DEVELOPER · PILOT · SIMULATION TESTER

Flight simulation,
built from experience.

Airport scenery, aircraft repaints, terrain databases and digital twins by Dean Mountford.

Nashville, Tennessee, USAU.S. citizen · Authorized to work without sponsorship
Available to relocate

Dean Mountford’s QAirTC VH-TLA Tomahawk repaint on the runway — PA-38-112 / QAirTC VH-TLARepaint by Dean Mountford · Base aircraft by Just Flight

500+ hours eachMSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane

Microsoft FSX & FS11Beta team & Design Advisory Board

57.6 pilot hoursFixed-wing aviation experience

PROJECT 01

Archerfield Airport

YBAF, Brisbane, Australia. An airport reconstruction shaped by airside reference photography, field measurements and a pilot’s view of the details.

The main terminal at sunset — MSFS development image · August 2024 — The main terminal at sunsetMSFS development image · August 2024Project source ↗

Terminal frontage — Daylight view of the terminal and apron — Terminal frontageDaylight view of the terminal and apron

Airport layout and apron — Latest supplied thread update · August 31, 2024 — Airport layout and apronLatest supplied thread update · August 31, 2024Project source ↗

Airport development and integration by Dean Mountford. Terminal model developed in collaboration with Alex, credited in the project updates. These images document work in progress.

PROJECT 02

Cone and gable markers

Custom geometry built from measurements and reference photographs, with marker colors matched to Australian standards references. Close-up studies from the August 10 and August 18 updates.

28R run-up bay gablesCustom profile, typography and placementProject source ↗

Red and white coneModeled base and curved profileProject source ↗

White gable markers — Shape and scale in the airfield environment — White gable markersShape and scale in the airfield environmentProject source ↗

Yellow cone marker — Color and visibility at ground level — Yellow cone markerColor and visibility at ground levelProject source ↗

PROJECT 03

Ground markings

Hand-mapped apron paint, runway thresholds and centerlines. The development sequence shows the move from placement studies to custom yellow and red markings.

Apron paint-line layout — August 19 development study — Apron paint-line layoutAugust 19 development studyProject source ↗

Custom apron markings — Yellow and red paint treatment · August 31 update — Custom apron markingsYellow and red paint treatment · August 31 updateProject source ↗

Run-up bay geometry — Ground lines and gables working together — Run-up bay geometryGround lines and gables working togetherProject source ↗

Taxiway alignment — Taxi routes and building context — Taxiway alignmentTaxi routes and building contextProject source ↗

PROJECT 04

Piper PA-38-112 repaints

Detailed liveries for the Just Flight Tomahawk, published as Hollywood_TG on Flightsim.to. Repainting also informs my testing of surface materials and aircraft detail.

QAirTC fleet · VH-TLA — 16K livery release · June 2024 — QAirTC fleet · VH-TLA16K livery release · June 2024Project source ↗

N2326F — Blue-and-white livery · 8K and 16K — N2326FBlue-and-white livery · 8K and 16KProject source ↗

Iron Eagle · N9905T — Orange aircraft livery — Iron Eagle · N9905TOrange aircraft liveryProject source ↗

Iron Eagle · N9906T — Green aircraft livery — Iron Eagle · N9906TGreen aircraft liveryProject source ↗

Repaints by Dean Mountford. Base aircraft by Just Flight. View repaint catalogue ↗

PROJECT 05

Brisbane City

City scenery and recognizable landmarks. This image is from the supplied 2015 Ultimate VFR portfolio; current work continues in MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024.

PROJECT 06

UltimateVFR

Photographic scenery across cities, coastlines and mountain regions for FSX and Prepar3D. Selected work from the Mission Aware Technologies product portfolio.

Guam — Ultimate VFR Guam 2.0 — GuamUltimate VFR Guam 2.0

Aspen, Colorado — Daytime mountain and airport scenery — Aspen, ColoradoDaytime mountain and airport scenery

Aspen after sunset — Night lighting and terrain context — Aspen after sunsetNight lighting and terrain context

Oahu — Ultimate VFR Xtreme — OahuUltimate VFR Xtreme

Denver, Colorado — Urban imagery and scenery — Denver, ColoradoUrban imagery and scenery

PROJECT 07

Terrain databases

Elevation and imagery form the foundation. NEXTMap ProMesh, high-resolution VFR terrain and the processing behind water masks, vegetation and building data.

Utah terrain — Professional VFR Utah · Ultra-resolution scenery — Utah terrainProfessional VFR Utah · Ultra-resolution scenery

Washington elevation — Ultimate VFR Washington beta scenery — Washington elevationUltimate VFR Washington beta scenery

Automated water mapping — Utah · Geospatial processing example — Automated water mappingUtah · Geospatial processing example

Building-data generation — Los Angeles · Derived geospatial data — Building-data generationLos Angeles · Derived geospatial data

Images from Dean Mountford’s March 2015 product and development portfolio. Legacy examples are labeled separately from current MSFS work.

PROJECT 08

Ditto-3D

Detailed digital-twin models for flight simulation, film VFX, real-estate visualization, industry and Unreal Engine. Mission Aware Technologies became Ditto-3D in 2026.

M5 hex nut — Geometry, threads and metal material study — M5 hex nutGeometry, threads and metal material study

Ditto-3DBrand and digital-twin visualization

ISO 4032 model family — 67 modeled variants · Full catalogue image — ISO 4032 model family67 modeled variants · Full catalogue image

EXPERIENCE

From flight testing
to world building.

I develop simulation content through Ditto-3D, formerly Mission Aware Technologies. My work spans scenery, aircraft repaints, SimConnect modules and digital-twin assets.

Simulation development

Microsoft FSX beta-team member and FS11 Design Advisory Board participant. Contract technical design for Dovetail Games, covering weather, airport data, scenery, ATC and AI.

Aircraft testing

Recent Just Flight Tomahawk reports led to corrections to a PBR surface defect and asymmetric stall-strip placement. Stall-warning behavior remains under investigation.

Aviation foundation

CASA private-pilot qualification, with 57.6 pilot hours and experience flying the Tomahawk, Cessna 152 and Van’s RV-7A. FAA Part 107 and Australian CASA RPA drone qualifications.

Community: FSDeveloper =Hollywood= · Microsoft Flight Simulator forums HollywoodX7046 · Flightsim.to Hollywood_TG

Flight simulation,built from experience.