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FSXA Need Airfield Gable Markers

Oh, Rick - wonderful! I've 'flown' along the Columbia several times, and am pretty well aware of Washington's landscapes, geography and natural history anyway. I know it's not all Boeing. From memory, your location places you not far from (shudder) Mt. St. Helens (V2.0) (Or maybe that's V7.8 or something, over geological time .. ). Well, though I live in a particularly pleasant and scenic part of Aus, the landscape of which was long ago formed by a huge shield volcano, I'm not sure it'd beat the natural endowments of Washington. At least Mt. Warning is now extinct and the area eroded down to 4,000 ft. And I have no doubt it's warmer here in winter!

Anyway, you're a busy man, so I won't keep you much longer. Nor will I be trying (even were it technically possible) to use your software to hack the NSA, CIA, FBI, MI5 or whatever. And I wouldn't dream of trying to sell your Gable Marker package. But the notion of zipping it with that red hangar sounds just fine, if and when time affords. Oh - I almost forgot. I see from our TV news services that some US V-22's were on the Queensland coast last week, taking part in big military exercises involving the US Marines, Air Force, Navy and Army, and of course the RAAF, Australian Army and Navy and so forth. I don't think the North Koreans were there, though. But the Chinese naval spy ships were!

Later today I'll drop everything else and fire up FSX for a sortie along the Columbia. First, I'll check out your immediate area. Look out for me - perhaps in Carenado's C208B - though you should by then be in bed. Probably I won't see much, then. I hope the bridge is still there for you this time tomorrow evening. Wave to the V-22 drivers; I hope they don't fly through your front door. If they don't hit the bridge, the way I fly, I might.
No need to reply, Rick. Once more, many thanks. Sleep well.
 
Ismacca said:
Hi, folks. As a very new ADE user I've had some success with basic airfield design, but have been stopped by a lack of suitable airfield markers. Here in Aus, at least, runways and the safe cleared areas around them are typically marked out by solid white markers - but I can't find any such markers in FS object libraries. Let me be more precise about the design of these markers, because when Paul S. (also from Australia) asked about them a year or two back, it was obvious from some confused replies that these airfield objects were not necessarily familiar to FS enthusiasts, designers or real world pilots living elsewhere. So please bear with me while I describe what I believe are known as Gable Airfield Markers.

The markers in question are NOT mere two-dimensional painted, stencilled or otherwise applied surface markings, but shaped, hollow physical airfield objects usually made of fibreglass or polyethylene. About 50 cm high, they are often 1.5 metres or 3.0 metres long (so roughly about 20" high, and either 3' or 6' long). Their end profile is triangular, and overall they are shaped like a gable roof. Thus we have a five-faced marker with two vertical, triangular end-plates; two long, slanted rectangular surfaces facing the sky, and of course a flat rectangular base sitting on the grass or ground. Typically placed at intervals along grass or gravel runway edges, and beyond around the wider cleared area, white gable markers can be a real help to pilots approaching rural or remote fields, especially in poor light or bad weather.

So here's the problem. I can't find any gable markers, or even a decent substitute. Paul S. was in the end referred to the FlightPort Dynamic Library, but sadly it seems (though my German is rusty) that this website and its library are no longer available.

If no-one knows of a source of gable markers, is there anyone reading who could 'knock up' (OK, create) such a 3D object? I'm guessing that as it's a simple shape in plane geometry, it might not be too difficult. I would suggest that gable markers could be helpful to airport designers wherever local authorities such as the FAA, CAA, LBA, DGAC or CASA permit. Maybe a choice of white, yellow, or for the fashion-conscious, fluoro pink? Different sizes?

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to try to save unnecessary confusion and time-wasting.
Right. Thanks. Any ideas? Kind regards to all from Ismacca, Australia.
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Hey Ian, I know this is a few years late but I have been thinking about this for the last 20 years. I finally got to YSPT yesterday and got reference photos close up of the most common gable markers used in Australia and finally made my first from scratch model in blender after decades of tinkering and tweaking other models in FS Design Studio and Lightwave3D years ago.

As a pilot who flew regularly out of YBAF, YAMB and YBOK I’ve never been satisfied with the art style of other models.

So I’m working on YBAF and will have some accurate to real life models available soon that will be able to be used by other users and devs.

I still have to do up the PBR textures and all and also create the short version as well. It’s about as close as I can get to the real thing. I decided against the bolt holes but may add them later.

At YBAF there’s a ton of yellow gable markers with text on them for parking and run up bays etc.

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