Greybeard, I have about 7 Hammond plugins, including B-5 (in the UVI Workstation). And as I said before, it really does sound good. Just another flavor of the "Hammond sound" available through all the various Hammond emulators out there (which really isn't a single, specific sound to begin with, if you take into account all the different tonewheel sets, models, physical condition of all the parts, that Hammond produced over the years).
I'll have to check out the PSP B-Scanner, thanks for the recommendation. However I do think Blue3 does a pretty good job at emulating the Leslie speaker. (But as I've found, you can never tell unless you do side-by-side comparisons)
In my latest project I've combined the VB-3 and Blue3 plugins, played and mixed them together to create a composite tone, getting the best of both plugins into a single sound. I've even matched up the rotary speaker speeds, so they stay pretty much in sync. By combining the two, I still can get that strong, deep bass when playing a gliss, from the bottom keys to the top, while adding the bright tones of Blue3.
I thought VB-3 was the ultimate sounding Hammond emulator, but it's not until you play them side-by-side that you can really hear the differences. VB3 almost sounded a bit muddy or muted on the high end compared to Blue3.
So by combining the two plugins, I have a Hammond B3 sound that will cut through all the other instruments (when I want it to), when playing with a full band's worth of instruments.
One more tip I learned during all my research. When playing around with Blue3, it's worth experimenting with the many different tonewheel sets (including the waxed and recapped ones), also in my opinion the "custom" speaker option sounds best out of all the available speakers in the plugin. So many choices, it takes days just experimenting with all the various combinations.