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baronWastelan 11-25-2010 02:47 AM

Most interesting part, as it relates to Il-2:

Arthur Fiedler: "[Hercy] pulled that stick back and kicked the rudder as hard as I could".

I also did this same thing with a 109G-6 shooting at me in the Checkertails P-40 campaign and it worked for me too! It blew my mind to hear this described by an actual P-40 pilot less than a month after I tried it in Il-2. :D

Tacoma74 11-25-2010 07:38 AM

You do great work Mysticpuma!! Ill be sure to seed this for quite some time ;)

Mysticpuma 11-25-2010 07:59 AM

Thanks chaps, your comments are very much appreciated.

Part 2 will have more talking heads as I want to use up some of the interview footage that has never been seen. I also have about 20-30 minutes of Checkertail P-51 footage (real archive footage, again never-seen before) to incorporate.

It will take a while....but I can then concentrate on other subjects. I really want to visit the areas of Norfolk where many 8th AF Bomb Groups were stationed and interview people there who remember these huge Armadas taking off, as-well as visit their museums and airfields (or what now sits on them).

Oh to be young again!

Cheers, Neil

Troll2k 11-25-2010 01:32 PM

Mysticpuma,the Ken Burns of IL2.

T}{OR 11-25-2010 02:01 PM

Going to copy my post over from BFs:

Quote:

Watched and had a chat with Guse afterwards.

Here are my first impressions, of what I said to him as well, trying not to spoil the fun of watching for others:
  • very nicely put together
  • like reading a good book
  • awesome amount of never before seen material
  • plenty of interesting little stories and details
  • brings closer on how it must have felt being there
  • it is a good thing you split it up into two parts


Highly recommended watching.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Troll2k (Post 200770)
Mysticpuma,the Ken Burns of IL2.

lol, I noticed that too. Lots of videos seem to utilize this technique nowadays.

kimosabi 11-25-2010 04:40 PM

This is just excellent stuff. Thanks MP!

VO101_Sanyo 11-25-2010 05:43 PM

Still don't have time to watch it, but already uploaded 4 times. :)

Trumper 11-25-2010 07:04 PM

:) Superb.Seeding here as well.It is surprisingly hard at times to see if the b/w gun cam shots are real or ingame.
If you do have any plans for future projects i would act sooner getting interviews rather than later as the veterans are getting fewer and fewer.
Fantastic work :grin:

Tbag 11-25-2010 11:24 PM

Thanks MP, will find the time to download and watch this weekend. Can't wait!

ElAurens 11-26-2010 12:44 AM

It really is an amazing piece of work.

Well done all.


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