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My latest toy

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Yep, the PMDG Nimrod MR5. Now waiting for a not-so 'what if' RAF repaint. 8)

Apologies to Ben...

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Gawd, I'm on a runaway add-on train at the moment. To hell with mortgage, food and lecky bills.

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God help us all :lol:

BTW.. I jumped off your addon-train. I didn't buy anything yesterday :wall:

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DaveB wrote:BTW.. I jumped off your addon-train. I didn't buy anything yesterday :wall:
Well, the weekend has about 12 hours left to run, and anything could happen in that time. :lol:

I'm very pleased with the PMDG NGX package, and the Poseidon is an unexpected bonus. I've done a couple of take-offs and cruised about in it, and it's all very straight forward - more so than the MD-11, though I love that plane equally. The Operations Centre that comes with the NGX is excellent for installing repaints, updates and so on. I'm hoping a Singapore Airlines repaint is available somewhere. :)

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Well, the weekend has about 12 hours left to run, and anything could happen in that time. :lol:
Indeed.. I just bought the Virtavia Helix :wall:

Looking at the prices of some of the Virtavia models.. I reckon Phil must have taken to wearing a mask and a black & white stripey shirt. To say the Helix is poor inside would be an understatement. The price however isn't too painful in the sale even though it's only got 10% off. Some of the stuff there is a downright ripoff. How the hell they've not been released free by now is beyond me. I still wince when I look at the Dauphin. I think I bought that at 50% off and that's nowhere near enough. It's at 10% off in this sale and still over $30. There are other 'bloomers' of note too but I suddenly feel ill :lol:

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You should know better by now Dave. :lol:
I must admit, I do like the PMDG NGX :hide:
I had it for FSX, and now I've bought it again for P3d. Not got the 600/700 expansion pack yet, but will do at some point.
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You should know better by now Dave. :lol:
I should but just to make sure, I bought the Canberra B2. :lol: If there's one thing about these old dogs, they're mercifully painless on FR's and you don't need a manual for anything :lol: DON'T look inside though 8)
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DaveB wrote:
Well, the weekend has about 12 hours left to run, and anything could happen in that time. :lol:
Indeed.. I just bought the Virtavia Helix :wall:
:rofl: :rofl: Priceless ! :lol:

I agree, a lot of the old Alphasim / Virtavia stuff isn't of merchantable quality any more - I think thats the legal term, anyway. I don't think it does their reputation much good, overall.


DaveG - glad you've got the NGX too. Rather impressive isn't it ! :)

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Dave G, as you have the NGX, if you spot a Singapore Airlines livery for any or all of the NGX models, can you let me know ? I'm searching for some at the moment, but no luck so far.

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I'll keep an eye out Paul. :)
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Thanks Dave. I've trawled through the Avsim library, where there seems to be hundreds of repaints for the NGX, factual and fictional, but none for S.A. :(

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