West African Stalingrad Map - Printable Version
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West African Stalingrad Map - caldrail - 07.10.2008
I've been playing around with the Stalingrad map, and it occurred to me that it had evrything you need for african terrain - wide flat areas, hill country, sprawling river deltas etc. So I started modding it.
Welcome to Zimbotho, a british protectorate since 1920 and a former german colony. There's two airbases, some local airports, and airstrips littering the remote regions. There's also a large open cast mine, a fuel refinery, a 'death island', and so forth.
So let me tempt you with these reconnaisance photo's....
1 - RAF Kunanda, the main airbase in the region
2 - RAF Rulembe - a station out in the northeastern back country used for training and border security detail.
3 - The Old Fort. Border security in colonial days has left these dry ruins, and next to it, a typical airstrip using sections of road.
4 - Spanish Fort, left over from the slavery era and employed in colonial times as a notorious prison - I understand the area is being renovated to some of its former.. erm... glory...
It might not be a historical map, but it has all the elements (other than herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the horizon
) I would expect of an african nation, and such places were used as waypoints for allied aeroplanes heading to India and Far East. Stalingrad never looked so tropical! This isn't a high priority project unless you guys really do want this, but I'm having fun with it.
- lowfighter - 07.10.2008
Please some more screenshots (perhaps of the "wildcountry" regions too), it looks promising
- Baco1170 - 07.10.2008
Absolutelly mate, you can
- Tigre_dos_Pampas - 07.10.2008
Cool. With this we could feel the taste of tropical war.
- RealDarko - 07.10.2008
Excellent, I really want it!! Maybe for some post wat 3d world war??
- Slashbot_427 - 08.10.2008
Looks nice.
Maybe you could keep the planes on it to biplanes and those old open cockpit bombers,tb3 or db3 I can't remember. Maybe have some AA outside the usual air base locations, maybe along the red/blue dividing line, and make it lots of 7.62 maxims or small 20mm AA
Can we bomb the Spanish fort?
- agracier - 08.10.2008
Looks very nice indeed. And it sounds like a map to use for Spanish Civil War scenarios ... something that has always seemingly been lacking in IL2 ...
Go for it ... very promising idea.
- Baco1170 - 08.10.2008
Well there is a Spian map being made If I am not mistaken. Buyt I am sure its acomplicated and lots of work map, due to the very populated areas of Spain and the diversity of terrein.
I really hope they keep at it and finish it, I was raised in spain and I would sure love to be able to fly in it. Beisdes Il-2 Sturmovik is very popular in Spain and there are a lot of virtua pilots there.
- caldrail - 09.10.2008
Okeedokee.. Priority changed. Still a fair way way to go yet, lots of detail work to do. Roads and railways are being laid but I haven't figured out how to make the bridges properly yet. Anyone know?
I'll drop some screenies later when I've refuelled the reconnaisance plane.