[canonuk]

Hey,

I'm doing some forward thinking about the later build of my Channel map (1942-44) and I'm planning on including about 3 ALG for the USAAF to fly from. Reading about them, I've found references to different materials used for surfacing - Sommerfield Track, Marston Matting, Pierced Steel Planks, Prefabricated Bitumenised blah blah. - I'm lost!

Does anyone have any decent pictures of these surfaces? Has anyone made any new runway textures that accurately portray them?

Also, on a closely related note, are there are really important USAAF airfields I jus have to include? SO far I've got Christchurch, Lymington, Ashford and Woodchurch. You can see the extent of coverage of England here:



So, are there some key airfields I'm missing? I can't really add more than one or two more, but since my USAAF knowledge has some holes, I'm keen to hear

Thanks

Joe

[Fisneaky]

http://www.controltowers.co.uk/usaaf%20list.htm

Some useful info here.

Probably just about on your map would be Andrewsfield nr. Braintree . Guess it deserves consideration as it was the first US base in the UK.

[vonofterdingen]

My father was part of a C-47 crew that flew out of Greenham Common, including D-Day (at least I think that's what he told me).

[Potenz]

maybe this can help you.

http://www.track48.com/products-hauler/HLX48013.jpg

http://www.combatreform2.com/piercedste ... ustang.jpg

this is the second material and the third one, actually looks quite the same, hope this can help you.

Potenz

[Stax]

http://www.spitfiresite.com/history/art ... europe.htm

[fido]

we have this one already in game, check test runways

[I/JG27_Waggel]

Perhaps this side could help you:

http://www.controltowers.co.uk/usaaf%20list.htm

Edit: Pardon, this url is already in this topic :oops: :roll:

[canonuk]

Looking at photos, I can see that the texture that is already in the game is very incorrect. Especially since the individual plates were long rectangles that interlocked.

Anyway, I'm working on a new texture for them at the moment. Comments are very welcome - runways aren't my expertise

[rollnloop]

looks good, except joints are too black imo

[Potenz]

looks really good, and black joints are quite real remember that this things was building under war presure, and you can expect bad joints.

Potenz.

[RAF_Magpie]

Looks good cannon.

What about putting some 'dirt' over the black area's, considering the 'meshlike' finish of the plates, it would get all sorts of crud in it.

BTW, nice placement of the jeep, with the tire marks - looks like its been drifting

[Murph]

I guess it would vary quite bit depending on what kind of dirt was below the matting, but I have it on good authority (my Dad) that the dirt would quickly work it's way up and render the matting almost indistinguishable from a dirt runway in appearance.
However, what you've done still looks much better than the default.