FSX payware plane to MSFS, but it didn’t fly too well, so I gave up on it.  

Cheers Bernd, maybe not that exact sequence, but it was certainly one of the ones I built as a kid too. I wonder if kids still do that sort of thing. And likewise with the Glowing Heat version - was ok initially but got a bit flaky at some point.

I'd like a Vickers Viscount to trott around Europe in.

Great set of images of all shapes and sizes, Andy...surely brings back memories of our old SIMs....thanks for sharing...!

nice ideas, and the good news is that quite a few of them seem to be on their way to MSFS, like the B-29, B-58, the B-70 and the Javelin

On 5/9/2024 at 11:32 PM, Todd2 said:

I'd like a Vickers Viscount to trott around Europe in.

Cheers Todd, and I'll take one of those, too.

On 5/12/2024 at 3:48 PM, P_7878 said:

Great set of images of all shapes and sizes, Andy...surely brings back memories of our old SIMs....thanks for sharing...!

Thanks P_7878, when I look back through my old pix I realise how many great planes I've had over the (relatively few) years

39 minutes ago, jankees said:

nice ideas, and the good news is that quite a few of them seem to be on their way to MSFS, like the B-29, B-58, the B-70 and the Javelin

Cheers Jankees, and that's good to know. If possibly a bit hard on the old plastic!