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So with the new server now up & running, good job to everyone involved btw, I figure it's time to reveal what this big project I've been doing is. It is something I call the Great Fakery Project.

What this is in essence is an airfield in Antarctica that has 1 aircraft from every country that existed in the late 90s, there are some exceptions to this of course as a lot of the smaller nations, St Kitts & Nevis, Samoa etc, don't have air arms or even a police force, coast guard or anything like that to speak of. This is a fictional project for sure but the repaints involved are mostly period specific to the late 90s. There is still much to be done, like adding some buildings for example which is being worked on & the documentation so it's still a long way off yet. There are also some models involved here that have not been released/finished yet so this will not be released until all the models are in the public domain. Speaking of which, there is a new model in there that's been created by my dad & myself that's not a million miles away from being completed, take a guess which one that is :mrgreen:

As you can see the airfield is divided into sections, the warbirds section is different in so far as it's 1 of each aircraft not in active service in the 90s or beyond.

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As I said a long time off yet & there will probably a few projects from me before this gets released, but rest assured it will be released, eventually.
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Next little project this time won't be from African but Western Europe. In this case the country if Belgium. This time around I've done their training aircraft in the form of their SF260s & the small fleet of Fouga Magisters they had in operation during the late 90s. Just doing some final checks on them & they'll be good to go later this week.

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Hi Dan,

Very good idea :)
thanks for this new project

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Wow !!!

Very impatient to have Belgian SF-260 and Fouga. I see them at Gossoncourt and Brustem and after Beauvechain when I was young.
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The Belgian trainers have been uploaded to the hangar, please allow for the usual time for them to become available. I'll make a start on the transport fleet next, the HS748s are already complete
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Great News !!! HS748 with the with livery and also the camo one ?

Didi you envisage some DC-3, DC-4 and DC-6 ? (models available by CPAI on flightsim.com)
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TheFoufure wrote: 24 Jun 2025, 20:09 Great News !!! HS748 with the with livery and also the camo one ?

Didi you envisage some DC-3, DC-4 and DC-6 ? (models available by CPAI on flightsim.com)
The 748's back then were white with the blue cheatline, as is the A310 & 727 I have planned as well. The DC series aircraft are about 20 or 30 years too early for the era I paint.
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shaggy22 wrote: 24 Jun 2025, 21:07
TheFoufure wrote: 24 Jun 2025, 20:09 Great News !!! HS748 with the with livery and also the camo one ?

Didi you envisage some DC-3, DC-4 and DC-6 ? (models available by CPAI on flightsim.com)
The 748's back then were white with the blue cheatline, as is the A310 & 727 I have planned as well. The DC series aircraft are about 20 or 30 years too early for the era I paint.
Ok for DC-3 and other.

A310 and B727 are already available (for FS2004)

Here is the Belgian AF HS748 :

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Yeah they probably are done, just haven't looked properly yet. Sadly the HS748 were definitely white back in the late 90s:

https://www.planespotters.net/photo/101 ... ley-hs-748

As much as I'm a sucker for a camo scheme they're a pain to paint up so I'll stick they factually accurate white
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