Dean, I’m really looking forward to this and will buy it from Just Flight when it’s released. I have always liked them as a company for both their products and their after-sales service. When I read how they’d supported you recently, it only confirmed to me that buying this from you through them was the correct decision.
Is there any chance there’ll be a 450 hp P&W Wasp Junior variant of the Stearman from you some time in the future?
I believe the current “official” status of the effects is that they weren’t happy with how some of them worked so they are re-tooling them and after that process is completed, they will update the SDK accordingly. So, I think some patience will be required for this to be a “thing”. This is straight from that Q&A they had recently.
There are no plans for a Wasp Junior variant at this time I’m afraid - the modeling would not be hard to add, but the cost of a second custom sound set would probably exceed the resulting sales unfortunately.
That’s a shame but, from a business point-of-view, totally understandable. I’m still really looking forward to getting it. Thank you for the quick response and all the best with its launch.
@DEAN01973
there were 3 main variants of the Stearman trainer : PT-13 with the Lycoming radial
PT-17 with the Continental radial
PT-18 with the Jacobs radial
and then there was the post war P&W Wasp 450hp Airshow / cropduster modified Stearman
your engine crankcase is incorrect for the Continental R670 radial - It’s too flat of face. It looks most like the Jacobs radial in your screenshots - but is missing the ignition harness plumbing and pushrods.
NOTE: The aircraft ID stencil on this calls it PT-17 incorrectly. Either the engine was swapped late in life of the airplane or the aircraft restorer / painter was unaware of the different designations - or didn’t care
this is the Jacobs motor : PT-18
this is the Continental: PT-17
and this is the Lycoming R670: PT-13
This is a critical aspect of the Stearman variations - and it is almost never understood.
Especially when searching the illustrious internets. No one seems to discern the difference - I guess a round engine is a round engine
Thanks for the info and the great images. I’ve made a note of the difference ready for the first update that will be released - it’s not a big job to alter the crankcase shape fortunately 
Dean, what about some cockpit screenshots?
Please…
I’m really looking forward to having a Stearman in MSFS - Thank you for taking it on, Dean
Lots of images here.
There is something that has been bothering me about the 3d model. I know eye candy is not all and I am still probably going to get the plane. I also do not want to sound too critical… but I just must ask as recently we had some planes in the same class released (WACO, Ryan, Cauldron). When I look at the pictures of the wingtip area I can clearly see rectangular shapes/low polygons on the rounded parts. Is that something that is going to be improved or it comes like that? I do not see it on any other airplane mentioned above. I know that this will get a lot of backlash at me for pointing it out.
Thank you for sharing this link. I hope the 3D model isn’t final. The frame around the windshield looks nothing like the real aircraft:
The green airframe pipes look strange too. Like plastic. And there are way too many of them.
The cockpit is visually the most important part of the aircraft because you look at it all the time. I’d pay more if this is done properly. 
In terms of the cockpit pipes, it can vary. You appear to have picked one of the first images in a Google search, but if you go further down there is an image of N1318N which appears to be a lot closer to what has been built in the DC Designs model.
I’m far from a Stearman specialist, but given the variants already noted in the engine discussion I wouldn’t be surprised if there were quite a lot of differences between airframes and a lot will depend on what reference material / access to an aircraft is used.
Fair enough. But no matter how many pictures I’m looking at - the frame around the windshield needs to be much thinner.
And that plastic look isn’t good either.
There were indeed many variations in the appearance of Stearmans, even within the same marks - mine is modelled to bear a generalised resemblance to the aircraft type and not be too specific in terms of absolute detail, so it bears features from both vintage World War Two aircraft and also more modern examples.
I have already had a few folks mention some minor details such as windscreens and the shape of the engine crank case which I think deserve further attention, but for the most part I think that things look just fine for the target audience.
Yes I agree on that. That’s why the strange windshield stands out even more. The rest of the aircraft is looking pretty good. But I guess I can’t complain for the price. 
It’ll get updated over time most likely, just like the F-15s have been, and if lots of people make the same suggestions, I’ll follow their lead and change things as required
Who is the target audience? I’m a huge fan of 1920s and 1930s aviation and while I don’t expect 100% exact to every detail realism, I do vastly prefer my simulated aircraft to represent real life models instead of mashups of different eras and variants.
With GAS going back to FSX/P3D I was (and still am) quite looking forward to your Stearman and whilst I’ll almost certainly still buy and have a lot of fun with it It I have a feeling that I might be a tad disappointed with what it could have been.
Anyway as said, I’m still looking forward to this and can’t wait to get some barnstorming action on.
My target audience is the 70% or so that aren’t bothered by such things, the casual user. I do like detail myself, but as a business owner I have to build for the market not my ego if I want to succeed. That said, I’m getting more settled in now with the new sim, and my tools, so I’m looking to increase the detail for each and every model that I build. There are lots of fine details I’d like to add to the Stearman in the future that are not there yet ( cockpit fasteners detail, weathering, trim-tab linkages etc etc ) because they’re not 100% required for fun, but would be nice to add. I launch when an aircraft is ready for the target market, and then listen to the feedback to refine the product to keep as large a proportion of owners happy as I can. This approach caused a bit of consternation when the F-15 Eagles launched as folks didn’t know that was the plan, but it’s worked out well in the end. The Stearmans will follow the same plan, but of course are already taking advantage of what I’ve learned since the Eagles with texturing, modelling etc. Each product should be better than the last at launch, if I’m doing things right.
