New planes requests (from other threads/please pin it)

[majorfailure]

Originally Posted by shelby

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

read the third post in this thread.

[Asheshouse]

Originally Posted by majorfailure

read the third post in this thread.

Vought is not owned by Northrop Grumman, as far as I know.

It operates as Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc - so comment in third post is not relevant.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Asheshouse

Vought is not owned by Northrop Grumman, as far as I know.

At one point Vought was associated with Northrop, before the merger with Grumman.

Depending on the wording of the consent decree, 1c/TD might be prevented from (further) modeling of ANY vehicle ever produced/modified/owned/whatever by any precursor companies of the evil that is Northrop-Grumman. We'll never know, since the exact terms of the decree are secret.

So, technically you might be right, but it might not make any difference with respect to IL2. Only the TD folks can tell us what the actual situation is.

I'd love to be wrong about Vought, since in addition to the OS2U, it would be very easy to modify existing Corsair variants to round out the Corsair family (Corsair Mk.I > F4U-1, modify F4U-1A to get F4U-4 and F4U-4C).

The Mk.I to F4U-1 conversion might not be necessary if the two planes were identical, otherwise all that's needed is different gauges in the cockpit.

The F4U-1A to F4U-4 conversion would require some external modeling work, some skinning changes, a new instrument panel, and FM and DM changes. Halfway to being a new airplane.

If you want to be absolutely completist about very WW2-era Vought plane ever built which saw combat service, add the SB2U Vindicator and O2U Corsair to the mix. The former served as hapless targets during the Battle of France and at Midway. The latter served as hapless targets in China.

[Marabekm]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

If you want to be absolutely completist about very WW2-era Vought plane ever built which saw combat service, add the SB2U Vindicator and O2U Corsair to the mix. The former served as hapless targets during the Battle of France and at Midway. The latter served as hapless targets in China.

I wouldn't say VMSB-241 Vindicators were helpless at Midway. They couldn't keep up with the SBDs and hit the Japanese carriers, but were able to assist in the sinking of Japanese cruiser, despite being in shall we less than ideal flying condition.

I realize it will probably never be in the game, but nice to dream about, to complete my midway mission.

[shelby]

Kawasaki Ki-10 and Consolidated PBY Catalina

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by shelby

Kawasaki Ki-10 and Consolidated PBY Catalina

Ki-10 is a requirement for Sino-Japanese war scenarios, otherwise not so much.

+1 for the PBY, although I'm not sure if IL2 allows amphibious ops.

[shelby]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Ki-10 is a requirement for Sino-Japanese war scenarios, otherwise not so much.

look here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle...losses.5B17.5D

[daidalos.team]

Originally Posted by shelby

Kawasaki Ki-10 and Consolidated PBY Catalina

Both models we have in archive in current stage at lod0. (25% done)
Unfortunately we don't have free hands for finish this planes.
Btw Ki-15 external model is close to finish ..

If somebody know IL2 modeling in 3dsmax/ Photoshop can continue in DT 3rd party on this models.

[Sita]

that one if i remember correctly ...

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Marabekm

I wouldn't say VMSB-241 Vindicators were helpless at Midway.

I was being sarcastic. Any pre-1939 light bomber design was an easy target if it didn't have decent fighter escort, or if it faced heavy concentrations of flak. The Midway Vindicators got lucky, the French V-156s not so much. Had VMSB-241 run into an entire Air Wing of Zeroes, like VT-8 did with their TBDs, the Vindicator would have been notorious rather than obscure.

But, since I love obscure, crappy early war planes, I'd be happy if the Vindicator/V-156 was added to the game. Most folks would probably prefer to see the F4U-4 or FG-1, though.