McPhat Unveils Some Interesting Plans

The gang over at McPhat Studios have been rather busy this year, and they recently shared some previews of their upcoming projects with the masses:

• As previously mentioned here, McPhat has been handling the 3D modeling of the CoolSky (Flight1) DC-9-30 project, in addition to their usual repainting duties.  In their blog, they mention that the DC-9 development phase is "nearing its end."  Elsewhere, Espen has promised another update on the DC-9 very soon.  Looks like we may be taking flight in the DC-9 before long!
• McPhat has also been going it on their own for the first time, with the development of an ATR 72-500 model.  It still looks early in development, but the screenshots are very nice so far.  Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this project is that they are targeting this for X-Plane, and not FSX.  However, they have not ruled out a FSX version of the ATR at some point.  They state it will not be a full simulation of the ATR, but the flight model will be realistic.  It will be interesting to see where they go with this.  I love the PMDG Jetstream 4100 turboprop, and hope we can see more realistic turboprops in the future.