My next terrain project

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Le Bourget Aerodrom. Basic shape made after a landing chart by US DoD of 1954. Since then the shape of the airport has changed a lot.

Hangars and other buildings are still missing, parked aircrafts too. Will come tomorrow.

Edited November 25, 2023 by Gepard

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Aerodrom Landivisiau, a big naval aviation base.

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by Gepard

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Vietnamese MiG-21MF/Bis (with R-13M missiles), for Sino-Vietnam map inspiration.

 

[+daddyairplanes 8,748]

does the Sino-Vietnam map extend into Thailand (Korat and U Tapao)?

ive been wondering about a scenario similar to the one in the Clancy book Fighter Wing.  Tankers, Bones and the light grays are ready to go.....

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I mean if I do fly combat in Vietnam, it's the default SF2V map. Try going into Hanoi with modern SAMs and the like, you definitely need stealth for that...

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3 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

does the Sino-Vietnam map extend into Thailand (Korat and U Tapao)?

ive been wondering about a scenario similar to the one in the Clancy book Fighter Wing.  Tankers, Bones and the light grays are ready to go.....

The answer is simple: No.

It's made for a Vietnam vs China scenario.

 

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One of the mysteries of SF2:

I have a limited nations list

[LimitedNationList]
FriendlyNation001=RAF
FriendlyNation002=RoyalNavy
EnemyNation001=FRANCE
EnemyNation002=WGermany
EnemyNation003=BELGIUM
EnemyNation004=NETHERLANDS
EnemyNation005=DENMARK

So i expect to see british, french, west german, belgian, dutch and danish planes.

And what i found:

Egyptians!

Funny!!!

 

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10 minutes ago, Gepard said:

The answer is simple: No.

It's made for a Vietnam vs China scenario.

ok, i figured that would be the case

but its always a hard no if one doesnt ask

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6 hours ago, Stratos said:

Vietnamese MiG-21MF/Bis (with R-13M missiles), for Sino-Vietnam map inspiration.

 

It are MiG-21bis subversion SAU. Funny fact, the vietnamese pilots prefered the captured F-5E Tiger. It was easier to handle than a MiG-21.

An other funny fact. If you watch carefully you see, that the pilots are of taller stature than the ground crews. The reason is, that vietnamese food was mostly vegetarian. Soviet flight instructors found out, that the physis of the vietnamese pilots was not strong enough to withstand the high g-forces of a modern combat plane like a MiG-21. They got black out between 6 and 7g, while european pilots were able to withstand 9g. The solution was to bring young teenager into the Soviet Union and feed them with european food, mostly beef and pork. When the vietnamese teenager became of age they were taller and stronger than their comrades in the homeland, which were feed mostly vegetarian. So they were able to fly a MiG-21 up to the limits.

With this in mind: Vegetarian diet is malnutrition.

Edited December 4, 2023 by Gepard

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1 hour ago, Gepard said:

With this in mind: Vegetarian diet is malnutrition.

Pilots : Bacon tastes good. Pork Chops taste good.

Crew Chiefs: It could taste like pumpkin pie, i wouldnt know cause i wont eat the filthy motherf......

[+EricJ 3,952]

1 hour ago, Gepard said:

It are MiG-21bis subversion SAU. Funny fact, the vietnamese pilots prefered the captured F-5E Tiger. It was easier to handle than a MiG-21.

An other funny fact. If you watch carefully you see, that the pilots are of taller stature than the ground crews. The reason is, that vietnamese food was mostly vegetarian. Soviet flight instructors found out, that the physis of the vietnamese pilots was not strong enough to withstand the high g-forces of a modern combat plane like a MiG-21. They got black out between 6 and 7g, while european pilots were able to withstand 9g. The solution was to bring young teenager into the Soviet Union and feed them with european food, mostly beef and pork. When the vietnamese teenager became of age they were taller and stronger than their comrades in the homeland, which were feed mostly vegetarian. So they were able to fly a MiG-21 up to the limits.

With this in mind: Vegetarian diet is malnutrition.

Did a class on nutrition one time, and the instructor pointed out that you're not getting essential stuff from not eating meat. I don't mind salads and the like, but then again they're chicken caeser salads too.

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Jersey Airport (WIP)

 

 

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Some sceenery shots from Jersey Airfield

 

 

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RAF Dunsfold (WIP)

The basics are made. Runways, taxiways and parking areas. Hangars and further parking areas will come later.

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RAF Fairford (WIP). What a big base. If americans build something they build it big.

Parts of the texture of the runway is missing. Some buildings and some parking areas are missing too.  Will come later.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Gepard said:

RAF Fairford (WIP). What a big base. If americans build something they build it big.

well, we've always had more room than...... any of the old countries

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I found an old map of Fairford in the timeframe of the 1960th and it showed a base with 3 runways. Thatswhy i made some changes:

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Sitrep RAF Fairford:

More buildings, reworked parking areas. Next step will be to find the missing texture of the runway and finally to place the parking planes.

Edit: I forgot to show you Dunsfold:

 

Edited December 16, 2023 by Gepard

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On 2023/12/5 at 3:56 AM, Gepard said:

The answer is simple: No.

It's made for a Vietnam vs China scenario.

 

 

maybe we can use this map to build a modern southchina sea war，China and Vietnam have the problem with the sea and islands

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7 hours ago, SUDNAVY said:

maybe we can use this map to build a modern southchina sea war，China and Vietnam have the problem with the sea and islands

For a naval war my map is not perfect. Only the area between Gulf of Tonking and the island Hainan would be usefull. A possible scenario would be a sea blockade by China against Vietnam. This would be very one sided since Vietnam has no real powerfull  Navy.

For a China vs US-Navy scenario my old map Formosa Strait could be a good starting point. Formosa Strait is concentraiting on China vs Taiwan. But the map is covering the north of the Philippines too.

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SitRep: RAF Fairford. Parking positions for airplanes are set now. Take off positions now in 2 rows instead 4 rows for mass take off.

It's impressive to see the big birds.

Edited December 23, 2023 by Gepard

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Dunsfold again. I added some roads, parking areas and shelters.

 

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Gatwick Airport in early 1960 style

The problem was that no correct distances and sizes are available. Only the runway length was said 7.000 feet, which is around 2.133 meters. The rest is guesswork.

 

 

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Heathrow Airport as it was in end 1950th, early 1960th

Heathrow in front, RAF Northolt in the back

 

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In the last days i was busy with TOD object placement on the tiles. Its a boring and time consuming job to move the trees and houses to the correct position.

Some went good, some other things not. So i was never really happy with the TOD buildings for the London tiles. So i made a new one, but, to be honest, it looks more like soviet town flat blocks than London row houses.

In the background you see the TOD building, which are original on the London tiles.