West African Stalingrad Map
#1

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 Smile ) 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.
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#2

Please some more screenshots (perhaps of the "wildcountry" regions too), it looks promising Big Grin
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#3

Absolutelly mate, you can
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#4

Cool. With this we could feel the taste of tropical war.
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#5

Excellent, I really want it!! Maybe for some post wat 3d world war??
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#6

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?
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#7

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.
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#8

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.
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#9

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.
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