New Kai Tak Scenery Coming On...

[RollerBall]

In case you wondered why I've been a bit quiet lately, here's a taster of what I'm working on.

This is taken from a shot by Daryl Chapman, one of the most prolific and probably the best photographer of Kai Tak.



And this is the same section taken from my new scenery - it's the apron up on the northwest side



I'm quite pleased but it's pretty hard work and taking a really long time to do.

Turned out doing the navaids (the IGS for Rwy 13 especially) and the chequerboard was the easy bit. Just hope it'll all be worth it in the end!

Roger

[FSTipster]

Very impressive!

[liran_bar]

Well done bro!

[Mr. Bones]

wow, looks very nice, can't wait to test it!

i hope my ttools will now recognize this airport, cos like i told you before, now it doesn't so i can't add ai to Kai Tak yet

[pete]

I can only imagine how laborious this must be !!
You've certainly chosen a crammed to the inch area to develop

[ozzy72]

WOW Roger! That is awesome. Keep us posted, I've gotta have it. Just got to!

Mark

[BFMF]

Very nice

[jcool28]

My goodness! What beautiful and accurate rendering. I was just looking for a download for Kai Tak the other day...looks like i've found it! Keep the screen shots comming w the updates!

[daryl_chapman]

That looks very nice. I hope you like my pics and you may use any of my other Kai Tak pics you need from jetphotos.net or airliners.net.

Just remember that Concorde only visited Kai Tak about once a year and never parked there

[RollerBall]

Hi Daryl - nice surprise. Thanks for the comments.

What I like about your pics is that as well as great shots of hairy approaches to 13 you've also included a lot of buildings detail that would otherwise have been forgotten. I'm thinking of the shot I've shown plus the other empty Kai Tak pic showing the main terminal. And that pic of the taxying Cathay 747 taken from the (east?) car park roof where I think you said you've spent thousands of hours!!

Some questions you might be able to help me with

Where was the fire station located?

Where did GA park (and Concorde!)

Where was (were?) the flying club(s)?

A lot of stuff that was on the Net about Kai Tak is gradually being removed so it's getting very difficult to pick up this kind of detail now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW the other shot of yours I really like is the one showing the whole field taken from the air to the north of the main terminal with what looks like a 340 maybe about to touch down on 13

Roger

[GreG]

WoW!!

I'm impressed Roger.  You're definately getting there.  Keep working on it.

Greg

[daryl_chapman]

OK, I'll send in some more pics. If I can find one I'll show the fire stations. One is down near 31 and the main fire station is at the junction of B1 and C1.

Garuda DC-10's / MD-11's parked in the same are all the tri jets parked (CATHAY L1011 AREA)

Concorde, parked on the back fence near HAECO and later on the new apron down by the GFS.

The flying club was and still is opposite the terminal (Bay 1) on the other side of the runway.

Best Regards
Daryl

[Budgie]

Well!  

Excepting.... that you missed the very large spider on the grass by the traffic cones

Your repro is perfect!

[BMan1113VR]

looks great roger!

[fisharno]

Always been one of my favorite destinations.

Awsome Job!