[Nadia]

I've been flying the Brewster Buffalo since I was 3 or 4, in a huge four people
swing with twice as much rope or chains then the commercial ones, and seemingly anchored in China.
I just put this card in me pocket and went up dogfighting my
neighbors with similar cards. Parachuting was daring and involve hitting the
lawn, bruise and scratches were common, especially when it was missed.




This is a collection of 147 planes from which I got 32, probably issued during the late 40' (*), was collected by my older brother,
who gave them to me to play with, when I was about two year old.
The UN was the big thing back then, and got involved with forces fresh from WWII into most of the conflicts of the time, including Korea.
Oddly, they didn't use any of THESE planes, and there's no jet to be seen (most secret subject I guess...).
And many of the odd planes that I though were fakes, turn out to be real forgotten birds... Here is the list:
[Buffalo,Saro London and Lerwick, Albacore, Havard, Proctor,Flamingo,Roc,F5F Skyrocket,Seagull,Whirlwind,J2F,Mosquito,Mars,ZKB-26,Albatross,
GST,Digby(Bolo),PBS-1,Hertfordshire,WacoGlider,Amoit370,C-54,Chato,Dragonfly,Bermuda,Yak4,Commando,O-47,Caudron(690-710-711-712) unretract-spats ),Constellation]

Now you know why I bought Il-2 FB in 2004, and can bet what was the first plane I used. I flew "captured" Brewster's for the Russians
against the German invasion of Crimea, then got historical flying eurofins2005 16 x 60 dogfight over the gulf of Finland. Each plane
(16 Brewster's, 30 I-16's and 30 Hurricane's) I fitted with it's own unique skin; that got my my computer to crash quite some times
when I was trying to save a big track. I had a 3 ghz hyper-thread monster back then, that use to overeat.
My best score turn out to be 42 kills in a single mission, in a successfully saved game 32 kills, and more recently with limited ammo
about 11 kills, by using only two mguns at a time !

* cards are from year 1940.

[Bob_Drugstore_Arp]

Thank you for sharing this so touching story! I love the "Buffalo" too...

[katdog5]

very cool; id like to collect some of those

[Nadia]

New aircraft to be flown in IL-2 SOON. This is not one of those Cracky ( ! ) project that never makes it.
It is rather one of two MOST LIKELY mods coming our way:

view topic at SAS, and believe it!

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,7932.0.html

[Bob_Drugstore_Arp]

Nadia
It would be very nice if you share with us all the cards you have collected. A very interesting collection. I love the impressiveness those pictures made with! If you look right you see so much rage and desperate speed and inevitable resolve in those images!

[Nadia]

Nadia
It would be very nice if you share with us all the cards you have collected. A very interesting collection. I love the impressiveness those pictures made with! If you look right you see so much rage and desperate speed and inevitable resolve in those images!

Thanks for you're interest. I know doing this is a must, because it's seems this moment in time could be lost
for posterity. Don't know if other examples of those cards exist, since they are the kind of thing people use
to trash away ...
However each scan is arduous, and is a job that cause a lot or errors, and let start all over again situations.
Since I'm involved in other projects, I do this when time permits...
But I do intend to publish them all here, little by little, and maybe one post, one pack release some day.

However the original cards are not in that prestine of a state. Some faults are
treated to restore them, but I try to limit such interventions... so as not to
loose the original looks of things. 8)

[Nadia]

Nadia
It would be very nice if you share with us all the cards you have collected. A very interesting collection. I love the impressiveness those pictures made with! If you look right you see so much rage and desperate speed and inevitable resolve in those images!

A true living MOD, the Douglas B-18 Bolo ( Digby I, in the RCAF ), an attempt to adapt the DC-2 to bomber role.
Just because you asked, I did this one. I had to choose, between giving you some
great battle scenes like the one for the Mossie or the Amoit 370 ( which I'll probably do in the next installment ),
but I could not pass this rare bird related to "modding". The history is even more amazing with regard to the Atlantic campaign and Pearl (Wikipedia):

"The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a United States Army Air Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force bomber of the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its DC-2 and was developed to replace the Martin B-10. By 1940 it was considered to be underpowered, to have inadequate defensive armament and carried too small a bomb load. Many were destroyed during the Pearl Harbor Attack and in the Philippines in early December 1941. By 1942 the survivors were relegated to antisubmarine or transport duty. A B-18 was the first American aircraft to sink a German U-Boat, the U-654 on 22 August 1942." hock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo
There is an interesting anecdote in there about the B-17 (Boeing model 299), the prototype crash and price tags !!

[Nadia]

"THE WOODDEN WONDER".
One of the rare "classic" birds I have in this collection.
This one is for Bob_Drugstore_Arp who likes the intensity drama-action scenes portrayed at the time. :wink:

The glue-brown paper mix behind the cards is cleanable; Mosquito was the
worst, so I clean up almost 80% of it; however exposure to water must be
limited; requiring to stop and let humidity dissipate in a long while.
Actually the card is very well preserved underneath it, even whiter and cleaner then on some exposed areas.

This comment is fitting since glue was a part of the Mossie's design.
The Germans had far less success with their He-162's glue,
..penury of needed chemicals, cripple industry, and inherent vibrations made their machines fall apart..

This scene is like a for-vision of an upcoming IL2 ! However the industrial building portrayed has an overhang-bridge-passage
quite common in industrial complex. Too bad we don't have this type of industrial feature yet !
Bit like the railway overhead passage, but closed; or an oblique similar structure ( containing a conveyor ) would also be nice ! :)

I thought I had nothing to say on this card: JEEZ!!! :|

[vonofterdingen]

These are really a treat to look at. Thanks for sharing them with us!

[Nadia]

These are really a treat to look at. Thanks for sharing them with us!

Thank you for keeping me going , vonofterdingen !



The Polikarpov Chaika, Chato in Spain.

This one I dedicate to Oleg and his team, for giving us this great sim.
Where would we be without those Russians ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVo-2jfeoMM

Chaika: Чайка, "Lapwing"
Chato: "snub-nose"
Never in my wildest dreams I would ever hope to fly this beast, but we all did! Thank you guys!
8)

I think these cards might be older then I initially though, since I just heard
Eisenhower's speech about the "United Nations", before the invasion of Normandy. (update: cards are from 1940 !).

[Nadia]

Amiot 370 racer/record breaker
For Bob_Drugstore_Arp and the french connection...
( Amoit is a misspell of Amiot ).

Part of a family of fast bombers (340/351/354/356...) and postal planes (341), this was actually a racer
aircraft for a New-York Paris race 1937, that was cancelled. It also had a very long range and broke several speed
long range records in 1938 and 39. hock:
http://warbirdsforum.com/showthread.php?t=778
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other2/a370.html

The Lorraine cross was typically worn by free french forces airplanes in England and Mediterranean, but not actually the national insignia. They sport
either the British roundels, or later the french roundels along side it. It was the insignia of the french battleship Lorraine which also carried seaplanes.
The Lorraine was one of those rare french ship that actually switched side peacefully, disarmed then rearmed in Alexandria.
It was then used for the bombardments of Southern France, including the cities of Toulon and Marseilles.(!!!) Food for thoughts ! ;dd
This gives a new meaning to the notion of peaceful takeover... :|

This aircraft is very reminiscent of the He -111, but has a high wing. However a long top main cockpit was typical of the bombers, although omitted on the racer 370.

[Nadia]

Amiot 370 racer/record breaker

Part of a family of fast bombers (340/351/354/356...) and postal planes (341), this was actually a racer
aircraft for a New-York Paris race 1937, that was cancelled.
http://warbirdsforum.com/showthread.php?t=778

"The Amiot 341 long-range postal aircraft was considered the perfection of French aircraft design when it was demonstrated at the 1936
Salon de l’Aviation(Air Show)"
from Romantic Technofreak/warbirdsforum.com/see link above.

Wonderfull shiny planes, including a glittering brand new Blenheim. :mrgreen:

[Bob_Drugstore_Arp]

WOW!!! Thank you Nadia for your sharing!! Great pics, great collection! Thank you again for these minutes of interesting reading and vewing!

[Bob_Drugstore_Arp]

...and yes Mosquito and Amiot370 are really super spectacular pics!!! I love those!

[Nadia]

...and yes Mosquito and Amiot370 are really super spectacular pics!!! I love those!

The Blackburn Shark
A switch of scenery to battle scene at sea, brings another British torpedo plane in action. .
What is strange about this picture, is that it looks like a single seater, while in fact, like the Swordfish, it was a three seater naval airplane. :-?

"The Blackburn Shark was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber built by the Blackburn Aircraft company in England. It first flew on 24 August 1933 and went into service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Air Force, Portuguese Navy, and the British Air Observers' School, but was already obsolescent in 1937 and in the following year, replacement by the Fairey Swordfish began." ( Wickapedia )


A RCAF superb Shark float-planes pic, in British Columbia,WW-II. It's RCAF career here:
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equ ... rk-eng.asp