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For the last 3 months, I was out of town working quite far from home so was not able to work on my main projects. But i had my crappy laptop with me...and evenings were quite productive. As you may know (or may not) i was working on a few ground objects.. and even the first batch (S-125 SAM) system was uploaded. I am currently working on new S-75 and S-200 SAMs . And of course many others. (generally trying to cover all east cold war SAMs). Also, some other big projects came up..and I am in the middle of something. So those ground objects will find a way to be on the virtual frontline one day. But back to the topic. I have made a few (and few more to come) replacements for stock TW objects from the red side. The list is not long so far. Idea was....and still is in my mind to create objects and edit targets.ini and types.ini so airfields for example in East Germany or Czechoslovakia will have specific national background objects etc. But I am generally lazy to do ini work (which is bloody important - but I am prioritizing models for now. Also, I think we disused this already ( but i can not find that thread) I am interested in making 'era' ground objects appearance. So for example old Zil-157 wil not appear as fuel truck let say in 1995 anymore. And in 1954 it place will be taken by some older soviet truck etc, etc. Someone said it is possible to edit this...but i do not remember how..or I am doing something wrong. Anyway, my priority is models..hope someone will solve this ini issue for me. So far i've made the following objects: ATZ-4-131 and ATZ-157 - or simply Soviet Fuel truck. Also, have pre-1958 ATZ-3-151 - but ZIS-151 is not painted yet....so. not for showing yet. Standard trucks for different era and situations (also some more specific eyecandish for few countries ) GAZ-66, Zil-157, Ural 375D, IFA W50L, (Praga and Star - wips) Some command truck replacements...these are actually radios but It gives nice touch now. R-140M on Zil-131 and Zil-157 and few other models that are in wip stage still (R-160 on Zil-131, R-142 on GAZ-66) And there are also other ground objects, mean fighting machines. BTR-60PB (plus maybe 2-3 variants in future) BRDM-2 and few variants based on that chassis. 9P122 Malyutka-M and 9P133 Malyutka-P and new 9M14 Malyutka to add to the weapon folder and Strela-1 9K31 with new 9M31 Strela-1 venerable ZU-23-2 also mounted on some trucks and APCs BMP-1 BMP-2 BTR-50PK and its Czechoslovakian copy OT-62 TOPAS with few variants and some middle eastern mods for use with specific terrains. and Czechoslovakian- Polish OT-64 SKOT also, new PT-76 found its way here... More to come. I have more than 20 wips in this project. some East Germany and Czechoslovakian builds too. More soviet tanks (54,55,62,72,) APCs, some heavy haulers and FROGs. Of course, this still needs a lot of work. lIke double-checking data, adjusting hitboxes, userlist, and generally ini-ini mambo jumbo. So one day hope it will be ready. Definitely not two weeks. Regards. J.

Douglas B-24B Mixmaster - 1 Grupo de Bombardeo, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1955 At the end of the Korean war the United States Air Force declared the B-42 Mixmaster to be obsolete and surplus to requirements. Despite the tense relations between the USA and Argentina during WW2 and throughout the Perón years the US Department of Defence authorised the sale of 30 B-42B's to Argentina which were delivered in two batches during early 1954 where they replaced the Fuerza Aérea Argentina's remaining Avro Lancasters and supplemented the Avro Lincoln in Fuerza Aérea Argentina service. On June 16th, 1955 two B-42B aircraft from 1 Grupo de Bombardeo operated alongside a mixed force of aircraft from the Comando de la Aviación Naval Argentina in the tragic bombing of the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires where approximately 400 civilians were killed in the largest ever aerial bombing on the Argentine mainland. The type was subsequently used by both the government and rebel forces during the 'Revolución Libertadora' coup which eventually saw Juan Perón being deposed. As late as June 1966, the B-42B's remained in operational use with a force of ten B-42B's taking part in a flypast during the official inauguration of Juan Carlos Onganía as President of Argentina following the 'Revolución Argentina' coup d'état.

_Very_ nice PP! Some Shacklebomber trivia for you: - Early in its career, it was known as “20,000 rivets in close formation”. Later in in its career, “20,000 rivets in loose formation”. - The AEW2 operator, 8 Sqn, served in the Middle East from 1920 until 1971, primarily with tactical ac, ultimately the Hunter. RAF lore has it that towards the end of that time, the 8 Sqn pilots committed some serious transgression that mightily upset the Air Force Board. So they were disbanded as an overseas single-seat jet fighter sqn, and reformed on superannuated 4-engine piston prop jobs in the North of Scotland.. - During RAF stations’ annual Taceval (= US operational readiness inspection) exercises, 8 Sqn Shackletons often made unannounced, uncleared “intruder” landings. They were meant to simulate Soviet Bears (the obvious (only?) similarity being the 4 contra-props..) - When on an early training detachment to Malta (RAF Luqa) in 1974, I was in the tower when a Shackleton took off for return to Lossiemouth. As it unstuck, the captain requested permission for a low-level run and break. The reply: “terribly sorry old chap, but we can’t afford to close the airfield for that long”.

early starfighter

I had a working system in place on a terrain where objects would be automatically replaced when they were supposed to: Target[019].Type=SovietTruck Target[019].Offset=185,456 Target[019].Heading=170 Target[019].InactiveDate=12/31/1972 Target[020].Type=SovietTruck2 Target[020].Offset=185,456 Target[020].Heading=170 Target[020].ActiveYear=1973 Target[020].InactiveDate=12/31/1983 Target[021].Type=SovietTruck3 Target[021].Offset=185,456 Target[021].Heading=170 Target[021].ActiveYear=1984 For the _TYPES.INI file, "SovietTruck" would (of course) be the ZIL-157; "SovietTruck2" would be the GAZ-66; and "SovietTruck3" would be the UAZ-375. I also had a similar system in place with "SovietAAATruck", "SovietSupplyTruck", "SovietFuelTruck", etc. Actually, just out of curiosity, but have you done any Soviet jeeps like the GAZ-69 or UAZ-469?

you can change an object's year appearence (and disappearence) in the _targets.ini Obviously, they must be listed in the _types ini with their "ActiveYear=" statement, but you can turn off and on individual entries in the targets ini This, for example, is from the unfinished Modern Hawaii rebuild: Target[081].Type=IOWA Target[081].Offset=105.00,587.00 Target[081].Heading=310 Target[081].ActiveYear=1998 TK did something similiar on the IME map, where he turned off an entire airbase (down in the southeast corner of Israel) So, you can have a Zil from say, 1955, and replace with a GAZ (or whatever) in 1985 -these years are just examples. It would look something like this: stupid copy/paste isn't formatting right, but you get the idea

Yes. But '69' is also scheduled. Also UAZ-452, Zil-130, ZiS-151, Praga V3S, Tatra 805 and 813, Robur LO2002, Star 66/660 and 266 are in different stages of progress. As for cars

To do what Wrench says manually, for hundreds of target areas, is too time consuming. TFDtool by gerwin automatizes the process, it's very easy to use. Just read the included documentation on how to use it.

I can't tell you how excited i am about these ground objects. Thank you so much.

Great job!!!!

Man, you don´t belong to this planet!

Fliegerhorst Marck (Calais)

Outstanding work! Thank you so much for your time and expertise........Bravo!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp

and maybe these two camos

Yes, indeed I hope you like this desert one. More detail

another update

Fliegerhorst Guines

Basics done...

new map of rivets and wing lines for the 190A AND D

Fliegerhorst Caffier

yea...wip skin

Is that a new 3d model?

Fixed few issues Forgot Starfighters s-199 pit...like it...

So far so good...now, fade the demarcation lines on the camo, throw some rocks and dirt at it to make it look "used".