Mackay... or, The Real Australia

[Nanami]

Well done, you did a great update.

[Tomas Neto]

Wow, really very nice update!!! Nice farms e a awesome river!!! 

[Earth quake]

Just splendid update.
The landscape is wonderfull.

[kwakelaar]

A really nice update, good work on your rural landscape, this was something quite unique in its style.

[KoV Liberty]

Great job Adrian! I love how the road twists and turns like how you made it. What is the purpose of the railway? It just ends like that.

[Luke09]

great job!I really liked the last picture,its my favorite one.I also like the sugar cane fields,where can i found them?

[djvandrake]

I really like your waterfall.  Well done. 

[jimbo_jj]

Those are some really distinctive farms. Those fields really caught my eye. Those winding roads are a nice touch, too. It all seems to work well together.

Not to mention that hanging bridge near the bottom. Almost missed it.

-James

[jmyers2043]

Nice harbor tug Adroman. What are you going to do with it??

[dobdriver]

Great update Adrian,

Interesting to think what Oz would like if we didn't have predominately gums and evergreens. Could one imagine walking around in the bush with coloured trees and no leaves.

take it easy

[adroman]

Joel ~ Ah, they are wonderful, aren't they?

sumwonyuno ~ Hehe... No, it's not the best road to drive on... and, yes they are Power Poles running through there, they're avaliable in the 3RR.

Bobbi ~ Thanks my friend, and the Sugar fields are massive in Real Life too.

Battlecat ~ Yes, it is unfortunate that SimCity 4 has to draw the short straw, it pained me to keep you guys in suspense like that, but it was necessary. Thank you for your comments on the road, it is as windy in Real Life as I have shown you, I'll get some real life pictures one day... I'm glad that tug boat stuck in your mind  I was thinking of something along those lines too (heh, you know what they say: "Great minds think alike"). Keep an eye on my TD Creations thread, you'll see the development there  I'll see you around!

976 ~ Thanks, my friend!

Tomas Neto ~ Thanks, Tomas! I'm glad you liked it! 

Earth quake ~ Thanks, though, I can't take credit for the landscape, it is Dobdriver's Map after all  I'll see you around.

kwakelaar ~ Thanks, my friend... I hope to keep this as dynamic and interesting as possible!

Driftmaster07 ~ Thank you, Alex... And the railway is used to transport the Cut cane to the Sugar Mills for milling, they do just end abruptly like that 

Luke09 ~ I think they'd be rather appropriate for Brazil too!  They're made by Simgoober and are avaliable on the LEX.

djvandrake ~ Thanks my friend!

jimbo_jj ~ Thanks, my friend... you should see it in real life, endless paddocks and winding roads... it's wonderful. Hehe... I'm glad someone picked that up 

jmyers2043 ~ I think that falls under the category of "Wait and see"...  Thanks for your interest, I'll be doing more with the boat later on.

dobdriver ~ Thanks mate! I couldn't imagine Australia any other way, to be honest  I think naked trees just wouldn't be right in this land...



...Now it's time for another installment of... Mackay!...

Now, this update will be focusing on my recreation of our airport, which is not complete, because the terminal building is still in progress 

This update will be showcasing Joel and my own work at SCAG, namely our new 737 Project and the SCAG Turboprops....

I present to you Mackay Airport... with every airline that services it.


The Virgin Blue 737-800 is a common sight in the Mackay Airport, these aircraft flew direct to Brisbane or Sydney.... On a side note, there is a Virgin Blue plane called the "Mackay-be Diva"... I'm sure all of those who are into Horse Racing get the humour in that...


The Jetstar A320... another common sight in Mackay, Jetstar use these aircraft on their only Mackay service, direct to Brisbane.


The QantasLink DHC-8 Q400... these Aircraft serve Qantas' Mackay-Townsville-Cairns and the Mackay-Rockhampton-Gladstone-Brisbane services.


a Regional EXpress Saab 340... a relatively new edition to Mackay, REX only introduced its Mackay-Townville run in September.

isn't that amazing... having all of our Passenger planes in port at the same time... 



Now, onto the other parts of the Airport...

Remember the Australian Customs Dash 8 that we seen flying over the islands a few updates back?

Well, it finally landed...


The plane has a seperate bay at the end of the tarmac, which is exclusively for Government Aircraft.


Now, we're going over the the Western Apron...

What's that? It wouldn't be a Toll Metroliner would it? 

Mackay is the Northern hub for Toll Priority, which operates the Air freight services in much of Australia.


This plane is in for a long stay, as the first one was parked in the well, "Loading Zone" of the Apron.



The actual Toll Logistics centre...



A look at the terminal and area...


The front of the terminal, until I BAT the proper one...


The Car Rental Parking Lot... how many times have they been omitted from Airports in SC4?


That's today's update, please, tell me what you think... what do you like, what you don't or anything you'd like to say, really.

Havva good one,
Adrian.

[joelyboy911]

A very nice airport, Adroman. I hope you give us a look at all the runways and taxiways someday soon. 

[thingfishs]

That's a great looking airport  Love all the little touches, the yellow lines, Toll area, rental park, not to mention all the excellent plane models (liveries?). As for the terminal is that some kind of a modular airport pack? where can it be got? It looks so much more realistic than what I've been using. Nice work Adrian (& Joel)

[Earth quake]

A splendid airport adroman and impressive work at the lot.

[Battlecat]

Very nice looking airport! 

Actually, I had another thought about the tugboat.  This depends entirely on how props are created which I don't know much about at all.  Rather than rendering a chopped version, is it possible to render the boat in such a way that everything below the waterline would fall below the ground by default in the lot editor?  Actually, now that I think about it, that might be necessary to do that to make a boat float properly anyhow, assuming that the waterline in the lot editor is the ground level point. 

If that's the case, then you'll only need one version of the prop, not two. 

[Schulmanator]

Nice work on the airport-- I enjoyed my flight 

[KoV Liberty]

Very good job there! Although you may wish to fix the ground textures in the 6th pic.

[danielcote]

This is a very realistic airport!

[Bobbi]

The airport is very nice!

[scott1964]

Good job, keep up the good work.