Owl AI


The Ralf Kreibich AI collection


Several times I started to design things in GMax and FSDS without getting very far. I feel much more comfortable with Visual Basic, PHP or installer scripts. Then something happened that brought me back to aircraft design.

I contacted Ralf Kreibich, who had published a nice F-84 package, and asked him if he would consider doing an RF-84 model as well. I loved his answer - he enclosed the already finished RF-84 model.

We started talking and I learned that Ralf was planning to retire from his hobby. He sent me some additional planes. After seeing them in FS I was stunned. Such beautiful models and they should not be made available?

After I told Ralf that I thought these models should be published, he said that he had made up his mind and would not publish any more. But he sent me the sources and trusted and authorized me to edit and publish them.

So here we are. My plan is to publish all of Ralf's models. I have teamed up with Ray Parker, who is an artist when it comes to aircraft painting. He will make Ralf's models shine. I decided to start with an aircraft I have been looking for for years - the F-104G Starfighter. Later models will be the already mentioned F-84 Thunderstreak, the RF-84 Thunderflash, the F-102 Delta Dagger and the Ja-35 Draken.


German MFG variant German Long Distance Range variant with four tanks German variant with four AIM-9 Sidewinders and a tank German MFG variant German variantr with two AIM-9 Sidewinders German variant with two tanks while gear going down German variant with two tanks Touchdown...


This is the list of F-104 Starfighter Packages that you can download at the Owls Nest Download Center, from AVSim or from FlightSim.

The MAIW Tornado canopy fix


All Tornados in the MAIW packages use the great model by Fernando Martinez.

Used in an FSX environment, this model has one shortcoming: the cockpit glass appears grayish opaque. Fortunately, this can be fixed by adding an alpha channel to the cockpit glass part. This is a simple, but tedious task that needs to be done 283 times.

Thanks to the friendly folks at MAIW for allowing me to provide the modified textures. You can find the following packages in the download section:


GAF Tornado fixed GAF Tornado opaque cockpit Ray Parker repaint fixed Ray Parker repaint opaque cockpit

The MAIW Eurofighter canopy fix

All Typhoons in the MAIW packages use the great model from Nick Black.

Like the Tornado this model has an opaque canopy glass when used in FSX. I tried to fix it like the Tornado, but never found the right piece of texture. Luckily Gavin Cole did not give up and found the right part so that we can fix this issue by adding an alpha channel where needed. Great job, Gavin!

Thanks to Andy Nott for allowing me to provide the modified textures. You can find the following packages in the download section:


Eurofighter with opaque canopy GAF Eurofighter fixed Italian Eurofighter fixed RAF Eurofighter fixed

The MAIW A-10 Canopy Fix

The A-10, already used in the very first MAIW package, is the work of Rysiek Winawer.

It also has the problem that the cockpit glass appears opaque when used in FSX, but for a different reason than the Tornado. In this case the glass is not textured at all, which works fine in FS9, but makes the cockpit opaque in FSX. This can only be fixed by texturing the glassy parts.

Rysiek provided me with the sources of the A-10 model to make the necessary modifications. Thank you very much for your trust, Rysio! I have already finished the model update. The result is as expected - a wonderful model with a transparent cockpit.

In the next few days I will complete the program which, when pointed to your MAIW aircraft folder, will backup and replace the current model with the updated one. You can find the installer in the download section.

A-10 with opaque cockpit fixed clean model fixed war model fixed train model
This page was last modified on Monday, 11 September 2023 - 19:36