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  1. Touch Portal / Maticapp

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    Thanks for putting your deck up Bob, it works a treat for controlling the AI. I flew a flight of 4 A20s and they did as they were told every time. This has given me another level of control that doesn't need mapping on my controls :) I only have an Android phone but it works a treat.

    +1 from me.

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  6. Dogz new member

    in Recruitment

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Reggie said:

    Welcome to the DD Beagle, always good to have new blood (hound) join us ;)

    Ignore these weird chaps, we are all pretty normal - honestly....😇

    I think your version of 'normal' isn't 'normal' around here Reggie.....

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  7. PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    As an example of co-ordinated flying and attacking the Tiffies produced a corker last night. Take off with 3 AI went fine and all 6 Tiffies set off to the target. Not far from the home airfield we flew past 2 parachutes....we think the escorting P47s must have collided because we didn't see them at all. On arrival at the target bridge we overflew to check for flak but there was nothing...the idea was to send in the AI to suppress the flak but instead they proceeded to attack the bridge and took it out first drop....right in front of Delta! They did that without being ordered to do it. Knowing that I will order them to loiter next time rather than let them muscle in...

    No targets in the bridge area so we went hunting. We found flak and trucks around Wesel so I ordered the AI to attack ground targets. They became our flak magnets and drew 90% of the flak...lost 2 of them but we cleared out a lot of ground targets. Ammunition depleted we did a 'Brave Sir Robin' and headed for home. AI landed first, at the correct airfield this time, and we all landed safely.

    Well done chaps!!

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  12. Caught on camera.....nicely

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Caught on camera again....

    Out on the Guzzi with my mate last Sunday and the bikerpics photographer was on the same bend as last time on the A44 Bromyard to Worcester road. We were coming from the opposite direction this time. I was using my left foot as my angle of dangle indicator, it was skimming the road surface nicely. @Arthur, the centre stand is off now, it scraped once on a left hander in a dip where the suspension was close to bottoming out so I removed it....

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  13. IL-2 Mod/Hacks Discussion

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

    Posted

    Hi Benboy

    As far as I can remember the B24 is included in the latest update which I think is 4.12.2. If your game is up to date the B24 should be there.

    If you are flying offline and you want other bombers and maps then perhaps you should try the BAT installation found on the SAS forum here  

    Cheerzen 

    Sid

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  17. Icon Settings

    in Tank Crew

    Posted

    I am looking in the Dogz mods to see if they can be changed. Currently, Dogz icon mod v.1 allows pilots to see aircraft and ground target markers whilst flying and on the maps. I am testing it to see if the removal of ground markers still allows the map markers to be seen. Dogz Tank icons mod v.2 removes all markers from view and maps except for aircraft. I am looking to see if the map markers can be returned.

    Are either of these options what you are after?

  20. B26 Marauder

    in Modellers

    Posted

    Thanks for the positivity chaps :)

    There is a plan to use one of the remaining WW2 buildings at Rivenhall as a museum and represent the airfield as a working base. There is a possibility that they would like models of the aircraft based there, B26 included, to be built for display. Looking to get the job....P51B, Stirling Mk IV, Horsa glider and Dakota.

  21. B26 Marauder

    in Modellers

    Posted

    Sorry about the no-show tonight, not like me to miss a Tuesday flying...

    However, time is short this week and I had a last minute project that needed completing before Thursday.

    My bro is a member of the Royal British Legion in his home town in Essex and has organised a Forces Day there this weekend. He has vehicles and all sorts turning up and also wanted to feature the local wartime airfields, particularly Rivenhall. This is because they were busy around D Day with B26 Marauders, P51s and other types and then were used for glider operations 1944/45 by the RAF after the Americans had moved onto the Continent.

    I volunteered to build a B26 for him. Short notice ie. a week, and I will be driving it down to him so I need it to be finished and solid as much as it can be. One of the quickest builds I have done. I built the old Airfix 1/72 scale version which by chance comes with the markings for a Rivenhall B26. It took a day or so to locate a usable one on ebay that I could get quickly however one arrived and I started building on Saturday. For an old kit it is surprisingly detailed and went together very well. The cylindrical fuselage top join took some sanding to get it looking good and the rear of the engine nacelles needed some filler to get the curves right but on the whole I enjoyed it. It isn't very often I build a natural metal finished aircraft as it used to be difficult to recreate the metal finish. However, Tamiya make a bare metal finish paint and it did the job nicely. Perhaps I would have spent a bit more time tidying up joints etc. but time was the limiter here, just a few touch ups and corrections to be done tomorrow.

    D Day stripes were done by painting a white area, masking it, painting the bare metal finish and then using a sheet of black decal from which the stripes were cut. Easier than painting I think.

    The idea is that the model will stay with my bro and will be used for exhibitions.....

    I think he wants a MkIV Stirling and a Horsa glider next.....

    Cheerzen

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  22. PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    What ho chaps!

    Well, I must say we had a spiffer with the Tiffies! 'Sidley's Sods' took off and made their way to the target area with some cover from those jolly good Spitfire types - they kept us company until they broke off to engage some thoroughly beastly Jerrie fighters that were escorting some even beastlier fighter bombers on a parallel heading to us. Safe from attack we carried on and found our target area a veritable feast of ground targets. Unconcerned about fighters we set to it. A few minutes in to gorging on the feast and having fun shooting off our wockets we noticed that the fighter bombers were giving our lads over the way a bit of unfriendly horses doofers so with rockets spent, we turned and engaged them. Three 110s went down looking like the mess Christmas pudding yesterday.....much too much brandy poured over it equalled lots of lovely flames. I think one or two of the enemy blighters managed to bail out of their fiery puddings as they crashed down....lovely show.

    Low on ammunition, a few more runs were made on the ground targets. Then, time to leave the field and head home for Christmas leftovers....turkey and pickles....lovely. All aircraft returned to the airfield intact. Excellent.

    Jolly Good Show 193 Sqn. And Christmas wishes to our Yank friends who, it seems, also had a wizard time!!  

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