My 10

[jankees]

Interesting question, your best shot, but impossible to answer, as that changes with my mood.
Luckily, it was expanded to your best 10, that made it easier...but not easy.
My best shots tend to be used as my desktop for a while,
so I trawled through my old desktops, and these are the ones that survived the selection:


the oldest one, still from FS9. It shows my first payware aircraft, the Maam B-25 and the A2A wings of power P-51D/H.
I had just started repainting, making a few red tails for the Mustang when I thought 'wouldn't it be great if I could make a formation with them?'.
A week later I discovered the Recorder module...I still love this shot, making use of the fantastic 2D cockpit views the B-25 had in FS9.


Still FS9, and one of my first payware sceneries. Still playing with the recorder too.
I love it how you can place yourself exactly on the globe in this shot, with the Mt St Michel in the corner, with the F1's screaming past.


on to FSX, and the fantastic sceneries by ORBX. This is the A2A Corsair warming up on Tamworth.
I like the angle on this weird and wonderful aircraft, and the great background, with all that cluttered stuff near the hangar, it all looks so real.


OK, one airliner shot too. They are not really my thing, but I did lots of paints for the Airbus X, and this one, Air India, was one of my fav's.
Here I like the paint, the lighting and the colors, the angle of the aircraft that is just banking and the whole serenity of it all. Floating high above the clouds..


but back to the warbirds, and back to the recorder. I had watched a movie on P-47's based in Corsica, so Ijust had to paint them.
I took lots of shots of them overflying Corsica (like here) and Italy, but this one always stood out because of the sense of menace it gave me.
Big heavy warbirds looking for trouble over rugged terrain in moody weather, with an airfield just visible through the clouds.
Have they just taken off, or are they coming home? Or is it an enemy airfield they are going to attack?


back to peaceful conditions. beautiful weather, wonderful scenery, just enjoying myself in the sun, nice and peaceful, and my current desktop.


my previous desktop. 'Real grass'! I thought this strip screamed for a Cub, and this was my favorite shot, just after take off.


dusk is always great for screenshots, and here you have some B-17's being escorted home by two P-47's.
I like the lighting, the angles, the sky, I just love this shot.


Talking of B-17's, here's another one.
Imagine yourself, 20 years old, flying one of these things for 10 hours, deep into Germany, through flak and fighter attack, having one engine shot to pieces,
straggling back, all alone, finally making it back to base, turning onto final, only to discover one of the wheels won't come out.....these guys were heroes...


and the last one, one of the warbirdsim P-51D, with my own paint that they don't want me to upload yet...
I was real happy with the weathering and paintscratches in this one, and I think the angle and lighting of this shot bring them out real well in this pic.
Still one of my best I feel, paint- and screenshot wise, and my current desktop at work, I can only hope that you will like it too if and when I upload it.

So, those were my 10 shots for today, tomorrow they might be dirfferent ones, but for now I do hope you like these as well.

[AlisterC]

They are amazing. Cub in the grass and the final Mustang pic if I had to choose a couple. Wow. Looks like I found a new desktop pic too Thanks!

[cowpatz]

May I ask the reason for them not wanting you to upload it just yet? Looks awesome.

[Dontcopy]

Is that "real grass" shot using ORBX scenery? It looks so real and pretty

[Olderndirt]

The cub, the one-legged B17 and the 51D. Your paint is exactly what I'm hoping for in one of their 'D' releases. I'm tired of fresh paint, fully restored and all that - 'scratch and dent', or no sale.

[Ian Warren]

Nice Screens , MAAM B-25 was my absolute fav ship for FS9 , spoiled by so many now , boy have we come a long way !

[jankees]

Thanks for your comments guys.

The grass, that is Israels Farm, indeed by Orbx.

As for Warbirdsim and the P-51D, they have plans to bring out more payware paintpacks themselves, and thus have not brought out a paintkit yet. I stripped the paint off one of their models and did some repaints myself, but as they have plans themselves, they have asked not to release my paints just yet. Like olderndirt, I do not like these restored shiny birds at all, so I'm wishing for them to release the paint packages they want and then I can get started, preferably with the paintkit they did promise they would release in the end.
If you're too impatient to wait for that, you can always send me a pm with your mail adress...

and to keep you entertained, here's number 11 on my list:

[Ian Warren]

Reason for your Caravan paints , this is scenery i don't have but may have to look in the future .

[Cbris]

The three P47s of Corsica... Definitely!

Rear view out of the B25 is close second.

[scrubcutter]

Wow! Thats all I can say.....

[Splitpin]

Oh god ...what have done. .........every reply makes me feel very inferior......JK....i cant pick one .....but if i was held at gunpoint.....then, the cub is stunning......but the B-25 and the Mustang

[connor]

Very Nice indeed! My favourite would have to be #6, with the Beech V-tail. Not sure if I like the Prop texture though!

[Naki]

They are all great but my favs are the B-17, P-51D and especially the Cub shot