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S! Quick question here; how are you guys making the airfields from scratch?

Above is a screen shot of the method we are using to construct 90 percent of the airfields on The Slot. The templates of the airfields are custom textures that we use as underlays. The templates are usually of two varieties, wartime surveys like this:


or, if no survey is available, we use scaled overhead aerial reconnaissance photos taken during U.S. bombing raids, like this:


We then use aerial photos like this, to make sure we get it right:


The final result, hopefully, looks like this:


If there are no surveys and no aerial photos available (Tenekau, and Kieta), that are suitable for scaling (too much perspective, etc.), we then go to Google Earth, find the remnants of the airfield, and do the best we can (Tenekau, and Kieta).

We also spend countless hours looking at research material to make sure the airfield is portrayed correctly, for the period we are modeling. Good example is Lunga Point; the appearance of Henderson changes markedly during the course of the Solomon's Campaign.