Operation Seelöwe

[+Sundowner]

Nice work.

Some great old aerial photos on this site.....might help with targets...

https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/search?keywords=london&country=england&year=all&view=grid&page=10

[+Gepard]

Nice finding.

What i really would need is a TOD editor. Tiles alone are only one side of the coin. Without TOD's its worth only the half.

[+baffmeister]

The new London tiles look awesome!

A question for model builders: Is it possible to reduce the size of the Tower of London without the Max file? The current model looks much too large but it's probably the only one available.

[+Gepard]

I dont think so. Without the max file it will not work.

I can't remember who made this file more me. It was years ago.

[+Gepard]

Made some new tiles to blend the London Cityporttiles with the generic city tiles.

So it looked  before i made the blending tiles

and so with the blending tiles:

[Wrench]

the 'after' is SOOOOO much better! Great work!!!

[+baffmeister]

I think this terrain will get me back into SF2-WW2. An ETO install on my new computer at least.

[+swambast]

1 hour ago, baffmeister said:

I think this terrain will get me back into SF2-WW2. 

Baff, I totally agree with you.  Gepard, this is absolutely awesome work, keep it up - and let me know if I can lend a hand (time permitting).

[+Gepard]

WIP screenshot:

London Cityport. You see, that the blending tiles south of the port (over the left wing of the plane) are not made yet. (5 or 6 tiles)

When all tiles are made and placed, i will have to make them "older". Modern features, like the runway in London Cityport or modern factories, motorways etc i must overpaint.

 

[+Gepard]

Last sit rep this weekend.

3 tiles done, 2 tiles needs a rework. But not today.

Feierabend.

[+russouk2004]

looks really good m8   u can almost hear the traffic  lol

[+Gepard]

Look over London cityport in southern direction.

The generic citytiles, which i made, i dont know. They are looking more like a small town than London.

BTW, could someone make a real He-100D1? I love this bird!

Edited April 21, 2020 by Gepard

[+Sundowner]

Bear in mind that 1940's London was a LOT smaller than it is now.

[+Gepard]

1 hour ago, Sundowner said:

Bear in mind that 1940's London was a LOT smaller than it is now.

Thats true. I will make London a little bit smaller than it was on the old map.

Here a test with a new standard generic city1 tile

 

What do you think? Should i stay with the old greyish tile or set on the more brick red tile?

 

[Wilches]

The red ones for sure!!

[+Sundowner]

Yep, red looks more like it.

[+daddyairplanes]

go with red

 

[EricJ]

Red looks good

[+GKABS]

Looking great m8

[Gatling20]

Great-looking work, I'm looking forward to it, thanks Gepard.

One small historical note, relating to the River Thames, since this is a WW2 terrain - HMS Belfast was only moored in the Thames, opposite the Tower of London, in 1971. She was not there during WW2.

 

[+Gepard]

London tiles mostly reworked with new, more red, tiles.

So it looks now:

There are some tiles to rework, including the tile with the HMS Belfast that still needs to be removed.

Edited April 26, 2020 by Gepard

[+Gepard]

Sit rep:

I have started to make new tiles for the river Themse west of Batterypark in London.

The screenshot shows a view from west to east. Batterypark, Hydepark and Tower of London i have marked on screenshot for your better orientation.

Edited April 28, 2020 by Gepard

[+Gepard]

Last screenshots for today:

He-100D1 at 5.000 meters over London.

[+GKABS]

Outstanding!

[+russouk2004]

46 minutes ago, GKABS said:

Outstanding!

indeed