TSR2 wrote:Is there no FSX Harrier? I seem to remember a nice looking GR3 / SHAR (my personal favourite) but I think that was FS9.
Indeed Dave, RN Grey is clear as mud in FS

I like Fearless / Intrepid as I think they're a good match, but then I was comparing Glam with Dauntless when she was on the Tyne last year and that looks spot on too. Its a minefield

There is the UKMIL SHAR FRS1 and FA2 - both for FSX and FS9. No HUD though so it makes hovering on the approach difficult to judge to get the speed right (or it's my lack of skill)

. Just flight also have a (payware) SHAR FRS1 for FSX. These are the two Sea jets I use.
For the GR9 I use the Sigma GR9. Bit of a problem with the HUD going opaque but if you turn all the lighting off, andremove a certain guage it works (think I found the fix on sim-outhouse).
UKMIL also have a GR5/7/9 for FSX (search on flightsim for it). It is a very good model, good VC and excellent flight dynamics.
I really struggled with the colour....nothing seemed right. The Island texture is photoreal so I based the rest of the ship on that and it does look a bit... "blue". tried to tone it down and match it with HMS fearless RGB colour. but it just looked odd somehow.
For my Invincible 82 model i've experimented making it slightly more grey. Still not convinced that's right but depending on what you use for the rest of the ships in your ai fleet its never going to be 100% match.
Cheers
Gary