Some findings in P3Dv31
To really use the scenery in P3D you would have to re-created the shorelines so that the airport layout makes sense.
Aside from that the performance is very well and could surely be improved by converting the FS9 scenery objects to FSX. It's a very beautiful scenery and an FSX version is surely worth the effort.
With P3D version 3.1 LM has finally fixed the age-old FSX issue that FS9 model propellers don't draw correctly in front of clouds / scenery objects. That make a whole bunch of FS9 aircraft usable again (with the slight performance penalty you would expect).
To finally have a float AI is great (may I have a Do-X and a 314 Clipper, pleaaase!!!!

). The Shin Meiwa is beautiful, and only needs to have the prop alpha fixed a bit.
Without fixing:
Fixed (you also see that the prop is always in front of clouds and scenery):

Cheers,
Martin
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