Very impressive!

wow, looks very nice, can't wait to test it!

i hope my ttools will now recognize this airport, cos like i told you before, now it doesn't so i can't add ai to Kai Tak yet

WOW Roger! That is awesome. Keep us posted, I've gotta have it. Just got to!

Mark 8)

My goodness! What beautiful and accurate rendering. I was just looking for a download for Kai Tak the other day...looks like i've found it! Keep the screen shots comming w the updates!

Hi Daryl - nice surprise. Thanks for the comments.

What I like about your pics is that as well as great shots of hairy approaches to 13 you've also included a lot of buildings detail that would otherwise have been forgotten. I'm thinking of the shot I've shown plus the other empty Kai Tak pic showing the main terminal. And that pic of the taxying Cathay 747 taken from the (east?) car park roof where I think you said you've spent thousands of hours!!

Some questions you might be able to help me with

Where was the fire station located?

Where did GA park (and Concorde!)

Where was (were?) the flying club(s)?

A lot of stuff that was on the Net about Kai Tak is gradually being removed so it's getting very difficult to pick up this kind of detail now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW the other shot of yours I really like is the one showing the whole field taken from the air to the north of the main terminal with what looks like a 340 maybe about to touch down on 13

Roger

OK, I'll send in some more pics. If I can find one I'll show the fire stations. One is down near 31 and the main fire station is at the junction of B1 and C1.

Garuda DC-10's / MD-11's parked in the same are all the tri jets parked (CATHAY L1011 AREA)

Concorde, parked on the back fence near HAECO and later on the new apron down by the GFS.

The flying club was and still is opposite the terminal (Bay 1) on the other side of the runway.

Best Regards
Daryl

looks great roger!

I never got the chance to fly into Kai Tak. FS2000 came out before I even knew it existed. I am anxious to get the chance to fly the famous checkerboard.

i would wait and release everything together

My two cents says bring it out with a bang all at once. Plus it will give me some much needed refreshing time in the 744, I've pretty much been sight seeing in my baron for the last few months

Roger please do 1 release with all the whistles and bells, and a newbies guide to TTools and AFCAD to set it all up correctly. I'd hate for anyone to miss out on this masterpiece of yours.

Mark

The British had quanset huts very close to the runway so they would be close to their Vampire fighter jets (this was during the 'Quemoy-Matsu' fighting between Red China and Nationalist China) and all the British would pile out of their barracks to watch us try to take off.  We always made it but there were always sampans anchored right off the end of the runway (with their masts sticking up) that we had to climb above.  Another thing we learned the hard way was not park our aircraft with the prop tips over the open sewers that were in the parking area.  The props would create little tornado-like vortices that would suck stuff out of the trenches.

Thanks, Roger.  I didn't know about the website.  Sure brings back memories...

Thanks Daryl.

LOL the 1st one's ref is wrong so I changed the last 8 to a 7 and.....I got one of Colin's CX 777 pics at CLK!!

I already have the second pic in my Kai Tak file - I think it's great. You'll never see that one again ....unless you're doing a forced landing on the driving range!

Look forward to seeing the new ones

Roger

Looks like I'd better start polishing up some of the old Cathay fleet, Roger!  Well done for this work; I'm watching your Kai Tak development work with great interest!

If you've never been to my own little site, go and have a nose about.  It's as Kai Tak-oriented as it can be!

Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumont

http://www.swiremariners.com/cx.html

Howdy Rollerball, quick question...will you be adding tankers, barges, cruise ships etc in the harbor? I think every single pic I've ever seen has had a good deal of marine traffic going in and out.

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Certainly will. Trouble with any big scenery project is you just can't do everything yourself, or you'd make it a life's work!!

I've spent ages searching for really good quality macros for all sorts of objects - just found what look like really good ferries but can't tell until I extract and do a trial placement.

Already have some barges which again I've not yet had a chance to try and there are some great cruise ships available.

I draw the line at picture book Chinese junks though!!

Even little details take so much time. All the stairways, buses, vehicles etc were white with yellow on top. The buses I have used are great as all white - I added Kai Tak lettering etc to em - but when I added yellow to the textures for the roof, the wheel wells also turned yellow. Just the way the textures were applied by the original designer. Strictly speaking after a few hours work on them I can't now use them and I'm having to start again with another bus macro.

But it's fascinating stuff and it's great when you create a custom building from one of Daryl's shots, place it and then start the sim and see it there for the first time. I have to say that I've become really attached to and involved in the old place. Just wish I'd had the chance to go there in its heyday.



Roger

Roger,

How much of a hit on frame rates will your scenery have?