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Indeed, great details there! Only the wood grain on the D.II looked a bit overdone to me... I kind of liked better the more subtle approach on the D.V series.

Well in my local store, CloD's price, (boxed), is still 39.99 € I got a d/l version from GetGames. And yes Widow, there is some CloD modding around... not in the scale of old IL-2, I must admit, but things are a bit more complicated now! As a matter of fact I have started to extract hard-codded stuff to develop a skins and markings Mod, for the Jagdwaffe, as well as a pilot mod, myself. Some things are not as accurate as I was expecting them to be...

About CloD: I bought CloD from Get Games for 12,49 Euros last week. The last official patch was released in Oct. 17th. It's marginally playable in my laptop, in medium settings, (it runs RoF in high settings rather smoothely),... still buggy, but has potential to get better in time, nonetheless...

I don't have FSX, I was kind of impressed by the looks of those screenshots...too surreal! but CloD would be a good platform too, better actually, with ballistics and damage already included. It looks good too...even in medium settings at my laptop:

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To me are more like the black tulip scheme on the nose of Erich Hartmann's Bf 109 The rainbow thing you saw there is a flare's case...

Impressive scheme! One, really, minor detail to notice... I think that the camo colors are a bit too dark (the mauve at least) and may be it would me more probable to be inverted for the period referred to...

Here is BBloke's IL-2 Movie database; 266 films, of all genres to choose from... http://il2mdb.flightsimmachinima.com/

I think Spad XIII had 400 rounds per gun... Here is a rare example of victory markings in WWI:

Our German friends excel in organisation and practicality! The rigging instructions were printed on that rectangular sheet you see on the fuselage: Two more pics for Olham's enjoyment* ! Notice the metal primer chipping on the second one, Creaghorn! * If you go to WW site and choose Model Kitsets and your model of preference, you can find additional Archive Photos than the generic ones.

One more for you, my friends:

Thanks, Lothar!

Yes, very nice indeed... I tried it yesterday for the first time and seemed most interesting!

Sounds great! Will try ASAP... Thanks!

And the other two parts:

The most known similar incident known to me from WWII is the Robert Johnson - Egon Mayer, story: There is a an interesting IL-2 Movie by Mysticpuma, from early 2007, (before the mods) portraying it... This is the first part: ....

The flat spinning must have prevented the speed build up and was the main factor that saved the crew... As for the first clip, it is said that it was from 1918, but actually, from the planes seen worked on, must be from 1916. Check out this one too from 1918: 94th Aero At 5:35 a Spad 13 firing...

I had seen parts of this movie before, but not the whole clip... The production line from stright planks to complete aircraft. Critical Past clip Many interesting clips there, also Check out this miraculous escape... Cuperly, France, July 19th 1918

Great plane to have indeed! But would be too much workload for the developng team, as they have to model proper AA for it, as well...

D.Va (OAW) had additional lower wing reinforcements, to additionaly counter the lower wing flutter plague of the V strutted Albatrosse. This led to an increase of weight and as counter measure the fuel tank capacity was decreased, in order to lighten the plane. That finaly comromised the plane's autonomy while the total weight, still remained a few kilos heavier than the Johannistal model!

Indeed... 717 220 ___ 937 for OAW D.Va Instead of: 680 235 ___ 915 for Johannisthal D.V uprated and D.Va But as showed earlier, Fuchs' machine was a Johannisthal one and the weights table is just misplaced. I've started a personal topic with OvS, Jim. You are invited too...

Great news! I was kind of expecting that after the AI overhaul announcement, with tactical awareness taken under consideration, resulting thus, to more historical outcomes and not the live or die battles we have now.

Impressive! I only have to note that the plane on that video is powered by a radial engine...

The new wooden and metal texture is brilliant but I see many mistakes, (OAW and Johannisthal characteristics been mixed up) The photo of the actual Fuchs D.Va, from early 18 looked a bit different... The obvious diference is the camo on wings instead of lozenge. From what it seems from the photo Fuchs' Albatros was a Johannisthal Werke machine, (fuselage cross placement, centerline stencil and lack of bream on the hood). The blue on tail section is extended up to the cross side on fuselage and on the rudder as well. From the update pics the plane is having OAW style lozenge camo (blue rib tapes) and weights table stencil placement... The OAW style lozenge in every Albatros in P3 is a mistake I don't want to see it repeated in P4!