2. Administrators fruitbat Posted April 30, 2011 2. Administrators Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Well, its coming soonish Following on from the 54 squadron Battle of Britain campaign, I'm working on a 92 squadron campaign starting Jan '41 until Oct '41 when they were withdrawn. 92 squadron were the first squadron to be re-equipped with the Hispano cannons in the 'b-wing- format that we are used to (and that worked), the first to be equipped with the new merlin 45 engines (ie Spit MkV), and were an intergral part in taking the fight to the Germans in '41, flying numerous circuses, rhubarbs and rodeos. Plenty of well known pilots graced 92 squadron, Johny Kent (of 303 squadron fame), Geoffrey Wellum, Brian Kingcome, just to name a few. The map i'm going to use for this is GilB57's 1:1 westfront map, as 92 were based at Manston during this time. I'll run the campaign at the same settings as the 54 squadron campaign was run at, and it will be written as a full strength squadron (12 plane) event again. I've already pretty much done all the skins now, including making 12 nice 92 squadron skins, and will release a skin pack to go with the missions again. A few screenies as tasters from where i've been messing with things lately, Mission to Lille, FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted April 30, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Sweet! Screenies, as ever, show the beauty of IL2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Nice one Kev, looking forward to this. Cannons! Mmmmmmm.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Really enjoy your campaigns Fruitbat and will surely join this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted May 1, 2011 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hooray! Another campaign from FB, and centered around one of my favourite squadrons too! Really looking forward to this Kev. Off now to dig out Kingcombe's book. Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I'm available anytime Tue. Wed. Thu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 1, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks guys, Is that a hint of what day to run the campaign on TOAD, lol. This will be interesting and quite different from the 54 squadron campaign, as all the advantages that the RAF had in the BoB, we don't have for this campaign. It will be us this time operating over enemy territory, and us having to watch are fuel, basically the role reversal from BoB. 1941 was not a great year for the RAF fighter command, probably the worst of the whole war, lots of pilots were lost, for no tactical gain imo. We'll start of flying the SpitMkIIb, before getting the MkVb, and will start of flying against mainly 109E7's before quickly becoming F2's and then F4's, and will just catch the introduction of the Fw 190 into theatre (ouch). survival, will be victory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Yes yes yes! Kev you certainly know how to press my buttons, lol. I'm there, call me a Spitfire whore, I don't care :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 What did they call these Ops.? Rodeos? Didn't they become quite sophisticated operations; top cover, low cover, close escort? Then follow up sweeps, withdrawl cover, etc. Will it be like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 1, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 What did they call these Ops.? Rodeos? Didn't they become quite sophisticated operations; top cover, low cover, close escort? Then follow up sweeps, withdrawl cover, etc. Will it be like that? Circus operations were coordinated bomber and fighter ops, 6/12 Blenheims escorted by ever increasing number of Spitfire squadrons, designed to get the luftwaffe up and fight. Rodeos were fighter sweeps over enemy territory, Rhubarbs, were low level fighter/fighter bomber sweeps normally taking advantage of low cloud, to attack targets of opportunity. although there are many other types, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_RAF_code_names and yes the missions did become quite sophisticated, and will try to recreate this as much as possible, within the limits to planes in the air to run a co-op smoothly. waiting for UP to see how much i can use triggers to aid this, has potential, as does the possibility of using zuti MDS1.2, and although effectively running the missions as a 'co-op' using some of the MDS features may have some mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropNut Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Wow, that does sound good. I will need to rearrange my schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted May 1, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 ~S~ FB, Bloody excellent M8, thanks for all the hard work ~S~ Painless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Nice work Kev, put me down for some of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 2, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 been doing a bit more work to the skins, damn spitfires are a pain in the ass to skin the codes properly Still needs a bit of tweaking, but at least i've made myself a nice template now, changing the actual letters and numbers in the aircraft codes is easy now, just want to work on the stretching a tiny bit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum DD_Fenrir Posted May 2, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Kev, might be worth seeing what you can do for the roundel colours: that blue looks a bit too light for my eye and the red a bit too scarlet - a shade nearer crimson would be a bit more apt. That aside, bloody good work! If you wanna bundle your template over I'll gladly help out producing if it's something you want some assistance with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted May 2, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Looks very promising! One question: Is that Map in UP2.01? (Can't seem to find it... ) Is it in a separate mod? If so, how to get it / install it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 2, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Its here, FT, http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,15457.0.html hoping it will be in UP3.0, if not i'lll do up an install guide. although when you download the map its in the form of JSGME, i found it much easier picking it apart and doing a manual install. @Tom, Done a bit to the roundels, but its supposed to be a war weary scheme, so..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted May 3, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Ty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribunus Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 hoping it will be in UP3.0, if not i'lll do up an install guide. although when you download the map its in the form of JSGME, i found it much easier picking it apart and doing a manual install If, by chance, it is not included in UP 3.0, would it be possible to post installation instructions for the computer illiterate like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold_Gambler Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Gahhh! I wish I could make it but I can't possibly commit Looks brilliant though- nice balance, lots of A2A action... <sigh> Nice work on those skins, btw... I'm sure you guys will have a ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 3, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 no need to commit mate, if your free and i'm running it, join in, no need to commit to every week! don't even know what day/time i'll be running it yet, will decide closer to the time via a straw pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Can't wait for this! mmmmm hispanos.....even if they do have 3 rounds in each gun, still mmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 8, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 12 skins finalised all aircraft serials actually served with 92 squadron, although only QJ-F, D, and B's codes match the serials, due to a handy photo i found. still its good enough for me, historically wise 4 MkIIb's early morning patrol over France, Jan '41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted May 8, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Are the skins available to download yet FB? and have you decided which day you will be running it? Cheers Friar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted May 8, 2011 Author 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Are the skins available to download yet FB? and have you decided which day you will be running it? Cheers Friar Can be, here they are, http://dangerdogz.com/forums/files/file/508-92-squadron-skins/ and as to the second question, will decide nearer the time by straw poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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