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Manchester Airport 1975 scenery project

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Hi Chaps

I've not been around much lately, all my FS time has been spent playing about with scenery.
I didn't expect to get this far so quickly, but it's soon built up into what I think is a half decent 1975 Manchester Airport.

Using AFCAD for the airport layout, FSDS3 for making the buildings & EZ-Scenery to place the buildings inside FS.
I think that does mean it's FS2004 only scenery, not FSX.
It's not amazing detail scenery, with all the bells & whistles. Simple but effective is what I'm aiming at. :)
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View from Pier B looking at the 1970s revamped terminal building & tower, with multi storey car park behind. You'd have to supply your own 70s AI aircraft.
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View looking out the other way from Pier B, showing the good old black sheds rather than a second runway.
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Taxiing out past the domestic Pier A, showing the cargo hangars.
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Pier B and beyond. Showing the fire station, the old Fairey Engineering works plus other assorted large hangars and the row of trees next to the taxi way for runway 06.
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Parked at Pier A to show the terminal & tower from the other side.
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The Jumbo pier (opened 1974) from the terminal end of pier B.
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There may well be a first attempt at release before Christmas.

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Lovely Stuff DM... I'll give it a try in X :dancer:
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Wow DM Image

If that half decent it must be the better half

Looks brilliant to me :tab:

One thing though......no Tridents :think:

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Brilliant work, I hate it when a few people have ALL the talent.....and I do not mean women :lol: :lol: Is there anything you cannot do David?
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Crikey oh blimey! Looking forward to this one :dancer:
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THAT's cool DM :thumbsup:

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:dancer: :dance: :dance: :rock: Anyone would think it was nearly Christmas. Looks lovely David :thumbsup:

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That looks fantastic David. :welldone:

It brings back many happy memories for me when I used to stroll along those terminals and look down at the holidaymakers boarding the classics whilst I inhaled that lovely aviation fuel and underlined reg numbers in my CAM. :)

I think I might dust off the FS9. :rock:

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It looks absolutely great although...
maybe a bit dry...
Everytime I've been there in the real world
It's a bit wet :bandit:

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XR219 wrote:Lovely Stuff DM... I'll give it a try in X :dancer:
I might try to convert it with ADE when it arrives, and see what if it can become FSX'ed ;-)

Nice job there David....

Now get back to the VC10 again ;-)
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