My name is Shane Barnes and I am located in Kentucky, USA. I am currently building a Lear 45 sim. I started cockpit building 1 year ago with a very generic sim based on a King Air, along the way I realized I wanted a lot more detail and began the work on a Lear. I've completed the assembly and fiberglass work on a 1:1 shell of the Lear cockpit and will soon start on all the interior work. A very talented friend of mine (Ron Rollo) designed the shell kit.
I Found your site thru flightsim and came over to have a look. You have a really nice looking site and am looking forward to jumping over and keeping up on all the projects and keep up on XOrionFE's build.
Here is a few photos of my project from start of the shell kit to final paintwork.
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Welcome Shane. Very nice looking shell. Look forward to seeing your project grow.
Welcome Shane,
As Bob said and I fully concur you have a beautiful shell. I hope we can in some way help you fullfill your dream here.
Tim
A340
WOW Shane,
Great Job. I have seen Ron's pics, but man oh man oh man.. You did an amazing Job on that.
Thanks for sharing it with us. That looks beautiful!
Trev
Wow! Great job on that Shane. Looks like it came right off the assembly line.
Sweet job there Shane. I like it very much. Nothing like having a painted shell at home :)
Welcome here, and look forward to more shots.
Thanks guys and gals for the welcome. I noticed many are building "big planes" . . I've seen some really amazing work here. . hope you don't mind me spying on your progress! I'll drop a few photos of my Lear as I progress. I should be getting some interior parts this weekend. I'm really looking forward to starting on the flightdeck.
This will be my first experience with interfacing . . so far have been using GoFlight modules and FSUIPC in the generic sim that I built last fall. Hopefully with help from all the expert interfacers out there I'll learn a new skill. I figure the guys that have interfaced the big jets are a wealth of knowledge. . to me it looks like a million switches in a 737! . . I would be overwhelmed, so I'll stick with the Lear . . should be a good learning platform . . then after I complete it maybe tackle a 737! ;D
Hey Shane, There really is no difference between interfacing a 737 and a GA pit. Except for the numbers LOL.
Bus seriously, we haven't yet much of a database of Pics, files, or other.. But rest assured it will come.
I am looking forward to seeing more of your pics.
Trev
It becomes a lot less intimidating when you understand how the various systems aboard a large aircraft function and interact with one another.
It will definitely benefit you to seek out the aircraft manual(s) for your build. You'll have a much better understading of how things work and why.
You'll get more enjoyment out of your sim too.