Kittyhawk/FFX 737

[Trell Brown]

Hi guys, it there any chance you guys are considering adding Erick Cantu's Boeing 737-200 Original series to your historic lineups?

Screenshot - 9_7_2015 , 2_20_39 PM by HDSimulations Photography, on Flickr

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

OH .... we´ve got lots of ideas, and plans, in regard to what we´re about to release, as well as what we´d like to be able to offer in the future too .... BUT .... we (usually) neither confirm nor deny our intentrions

Admittedly .... some of these ideas, and plans, will likely never see the light of day .... BUT .... in regard to those that do/will .... WELL THEN .... all HJG projects appear when they´re "READY"

BTW .... I think yoú´ll find that SQ B737 image features is a -100 .... rather than the -200 airtcraft that is represented by the CANTU models. Technically speaking .... the B737-100 is "quite a different bird" than the B737-200

Mark C
BOG/CO

[Trell Brown]

I understand. But i would be quite excited to see the classic 737 added to the lineup. Anyways, regarding the SQ731, I am the one who took the screenie, as i'm a huge Boeing fan.

[Tony Madge - HJG]

Yes I wont deny I have a liking for the 737-100/200 I hope that one day we will have something exciting to say about this, as Mark says we are juggling lots of balls in the air, we work to make our FDE's the most accurate you can get in FS and then we take panels and re work them creating gauges etc so they are truly representative, we supply accurate sound sets and recently we have started to add AI aircraft that are far more realistic in performance and looks than the usual AI stuff.
The only hold up is our small but great team have a lot going on in the real world that they have to fit in FS when they can. But we are working in the background on lots of things

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I like TinMouse 737-200 version 2 better. Whenever I took screenshots of TinMouse 737-200 version 2, people thought it was expensive Captain Sim 732 or expensive Milviz 732.

Regards,

Aharon

[Tony Madge - HJG]

Cant agree with you Aharon

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

I quite agree with Tony here .... because any good model can be made to look "EVEN BETTER" .... depending upon its treatment/the skills of (primarily) the texture artist/s concerned and as the following exhbits may demonstrate ....


SAA old/original texture


SAA same model but new/revised texture



UAT old/original texture


UAT same model but new/revised texture



RCAF old/original texture


RCAF same model but new/revised texture



BOAC old/original texture


BOAC same model but new/revised texture



Again .... anything can be improved "at the hands of any talented/skilled texture artist" .... a basic principle which isn´t restricted to just FS textures alone, but rather, applies to anything else FS related also.

The other side of this particular coin is .... I doubt, very much, that HJG will ever host the TIN MOUSE B737 simulation .... "unless someone were to die and will it to us"

And in any case .... and remembering that Trell´s comentary was in fact in regard to the "CANTU B737 model/S" .... there´s no point in comparing it/the TM product/s with something else that´s not yet available here, and which may, or may not, even end up being offered by us/HJG in the future

Mark C
BOG/CO

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Sept 15, 2015 13:18:07 GMT Tony Madge - HJG said:

Cant agree with you Aharon

tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/6753/western-airline-flight-number-705

Click on this and look at comments including yours

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[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

Click on this and look at comments including yours

Aside from querying "which particular B737-200 model" was featured within your posting of some 2 years ago (because a number of options are available) .... all Tony´s stated/implied (above) is that he prefers the CANTU B737-200 models .... and which commentary within this particular thread is actually focused upon

And .... as I´ve tried to demonstrate (above) in regard to how things can be made to appear or be improved in FS .... "any skilled texture artist may perform wonders on any particular "decent 3D model" .... but then again .... an overall decent quality simulation is actually dependant on a whole lot more than just great looking texture set alone.

There´s really "A LOT MORE" to everything that

Mark C
BOG/CO

[hornit - HJG]

Personally Im partial to the Cantu/Kittyhawk bird. There is something about the nose area and fuselage which strikes me just a bit "funny" on the Tinmouse model. I agree with Mark concerning textures. The KH model is far easier to paint too! Its all about personal tastes and its wonderful to have all these choices for free!!!!

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

"WELL SAID" Jim .... partiicularly in regard to your last comment and the choices now available for everyone

Mark C
BOG/CO

[Herman]

Not home quite yet, but always keeping up with HJG's Forum.

Very nice repaints of the Comet's Mark. Where are those repaints available???

Herman

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

At the moment myself and one other HJG staff member have the only examples of these, and other COMET 1/2 texture revisions, in captivity .... and which are kept well away from the internet too

Mark C
BOG/CO

[randomizer]

By any chance are those Comet 1's based on Eric Wright's model for FS8? They don't appear to be those of Jens Kristensen's version for FS9 but of course I could be wrong. I have both installed in my Silver Wings FS9 installation but prefer the former using a custom Aircraft.cfg and DH106.air and modified David Maltby Comet panel. Have used it across the Pacific on the proposed CP Airlines Sydney-Honolulu (via Canton Island and cancelled when CF-CUN crashed at Karachi) and BOAC Africa routes and have achieved performance that seems reasonable.

Have RR Ghost engine sounds for it as well but can no longer recall where they were downloaded from.

Whatever the planes in the screen shots' source, they certainly show HJG quality. Thanks.

-C