+Sundowner Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 48 minutes ago, Gepard said: Nice shelter. IIRC it was invented in 1938 and was used at satellite airfields like RAF Rochford. Its called a Robin hangar, there's one about 20 miles from me near to RAF Shawbury. 1 Quote
+russouk2004 Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 Gepard....if you want them here u go Hangars.7z Quote
+Gepard Posted June 5, 2020 Author Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, russouk2004 said: Gepard....if you want them here u go Hangars.7z Thanks a lot. Sit rep: RAF Hornchurch, airfield of the second defend line of the Fighter Command, situated near London. First stage, only airfield buidlings are set Stage 2, included a road to the village and placed village houses. And so it looks now: 7 Quote
+Gepard Posted June 6, 2020 Author Posted June 6, 2020 RAF Northolt, an airfield west of London. Later in war the runways became longer and a third runway was built. 5 Quote
Wilches Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 I'm in love with those airfields. So immersive they are! Any plans on german's airfields? Cheers! Quote
+Gepard Posted June 7, 2020 Author Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Wilches said: I'm in love with those airfields. So immersive they are! Any plans on german's airfields? Cheers! The problem is to get footages from 1940 for the german airfields. The british are well documented, the german bases rather less. I found a foto in Gallands book "Die Ersten und die Letzten", which showed an german airfield during BoB. It was a cluster of tents and huts and planes standing wild in the area. I will do my best to give each airfield an unique apperance. Sit rep: I added some more buildings and the Flak defence for RAF Northolt. Edited June 7, 2020 by Gepard 6 Quote
+russouk2004 Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Quote during BoB. It was a cluster of tents and huts and planes standing wild in the area. yeah...they had to move fields regularly late on in BoB as Typhoons regularly attacked them at dawn in pairs to harass them...and destroy a few planes...Germans insisted on clumping 111`s together making easy targets. Edited June 7, 2020 by russouk2004 Quote
+Gepard Posted June 7, 2020 Author Posted June 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Gepard said: The problem is to get footages from 1940 for the german airfields. The british are well documented, the german bases rather less. I found a foto in Gallands book "Die Ersten und die Letzten", which showed an german airfield during BoB. It was a cluster of tents and huts and planes standing wild in the area. Here is a screenshot from the book which i have mentioned. The left side shows a german fighter airfield during BoB: 1 Quote
+Wrench Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 and they don't show enough of the LW airfields in the 1969 movie to be of any use. (which might be too modern at any rate!) Quote
+Stratos Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 Looks amazing Gepard! Are you planning for any seaplane base? Quote
+Gepard Posted June 8, 2020 Author Posted June 8, 2020 10 hours ago, Stratos said: Are you planning for any seaplane base? No. Its not planned. Seaplanes were used for SAR missions only over the Ärmelkanal/English Channel/Le Manche. SAR missions are not possible in SF2 world. Thatswhy i will not include bases for seaplanes. 1 1 Quote
+Wrench Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 they're a nightmare to build -- the seaplane ramps aren't that hard, just use the large concrete slabs. It's the lack of proper sized hangers (REALLY LARGE) to place nearby. I know, I've tried!!! Quote
+Gepard Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 RAF Debden, WIP. I want to show you, how i make the airbases. First i create a temporary tile which is simply a picture from Google Earth. This will be placed on the map. From this sat picture and old WW2 air footages i can guess where the single buidlings and runways and taxiways were located. Then i place the groundobjects on the guessed position. And when all is layed out as i wish i will replace the temporary tile with normal airfield tile on the map. And so looks RAF Debden at the moment: 6 1 Quote
Wilches Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 Great! Believe or not I did the same sometime ago. But your work is far better! Cheers! Quote
+Gepard Posted June 12, 2020 Author Posted June 12, 2020 RAF Debden Robinson Shelters at RAF Debden 6 Quote
+swambast Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 Quote Robinson Shelters at RAF Debden Huh? Doesn't make any sense and seems wrong to me - but what am I misunderstanding? Quote
+Gepard Posted June 19, 2020 Author Posted June 19, 2020 RAF Martlesham I was unable to find an air footage of the airfield in 1940. Only a very bad one from 1946. RAF Martlesham was used from 1943 by the americans and got long crossing runways. So the position of buildings at my RAF Martlesham is only a guess. 3 Quote
+Sundowner Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 It's full name was RAF Martlesham Heath, looking pretty good to me but I'll have a look through my books and see if there's any good photos for you. 1 Quote
+Gepard Posted June 20, 2020 Author Posted June 20, 2020 17 hours ago, Sundowner said: It's full name was RAF Martlesham Heath, looking pretty good to me but I'll have a look through my books and see if there's any good photos for you. Thanks for correction. I have renamed the airbase now to RAF Martlesham Heath. 1 Quote
+russouk2004 Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) google "RAF Martlesham Heath" and I found loads of ww2 over field pics also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath Edited June 20, 2020 by russouk2004 1 Quote
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