HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

Will be released this week

Edited November 1, 2008 by Veltro2k

[MigBuster 2,884]

cool - nice one!!

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[Dreamstar 3]

Winner!!! Halibag on the way.... all we Need is a Stirling and we can re-enact the Bomber Command Missions from WW2

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

Winner!!! Halibag on the way.... all we Need is a Stirling and we can re-enact the Bomber Command Missions from WW2

 

you mean this ?

 

[gbnavy61 1]

Always thought the Lanc was the best looking Brit bomber.

[+Baltika 85]

Veltro. . .

 

You are Da Man!!!!

 

Oh yes :yes:

[WarlordATF 1]

Nice work!

[+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557]

Looks very good your Halifax, very nice work!

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

Always thought the Lanc was the best looking Brit bomber.

 

For me the Stirling

[Syrinx 13]

Always thought the Lanc was the best looking Brit bomber.

 

The Halifax is my favourite.

 

The MkIII was the best but I have a soft spot for the MkII & V specials with the faired in noses. Ugly brutes that look like they mean business.

[Spinners 15,986]

The Halifax is my favourite.

 

That must be a 'War of the Roses' thing. Let it go girl!

 

I'm not flying props at the moment but I admire your work on these Veltro2K - Keep up the good work.

 

[+Jug 99]

That must be a 'War of the Roses' thing. Let it go girl!

 

I'm not flying props at the moment but I admire your work on these Veltro2K - Keep up the good work.

 

Ditto! Sweet work, Veltro.

 

I never did understand why the Brit bombers didn't have belly turrets for defense.

[Syrinx 13]

I never did understand why the Brit bombers didn't have belly turrets for defense.

 

Mostly a weight saving exercise. Plus it was generally felt by those higher up the chain of command that there wasn't really need of a ventral turret on night ops.

 

The Lanc was originally designed with one though. The Lanc II's operated by 4 Group (before they swapped to the Halifax) were often fitted with the ventral turret or had a Lewis or Vicker's gun able to fire through a hole in the floor.

 

I wonder just how many lives would have been saved if they had kept the ventral turrets. The German's Schrage Musik would have been discovered earlier and that one glaring weakness in RAF bombers could have been negated.

 

What reports of Schrage Musik that were given by debreifed RAF crews were dismissed. This is where the fallacy of the Scarecrow shell was born. It was told to RAF crews that the German's had invented a flak shell that imitated a direct hit on a fully laden bomber.

 

The reality was that what RAF crews were reporting were in fact bombers exploding after being hit by Schrage Musik equipped nightfighters.

 

Sorry to go on a bit but it's one of those questions that provokes a lot of debate due to the impact it had on aircrew safety (relative safety - there was a war on !).

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

UPLOADED

[Syrinx 13]

Sweet ! File now approved !

 

Thankyou

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

Sweet ! File now approved !

 

Thankyou

 

no, thank you

[+NeverEnough 78]

Syrinx's posting about Schrage Musik made me a little curious, so take a look at this link for an interesting chapter in the night air war over Germany. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/wess...hrage_musik.htm

[Alexander51 3]

Outstanding work Veltro2k! More prop planes for the

SFP1 prop-head devotees

[dsawan 624]

Nice Veltro, any cahnce on a coastal command variant in future?bor the relative of the halifax-Warwick>

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Warwick

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax

Edited November 8, 2008 by dsawan

[marcus49 0]

NICE!

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Nice Veltro, any cahnce on a coastal command variant in future?bor the relative of the halifax-Warwick>

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Warwick

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax

 

In time . also template is available to all who ask

[Syrinx 13]

In time . also template is available to all who ask

 

 

I can never say no to the offer of a template !

 

If you wouldn't mind I'd love one. Cheers

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I can never say no to the offer of a template !

 

If you wouldn't mind I'd love one. Cheers

 

Here you go .

halifax.rar

[Syrinx 13]

Here's a WIP.

 

Redone the skin with the historical camo pattern. If there's enough call for it I'm going to do a selection of 4 group Halifax sqn's and possibly a Coastal Command version.

 

Still a bit to do, both skin and decal-wise - no ETA cos I'm pretty busy.