if i played with lego until i am 90... i still would not have this skill set. they are so good i would not be surprised if either microsoft sues everyone for copyright or lego actually joins forces with microsoft and produces a set of hyper realistic planes from crimson skies.
Have you considered creating a model based off the BV-38 Flying Wing from Indiana Jones: Raider of the Lost Ark. The dateline in the movie is close of that to Crimson Skies. http://myhobbycraft.blogspot.ca/2010/05/bv-38-flying-wing-172.html it close to the design of the Northrop flying wings I alway...
In a games such as Crimson Skies or other miniature game... when the game is no longer supported and no revival in sight.. we are left to our own devices.. well if one happens to be a 3d printer.. well things are looking up ;) they have been around for a good while now.. in the early days we needed ...
I used google earth and photoshop to make a map of my city... Its a massive size map 24 inches by 72 inches. In photoshop i peiced together the map. I used a webbased hex grid generator to create a transparent grid for the map. I took the image and spit it through a posterprinter program (PosteRazor...
unfortunately its not available to view in Canada... But that is a level of awesome that requires a Devastator in my collection to be called "The Ace of Spades" from this day on..