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Er jeg den eneste dansker her ?

Inspired from an earlier version that had some inaccuracies, I recreated a dramatic interpretation of Torpedo Sqaudron 8's Battle at Midway with the most accurate and up to date planes and skins available to to the flight sim community today via All Aircraft Simulations!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzsgEpEI6X8

TBD-1 Skins by Hayate
Skins of the Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu Zeros are available and courtesy of http://www.asisbiz.com/Zero.html
The map and textures are bp_Midway listed at All Aircraft Simulations
Thanks Team Daidalos
**ton414's post special Basic Mod Activator 0.001 Beta for 4.11m**
Idea 4.11 SAS~CirX.
il2fb.exe and wrapper.dll files by QTim.
Generic Mod Enabler by JoneSoft.
Douglas TBD Devastator flyable. *ton414 made this aircraft flyable.* by "TD/Jason/ton414/Epervier"
Credits: Team Daidalos again thanks.
Shot with IL2 Sturmovik 1946 and edited with Sony Vegas 9

So the discussion the other night down the pub was, what in the world in this thing in China!!!

(click on images to enlarge)


1st image is of the whole site and the 2nd image is a close up of the runway / road / tarmac ???

One of the mate said he had found it on another web site and showed us all to see what we thought and some other people being a bit nosey lol also got involved in what they thought it was. Some of the things we / they came up with where; Its a new kind of airport layout, Its a UFO base (not kidding one guy said "Strange theirs a UFO base in China cos they all ways land in the U.S.", Missile base (both Anti-Air and ICBM where mentioned), Its the start of the Death Star, Radio Telescope, Ionospheric heater (had to look this up and why that guy came out with that I'll never know), Space centre of some sort, some sort of vehicle test centre.

Personally that's what I think its, some sort of advanced driver / vehicle test centre but I don't know what the shiny doughnut rings are about!!!

What do you think AAS?

I44 is a free mod for Arma2 CO that is based in europe in 1944 here is a list of what planes they have
Allied - B-17 Flying Fortress, Douglas C-47A Skytrain, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-51D Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa, Spitfire Mk.Ia., Hawker Typhoon
Axis - Bf-109E4, Bf-109F2, Bf-109G6, Ju-52/3mg5e, Ju-87, Me-262, Me-262A

but they are looking for a HE111 and more,
http://www.invasion-1944.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBp9LCFnMZQ

PROS:

- Cheap
- Easy
- Good fitting
- Fine decals


CONS:

- Old kit
- Basic detail
- No internals
- Fragile gear



THE PLANE

One of the first monoplane fighters of the Regia Aeronautica (together with the Fiat G.50, to which it was slightly superior), the Macchi C.200 "Saetta" featured the typical perks and flaws of Italian fighter planes of that time: excellent handling, sturdiness and flight behaviour, but limited firepower and engine performances: in fact, both the MC.200 and the G.50 shared the same engine (Fiat A.74 RC.38, 840 HP) and armament (2x Breda-SAFAT 12,7mm MGs) of the CR.42 biplane.
Nevertheless, just like its FIAT "cousins", the Saetta kept serving the Italian air force throughout the conflict, fighting with (and against) newer fighter types.

HISTORICAL NOTE: odd at it may seem, the first MC.200s featured a modern, fully closed "bubble" canopy. Unfortunately, it proved hard or impossible to open in flight due to air pressure at high speeds, thus preventing the pilot to bail out: therefore, later series were equipped with an open or semi-open canopy.



THE KIT

Here we have one more of Revell's "oldies" but, unlike some of the others, this one doesn't suck!

In the picture, you can see what's in the box. The sprues show some age: most lines are raised, the detail level is basic and a few smaller parts tend to be approximate; but, on the other hand, there's not much flash and engine parts are more detailed than expected.
This kit provides no internals, but a crude seat and a pseudo-pilot figure. No gauges panel, nor floor, nor either gear bays: with the gear lowered, you'll be able to see the ground through the model. Anyway, this will be noticeable only by looking straight into the (narrow) cockpit, so it's not too serious.
Also, gear up/gear down is the only option here. No ordnance is provided, since the kit depicts an early MC.200 (probably a serie III) without bomb racks.
While the sprues are molded with sand-coloured plastic, this release is supposed to be painted differently: the decal sheet provides markings and serials for either an Italian or German machine, both of which share roughly the same paintscheme.




BUILDING

This kit turns up to be a quick and easy build because, despite minor inaccuracies, the overall fitting is surprisingly good. Look at the pictures and consider that I didn't use any filler at all; only a few minor adjustments were needed.

The fuselage gets assembled very soon this time, since there is no cockpit to be built and the only "internal" is the seat-floor piece. Elevators can already be added as well.
Sensibly, the engine block can be built separately. All parts have small pins/slots to help you finding the correct position, first among each other and then onto the fuselage. However, they're a bit crude so, once again, DRY FITTING is the keyword. First, the two cylinders groups must enclose the pin that will support the prop. Then comes the cowling: the front part fits a bit tight, so the engine needs to be pushed in (mind cylinders angle). The rear part of the cowling works as a cap. Last comes the lower filter (it may give fitting troubles).
You need to choose between raised or lowered gear before building the wings because, unusually, a raised gear requires the closing panels to be added from the inner side of the wings. Anyway, wing halves fit on each other good enough, and so do the completed wings and the fuselage.
If you're building the model wheels down, the construction of the gear is quite simple, but there are a few nuisances. First, the wheels don't fit very tightly between their pins on the legs, thus needing to be glued; then, while the legs are solid enough for the (small) model, their supporting pin is extremely thin. It appeared to "melt" under the glue, failing to keep the legs steadily enough while drying. Be prepared to manually hold each leg in position until the glue has dried enough, and do NOT set the model standing on its own legs until it has TOTALLY dried. Even then, the Main gear will remain quite fragile. Luckily, no such problems with the tail wheel.
It's now time for the last bits: the canopy (maybe slightly oversized, but still acceptable) and the two MG barrels on the nose (they are possibly set a little too backwards). Note that the kit does NOT provide the tensioning antenna behind the cockpit, nor the small tube on the right of the fuselage. I worked them out from spare parts.




PAINTING AND DECALS

The boxare clearly shows the particular camouflage that you're supposed to paint on this model. I chose the Italian version, with the yellow engine cowling and the white fuselage band; and this band has to be painted, since there's no decal for it.
I used dark green as the base color, which probably isn't 100% accurate, but it's good enough for me. The first mottling layer was painted using sand yellow RLM79; then, a second layer was painted using earth brown. All was done using hand brush only. The final result of such a work may vary a lot depending on your "hand"; anyway, my advice is to paint the two mottling layers with different "grains", i.e. brown spots should be slightly smaller than the sand ones.
The German machine wears the same camo scheme, with a few differences: the upper side of the engine cowling is camouflaged, while wing tips are yellow, and so is the fuselage band. Also, it should look like if former Italian markings have been painted over.
Speaking of the decals sheet, there's very little stenciling, but the provided decals are very finely printed (see the close-up pictures) and can be easily applied without any hassle.




CONCLUSIONS

This Revell M.C.200 kit shows its age and, nowadays, it is surely far from the state of the art; yet it gave me exactly what I expected from it: a cheap, quick, easy build ending in a decent model, whose colourful paintscheme makes up for the lack of details. Not a contest winner, but a respectable "2nd rower" straight OOB. At least, it DOES look like a M.C.200!
Besides, despite the mentioned nuisances, it is really simple and even a total beginner could build it (painting... well, that's another matter :roll: ).
For these reasons, I think I can recommend this kit, but keep in mind that it competes in the "economy" league.

So, YELLOW LIGHT! (almost green! )

Hi Guys,

I just found a nice film, it is just one of the best IL2 movie I ever seen !

Really well done, Accurate, this guy has some talent, and is using some good maps 8) 8) ;o)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRXqYdEWVU

It's about Pierre Clostermann, for those who has read his memories "The Great Circus", and those who hasn't ;o)

I hope you will enjoy as much as me !!!

Ted

Both Versions are included so you can decide which one you want to use.

To install;
Just unzip with folder names on take the JU52SKINS folder
And put that right into your JUNKERS_JU52 folder and then
Fallow the How To Use Read me inside the skins folder.

Download Here
JU52_SKINS

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for this program made for adding, sorting or controlling all your skins in IL-2.
I just can't remember what it's name nor where I can find it?

Anybody an idea?

Would be very grateful!
Thanks in advance!

Jambo :oops: :wink:

P.S. Jes! just fount it I think!? Called Skinmanager Version 1.21, found it on Flight Sim Files
At least I think that's it what I was looking for! :mrgreen:

Hallo Fliegerfreunde
Ich suche nun schon länger verzweifelt nach einem Skin pack da ich keine Lust habe für so viele Flugzeuge immer einzeln herrunterzuladen.
Doch google spuckt einfach nichts aus und auch hier habe ich nur einzelne Skins gesehn.
Gibt es irgendwo ein SKin pack bei dem auch steht für welches Flugzeug die Skins sind? (habe eins gefunden doch die Skins waren namenlos also undefinierbar.

MfG Tim

Amazing:

http://articles.businessinsider.com/201 ... per-planes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... to-UK.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17710598

Thank to LeBigTed, 36 Spits: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=627_1357307187



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