Glad to hear it. The MBR-2 will be the first flyable flying boat in the game.

And the first bird i want to fly! ;-)

second actualy ...

While on the subject of seaplanes, and I know it's only got the one engine, but I'd love to have a flyable Ar196 (2x 20 mm canons, 1x MG 15, 1x MG 17 and a 50 kg bomb load under each wing as well).

As for other aquatic 2 (and 3 engine) multi's the He115, Do18 and the Do24 would all be great to have for the axis, not to mention all those lovely Cant seaplanes.

And even if only in AI form I like to also see the Sunderland, Mariner and Mavis make it into the sim one one day.

What was the first? The A6M2-N was obviously the first (and, so far, only) flyable seaplane, but it's not a flying boat (where fuselage is also boat hull, rather than standard fuselage supported by pontoons).

Also, based on screenshots on Aviaskins, it looks like work on the MBR-2 crew stations is progressing. Very nice stuff! It will be great fun to fly this rare bird.

The model, and the damage model, will need some upgrading.

As for adding new planes, especially new flyables, to the game all we can hope for is that many more talented folks work with DT!

Oh, and add the Supermarine Walrus, the Vought O2SU Kingfisher, the Curtiss SOC Seagull, the Shavrov Sh-2, and the Mitsubishi F1M to the wish list. And catapult takeoff from battleships. And a pony!

yes ... you are right ....
not a boat .. but first

But only if the pony is coloured pink.

The Kingfisher has been brought up before and is out of the question (for the same reason as the TBF :evil: )
I am not sure about the SOC Seagull though. A F1M would be very nice....
And perhaps proper Catalinas, (both land and amphibious versions) but these may be out of the question as well (somebody kick Grumman in the #$%)

It does appear that NG has sunk its fangs into anything Vought aircraft ever built, even though they no longer own the successor company.

Anything by Curtiss or Curtiss-Wright is fair game.

So far McDonnell-Douglas (successor to Consolidated) seems tone more reasonable about trademark and copyright issues. Also, the PBN Nomad was a different aircraft, built by the US Navy. So, at least some of their stuff seems possible to get into the game.

And sparkly!O:-)

when will 4.13.1m be ready? thanks for all you guys do.

can anyone post a link to all these wip etc on aviaskins, i go there but even with english selected i cant seem to find these mbr etc?

4.13.1 is near to release, but we must solved some problems with packing files.

http://forum.aviaskins.com/showthread.php?t=3571 MBR-2 topic

search other in that section

http://forum.aviaskins.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38

Thanks Sita, just wasted (well as far as the wife is concerned) the whole morning going over the threads you linked above.

Now is it just me or is it a case of just clever modelling, but do I swear that I can detect a slight increase in regards to the modeling limits both internally and externally?

If true, could this open up the opportunity for some of the visual upgrades of existing flyables from the external modding community to then perhaps be considered or reconsidered as potential inclusions in future TD patches, as long as said modders where to approach TD and their mods fell within these suspected revised limitations?

by link above not all model in our dev ... i mean Aviaskins is my alma mater ... and i have a habbit to post there wips .... there alot of other wip model ... most just mods ...

Sita I was actually referring to the (great) stuff that you've been posting in the threads (and here).

Just for kicks I also went and stat in every single cockpit again today, and what amazes me most is how well the P-38 cockpit still looks. It's been a while and I can't recall for certain, but am I right is thinking that it is the same cockpit that was originally shipped with the sim (and maybe even in the demo)?

of course.... it's because Caspar totally repaint it in 4.11 or 4.12 ... but even this work was made in reasonable limits ...

for example MBR-2 is totaly in limits or maximun near to it ...

with Li2 have some issue ... but it's only because of that pit of Li2 is really complicated ... i mean it's big pit for three person and from all 3 camera point player can see a lot of thing ...

Ok!

Thanks for the info, I guess the Li2 is similar to the ju88 in that respect.

Wow the throttle and cockpit of li_2 is amazing!!

yes .. but techical gap in almost 10 year ...

Just curious when you say technical gap, what are you referring to, surely a polygon is a polygon, so I take it you,re talking about bump mapping etc?

no ..... i mean most skill of authors ...

but i judge about it only on my expirience ... i look on model that i made 5 year ago and want tear my hand off for that model because i see it now how it was bad

Undertook, I've worked with SolidWorks since about 2007 and when I look at the clumsy way I built models when I started out compared to how I'd do it now it's amazing to see the difference, I've even gone back a remodelled some of my old work just to make easier to work with.

yes ... exactly ...

plus 3d max goes forward ... a lot of plugins and default tools which make life better and simplier to 3d modeller ...

Someone please tie Sita up so he doesn't damage himself in blind fury!
Wait, then he does not finish MBR-2... OK, right after that.
:grin:

MBR already done and at 60 percent imported in il2

Your being way to soft, first he has to finish the Li2 ~ C-47, and every other flyable that's been requested, and then he can have a little rest, say in 2019 maybe ;)

it will be in case if you will still fly in old 1946)

2019 is only three years from now (well 2 years 11 months to be exact).

And working to the initial formula “2010 .... and from that time I made pits for ... some about ... 5 or 6 planes” and then taking into account “lot of plugins and default tools which make life better and simpler to 3d modeller” then that means we can expect at least another 10 pits to be delivered during that period (said with one's tongue firmly in one’s cheek).

Seriously though I’m quietly confident that I’ll still have Il2 1946 as a regularly opened program on my PC in 2019.