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Hi Chris,

can send photos if needed :)

What are you specifically after in the way of buildings for the current 
modelling batch you are working on??

Slainte,

Andy
NZCH





> Hi there,
>
> An updated screenshot of progress on my NZCH overhaul...
>
> http://users.tpg.com.au/blobster/nzch-progress.jpg
>
> The maintenance facility is the correct width/length
> in accordance with google maps, but is almost certain
> to look nothing like that in real life. I cannot find
> a photo of it to work from so am working from memory
> (my memory suffers leaks, and other problems!)... :-)
>
> You can taxi to the facility (had to add a 3D model
> of a taxiway and apron, but I had to slope the taxiway
> leading down to the existing taxiway down a bit to
> stay above the underlying terrain. Consequently jets
> taxiing onto the new taxiway will need to travel up
> or down a 3 or 4 degree slope - interesting to see
> a 737-300 nearly ground a wingtip turning on the slope!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Hi there,

Andrew Gorman wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> can send photos if needed :)
> 
> What are you specifically after in the way of buildings for the current 
> modelling batch you are working on??

Mostly the engineering services building, as I've not
found a single (good) image to work from using google.
There was no trouble remembering the colour but its the
shape I cannot remember!

I will be in NZCH on Friday 3rd November, so will be
taking a few pictures of Op Deep Freeze, ANZES, the
GA area, and the carpark side of the terminal...
all other areas I can pretty much cover with generic
models from the fgfsdb...

>>An updated screenshot of progress on my NZCH overhaul...
>>
>>http://users.tpg.com.au/blobster/nzch-progress.jpg
>>
>>The maintenance facility is the correct width/length
>>in accordance with google maps, but is almost certain
>>to look nothing like that in real life. I cannot find
>>a photo of it to work from so am working from memory
>>(my memory suffers leaks, and other problems!)... :-)

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

hi Chris,

its like an old garage shed, it has a peak in the middle and, for some 
reason, to support pillars on each side at the hangar entrance.

What time on Friday 3rd will you be here? Interested in getting a coffee at 
the airport??
no better way to make notes than from inside the actual building!

Slainte,

Andy
NZCH



>
> Mostly the engineering services building, as I've not
> found a single (good) image to work from using google.
> There was no trouble remembering the colour but its the
> shape I cannot remember!
>
> I will be in NZCH on Friday 3rd November, so will be
> taking a few pictures of Op Deep Freeze, ANZES, the
> GA area, and the carpark side of the terminal...
> all other areas I can pretty much cover with generic
> models from the fgfsdb...
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Hi Chris,
I'm sooo tempted to ask for what you've done already but I know you want 
to "finish" it before letting it out. I can understand that, I was like 
that a bit with the scenery.

Really looking forward to the first landing at the "new" NZCH though.

keep the screen shots coming... they look great.

Dene
NZWN

Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Andrew Gorman wrote:
>   
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> can send photos if needed :)
>>
>> What are you specifically after in the way of buildings for the current 
>> modelling batch you are working on??
>>     
>
> Mostly the engineering services building, as I've not
> found a single (good) image to work from using google.
> There was no trouble remembering the colour but its the
> shape I cannot remember!
>
> I will be in NZCH on Friday 3rd November, so will be
> taking a few pictures of Op Deep Freeze, ANZES, the
> GA area, and the carpark side of the terminal...
> all other areas I can pretty much cover with generic
> models from the fgfsdb...
>
>   
>>> An updated screenshot of progress on my NZCH overhaul...
>>>
>>> http://users.tpg.com.au/blobster/nzch-progress.jpg
>>>
>>> The maintenance facility is the correct width/length
>>> in accordance with google maps, but is almost certain
>>> to look nothing like that in real life. I cannot find
>>> a photo of it to work from so am working from memory
>>> (my memory suffers leaks, and other problems!)... :-)
>>>       
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
>
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Hi there,

Andrew Gorman wrote:
> hi Chris,
> 
> its like an old garage shed, it has a peak in the middle and, for some 
> reason, to support pillars on each side at the hangar entrance.

I modelled a flat roof, so will add a peak temporarily. I hope
to do some brief spotting at NZCH on the 4th, so will photograph
the building(s) then...

> What time on Friday 3rd will you be here? Interested in getting a coffee at 
> the airport??
> no better way to make notes than from inside the actual building!

We're arriving around 2:05pm, but probably will be a little too
busy to have a coffee on that day (heaps of tasks to get done,
like renew my expired kiwi drivers licence etc, before everything
closes for the day). We don't have any free time at the start of
the holiday, but the timetable is more open at the end, so I'll
let you know possible day(s) we could meet for a brew...

>>Mostly the engineering services building, as I've not
>>found a single (good) image to work from using google.
>>There was no trouble remembering the colour but its the
>>shape I cannot remember!
>>
>>I will be in NZCH on Friday 3rd November, so will be
>>taking a few pictures of Op Deep Freeze, ANZES, the
>>GA area, and the carpark side of the terminal...
>>all other areas I can pretty much cover with generic
>>models from the fgfsdb...
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>
>>Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
> 
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Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
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Hi Chris
Will be venturing to Wellington at any stage?

Dene

Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Andrew Gorman wrote:
>   
>> hi Chris,
>>
>> its like an old garage shed, it has a peak in the middle and, for some 
>> reason, to support pillars on each side at the hangar entrance.
>>     
>
> I modelled a flat roof, so will add a peak temporarily. I hope
> to do some brief spotting at NZCH on the 4th, so will photograph
> the building(s) then...
>
>   
>> What time on Friday 3rd will you be here? Interested in getting a coffee at 
>> the airport??
>> no better way to make notes than from inside the actual building!
>>     
>
> We're arriving around 2:05pm, but probably will be a little too
> busy to have a coffee on that day (heaps of tasks to get done,
> like renew my expired kiwi drivers licence etc, before everything
> closes for the day). We don't have any free time at the start of
> the holiday, but the timetable is more open at the end, so I'll
> let you know possible day(s) we could meet for a brew...
>
>   
>>> Mostly the engineering services building, as I've not
>>> found a single (good) image to work from using google.
>>> There was no trouble remembering the colour but its the
>>> shape I cannot remember!
>>>
>>> I will be in NZCH on Friday 3rd November, so will be
>>> taking a few pictures of Op Deep Freeze, ANZES, the
>>> GA area, and the carpark side of the terminal...
>>> all other areas I can pretty much cover with generic
>>> models from the fgfsdb...
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
>>>       
>>
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>> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier
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>>
>>     
>
>
>

Hi there,

Dene wrote:
> Hi Chris
> Will be venturing to Wellington at any stage?

Not on this trip. All our relies live in the Sth, so we're
gonna be scrounging accomodation off them! We might do a
Nth Island pilgrimage next year perhaps, as I've a few mates
in AKL and have lived briefly as a kid at Turangi, at the
southern end of Lake Taupo...

> Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> 
>>to do some brief spotting at NZCH on the 4th,

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Hi Chris...Oh well, never mind.. if you want to get a handle on where I 
live explore the Hutt Valley at the north end of the Wellington harbour, 
look for the barrage balloon it marks the spot :-)

Cheers and have a great sojourn in GodZone
Dene

Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Dene wrote:
>   
>> Hi Chris
>> Will be venturing to Wellington at any stage?
>>     
>
> Not on this trip. All our relies live in the Sth, so we're
> gonna be scrounging accomodation off them! We might do a
> Nth Island pilgrimage next year perhaps, as I've a few mates
> in AKL and have lived briefly as a kid at Turangi, at the
> southern end of Lake Taupo...
>
>   
>> Chris Wilkinson wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> to do some brief spotting at NZCH on the 4th,
>>>       
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
>
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Hi Chris,

no worries, the peak goes from front to back not side to side....just in 
case :)
The colour is pretty near spot on.....it has faded over the years and new 
colours never match the old so anything that is roughly blue-ish is fine.

Let me know what day you are free and we will meet then, coffees on me :)

Enjoy the stay and bring some of that fine Aussie weather with you yeah?

Slainte,

Andy
NZCH





> Hi there,
>
> Andrew Gorman wrote:
>> hi Chris,
>>
>> its like an old garage shed, it has a peak in the middle and, for some
>> reason, to support pillars on each side at the hangar entrance.
>
> I modelled a flat roof, so will add a peak temporarily. I hope
> to do some brief spotting at NZCH on the 4th, so will photograph
> the building(s) then...
>
>> What time on Friday 3rd will you be here? Interested in getting a coffee 
>> at
>> the airport??
>> no better way to make notes than from inside the actual building!
>
> We're arriving around 2:05pm, but probably will be a little too
> busy to have a coffee on that day (heaps of tasks to get done,
> like renew my expired kiwi drivers licence etc, before everything
> closes for the day). We don't have any free time at the start of
> the holiday, but the timetable is more open at the end, so I'll
> let you know possible day(s) we could meet for a brew...
>
>>>Mostly the engineering services building, as I've not
>>>found a single (good) image to work from using google.
>>>There was no trouble remembering the colour but its the
>>>shape I cannot remember!
>>>
>>>I will be in NZCH on Friday 3rd November, so will be
>>>taking a few pictures of Op Deep Freeze, ANZES, the
>>>GA area, and the carpark side of the terminal...
>>>all other areas I can pretty much cover with generic
>>>models from the fgfsdb...
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>
>>>Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
>> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job 
>> easier
>> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache 
>> Geronimo
>> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
>> _______________________________________________
>> Flightgear-users mailing list
>> Flightgear-users@...
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>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
> My online Resume: http://users.tpg.com.au/blobster/
> Our online Diary: http://users.tpg.com.au/blobster/diary/
>
>
>
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Hi there,

Andrew Gorman wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> no worries, the peak goes from front to back not side to side....just in 
> case :)

I will have a go at an update sometime soon, but I got a little bit
sidetracked today - instead of adding more buildings and stuff to
NZCH I had a play with Blender on the Syd Adams/Justin Smithies
777-200...I have now turned that into a 777-300, and am looking at
doing an Air NZ livery for the 777-200, and Emirates and Thai
liveries for the 777-300...

> The colour is pretty near spot on.....it has faded over the years and new 
> colours never match the old so anything that is roughly blue-ish is fine.
> 
> Let me know what day you are free and we will meet then, coffees on me :)

Will let you know if its possible and which day(s) are best candidate...

> Enjoy the stay and bring some of that fine Aussie weather with you yeah?

We were actually hoping to get some Kiwi weather, as today it was
over 30 and humid in our area of Brisbane. A mild easterly breeze
in Chch would have been far more pleasant than the sweat-shop stuff
we had today! :-)

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

this is the coolest thing i ever seen in my life
keep up the cool work

Hi there,

Shai Weinstein wrote:
> this is the coolest thing i ever seen in my life
> keep up the cool work

I also encourage anyone else to give it a try, with their local
airport - if enough of us give a project like that a go, sooner
or later we'll have custom airport scenery for many places.

With more custom scenery, and more taxiway/gate patterns mapped
for Durks AI aircraft to use we'll start to see really cool AI
traffic moving around more real looking airports.

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Op zondag 29 oktober 2006 01:08, schreef Chris Wilkinson:
>
> I also encourage anyone else to give it a try, with their local
> airport - if enough of us give a project like that a go, sooner
> or later we'll have custom airport scenery for many places.
>

I did some work on mine (Eindhoven Airport, The Netherlands):
http://www.heesakkers.info/EHEH_Terminals.jpg

The fully textured one is the old terminal, the white object next to it 
represents the new one which obviously needs some more work, which is also 
why I haven't uploaded anything to Stockills website yet.

I visited Stockills website, but I found that searching is quite hard there, 
especially if you want to search by geography.
I'd hate to offend anyone, but I wonder if there is an interest in a webpage 
setup somewhat like this:

http://www.heesakkers.info/fgfs_objects.php
Note that this is a quick and dirty setup, serving as an example.

Hi there,

Oliver Heesakkers wrote:
> Op zondag 29 oktober 2006 01:08, schreef Chris Wilkinson:
> 
>>I also encourage anyone else to give it a try, with their local
>>airport - if enough of us give a project like that a go, sooner
>>or later we'll have custom airport scenery for many places.
> 
> I did some work on mine (Eindhoven Airport, The Netherlands):
> http://www.heesakkers.info/EHEH_Terminals.jpg

Nice! You've modelled the entrance to the terminal too,
which is something I have not been able to do yet (I
need to get a few photos of NZCH entranceways)...

Keep up the good work!

> The fully textured one is the old terminal, the white object next to it 
> represents the new one which obviously needs some more work, which is also 
> why I haven't uploaded anything to Stockills website yet.

Thats the same with me. I'll possibly email my work to people
who are interested, by request, but will get it into a
much more finished state before placing it somewhere for
anyone to download...

> I visited Stockills website, but I found that searching is quite hard there, 
> especially if you want to search by geography.
> I'd hate to offend anyone, but I wonder if there is an interest in a webpage 
> setup somewhat like this:
> 
> http://www.heesakkers.info/fgfs_objects.php
> Note that this is a quick and dirty setup, serving as an example.

It works nicely. Jons website is good, but as more specific
scenery is added it might be nice to have a search by region
feature.

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Hi Chris,

I would love to beta test your NZCH terminal......if thats ok with you?

Slainte,

Andy
NZCH


 
> Thats the same with me. I'll possibly email my work to people
> who are interested, by request, but will get it into a
> much more finished state before placing it somewhere for
> anyone to download...
>

Hi there,

Andrew Gorman wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I would love to beta test your NZCH terminal......if thats ok with you?

No probs. I'll email it offlist...

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Hi Chris,

look forward to it :)

Slainte,

Andy
NZCH


> No probs. I'll email it offlist...
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

Hi there,

Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Andrew Gorman wrote:
> 
>>Hi Chris,
>>
>>I would love to beta test your NZCH terminal......if thats ok with you?
> 
> 
> No probs. I'll email it offlist...
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.

I had a quick session of Blender editing after I emailed that
stuff thru, so if you'd like the new model complete with accurate
airbridges/placement, let me know...

Here is the latest screenshot, showing a derivative version of the
777-200 (now stretched to a 300), and the latest work done on the
NZCH terminal...

http://users.tpg.com.au/blobster/nzch-emirates-progress2.jpg

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.