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

[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

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by shelby

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

Of course, that too. But I think of the Russo-Japanese conflicts of the late 30s as being "spillover" from the Japanese attempts to conquer China.

I've been studying the Sino-Japanese air war from 1932-39 and its a huge, untapped area for flight sims. The war zone was even bigger than the Eastern front, and although mechanized and aerial ops were far less intense, total casualties were higher.

I fear it would be almost impossible for Il2 to model, though, due to the very large, densely populated maps needed to do the area justice . Also, you'd need dozens of new ground objects and vehicles, an almost entirely new plane set, and perhaps a better method of modeling boggy or muddy ground.

[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 ...

[shelby]

Originally Posted by Sita

that one if i remember correctly ...

i can't found which model is this

[71st Mastiff]

looks like a franken plane from IL-2 Sturmovik wings and the body of a kate?