Thank you for unloading my 737-300 panel. I have being repainting third party's panels since FS2000 but this is the first time I made one from scratch. Odd as it may seem and even though the B 737 is probably one of the most popular jets in history, there are not many panels available for download.
I made mine based on some photos from the actual cockpit. In fact, the upper panel is based on an actual photograph, which I adapted to fit in the available space. I tried to remain as close as possible to the original panel, although some compromise is involved in order to make it work. For example, the view angle does not correspond to the actual pilot's view, otherwise there would not be enough space to install all the necessary gauges.
Speaking about gauges, since I don't know how to design them, I just repainted several gauges that I unloaded from the web. I'm sorry I can't give the credits to all the authors but I just lost track of most of them.
This is a freeware panel. Don't make any money with it.
Installation
Unzip the gauge zip file into the FS2002 gauge folder.
Add a new folder called panel.1 into the default b737_400 folder, within the FS2002 aircraft folder.
Unzip the panel zip file into panel.1 folder that you previously added.
Open the aircraft.cfg file of the b737_400 folder with the Note Pad or MSWord. Select one of the default airlines and add a number 1 to the corresponding panel. By default, the panel line reads like this:
Panel=
Just add 1, like this:
Panel=1
This will force the FS system to read the new panel.1 folder instead of the default panel folder. If for any reason you already have a panel.1 or even a panel.2 folder, use any other number (ex. Panel.3) provided you use the same number in the aircraft.cfg:
Ex. Panel=3
I hope you enjoy your flights with this panel.
If you have any suggestions to improve this panel please send me an email. I would very much appreciate to get taxi light switches that really work, like in the default 777 for instance, or an FD switch for the autopilot. I just don't know how to modify clustered gauges as the ones that come with FS2002.
