Neils Beach Airstrip, for MSFS
Real place with a -wrongly affected- ICAO code NZWE (affected by MSFS, not me!).
Version 1.1
--What's new--
v1.1
Recompiled with Sim Update 11 SDK.
--Description--
Located not far from Haast (Westland, South Island, NZ), Niels Beach is a small gravel airstrip that you can use to explore the area and reach some remove places like Gorge River or Martyr Homestead.
It's almost a dead end by road coming from the north, so it's like the last bit of civilisation on the west coast as you go further down south...
But it the area you'll find endless sandy beaches, thick bush forest, light-blue large rivers and sandflies-infested swamps! Enjoy flying rather than crawling!
--The scene--
The scene is a complete rebuilt of the default airfield. The ICAO code (NZWE) is normally used for a helipad in Norht Island, I don't know why MSFS is using it for this place... anyway, I kept it).
I used several default and custom assets and many others from various libraries.
It has been developed using the Orbx NZ Mesh, so I can't guarantee its compatibility with the base mesh.
Work done:
- airstrip, aprons and parking place creation
- autogen building replacement
- intensive adjustments of vegetation (a lot of patches were missing in the area)
- intensive recreation of the Arawhata in the area
- recreation of the Waiatoto river (further east)
- small improvements of Jackson Bay
- a bit of terraforming
Note: better rendered with Bijan 4-seasons vegetation or even better with REX Accuseason.
--Installation--
Please remove any previous version of this scenery you may have.
Just unzip and drop the "sbworks-airport-nzwe-nielsbeach" folder into your "Community" folder of MSFS.
It is more than strongly recommended to install this library:
- TSR Windy things
- SBworks Library v1.4 or later
- Boat static library
- Boat mobile library
--Credits--
All work done by SBWorks (Stéphane Beilliard).
December 2022.
s0cks
Love your work btw!
RichardBoon
SBWorks author
4 months ago
THEOLI4D
Does it work with World Update 12 NZ?
SBWorks author
Yes, it works. Maybe few trees to cut but should work as is.
1 years ago
spas3man
These west coast airstrips are great for VFR. Love the boats and jetties.
pigloaf
Great to see you back in action mate! Awesome stuff.
matrax2
Great job! Thanks.
FlyingSinger
I just stumbled on this and your other NZ strips. Great locations and atmosphere. I installed a few and did a quick VR trip from Neils Beach, winding through some valleys to Martyr Homestead then over to land at Gorge River which is such a cool little place. With Live Weather, this was one of the most beautiful routes I’ve seen in the sim, and I never even knew these places before. The South Island is great and more than Milford Sound and Queenstown! Thank you!
NZedder
Awesome. Nice addition to your already outstanding NZ airfields. 5/5
SBWorks author
Thanks! Don't forget to attribute stars :)
2 years ago