HQ AI Viscount

[spraycan]

Hello all,

I have finished the first Viscount model that can be used as a HQ AI aircraft.
It is the -700 series of Rick Piper's excellent Vickers Viscount.
With his approval to modify the aircraft I have added a rear passenger door, airstairs and a small interior section.
Also the nose wheel swivels during taxiing and the flaps extend into take off position while turning onto the runway.
And with Tom's approval I used the existing CalClassic Viscount models as LOD additions to the HQ aircraft.
All existing repaint files for Rick's Viscount can be used together with 4 extra bitmaps for interior, seats, airstairs and inside area passenger door.

NOTE: It is necessary however to change the bitmap names with a simple alteration.
For the daytime bitmaps you must add "_t" to the name.
Example: Fuse1.bmp will become Fuse1_t.bmp / Wing-L.bmp will become Wing-L_t.bmp
(the mentioned 4 extra bitmaps do not need the "_t" addition)
The night textures can remain as is. (they should have "_LM" in the name)

Consider it a Beta version because there are still a few minor things that need a bit of tweaking, for instance the night lighting.
I am not satisfied with that yet and still working on it.
But if you already want to try out the HQ Viscount you can download it here: HQ AI Viscount - Beta



A big thank you goes to Rick Piper and Tom Gibson for the approval to modify their original FS models.

Hope you like the AI Viscount so far.

Cheers,
Jaap

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Hi Jaap,

I just installed the new Viscount with my 1959 traffic. They look fabulous - it's a susbtantial improvment. Great thanks for achivîng your project.

Cheers,
Bernard

[Tom/CalClassic]

Thanks, Jaap! Nice job.

[circleman]

a thousand thanks, convrting textures this evening. Model looks great.

Best
Cman

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Hi,

I added Air France textures to Jaap's AI Viscount 700 - it looks fine. The textures of inside door (still UAL) and seats should be adapted. Others like Lufthansa or KLM need model 800.



Cheers,
Bernard