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IL-2 Sturmovik The famous combat flight simulator. |
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Getty Images is a good source as well.
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Very nice Oleg...I know I will instantly recognize Tower Bridge...Its not necessary to fine tune it any further...The main thing now is how realistically it blends into its surroundings. Combat sims in the past just stuck 3D landmarks onto a blurry city texture and I know you have much bigger plans than this.
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already see this. can't buy me whit this. bad post.
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Nice job, as stated above PLEASE let us help you with photos of period flying gear used by the RAF.
Agree that no British RAF pilot would have worn 'ENGLAND' shoulder flashes, country titles were worn by those serving with the RAF/Commonwealth outside of their home country. So, an RCAF officer would wear CANADA titles in the UK but not in Canada. Also, all non-British below officer rank wore 'shoulder eagles' not country titles. ![]() Eagle's head would always point to the wearer's rear. Another thing, you've copied the insignia from a modern RAF uniform. The crowns on the cap badge and wings should be a dome shape, as they were during King George VI's reign, not the heart shape adopted after the coronation of Elizabeth II. WWII-era crowns were like this: ![]() Note the brim of the cap is the same blue-grey material, NOT black leather. There should not be pockets on the sheepskin Irvin flying jacket, and no metal snaps on the sheepskin trousers. BTW, don't recognize this type of flying suit: I can give you pics of the type of suits worn during the BoB. The life jackets pre-war were greenish, guys would later paint over them with yellow so they would be more visible in the Channel. Original Green: ![]() Here is the type of microphone that should be on the Oxygen mask, the one you have didn't appear until the end of the Battle, most guys would have these: ![]() Keep up the great work, and please, let us help! ![]() Last edited by jocko417; 02-05-2010 at 09:14 PM. |
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"British is not an ethnicity."
So, a pilot looking like a typical inhabitant of Great Britain. |
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+1 (Although showing repro items may not be the best option ![]() Looking at the pics again, the irvin does not have any pockets, and the microphone shown is the wrong type, and does not have the oxygen tube coming out of the bottom: the tube came out of the left side (when worn) of the mask, to which the oxygen hose attached. Last edited by philip.ed; 05-20-2010 at 09:22 AM. |
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The tower should be more dirty.
The London smog of the early 1900s took it's toll on the bridge before it was cleaned shortly after the war. The soot covered stone work made the white paint at the top stand out much more than it does today. The current texture doesn't show the high tide line either. Below the tide line the bridge was much cleaner because it was not exposed to the smog as much. Finlay, the round towers at the corners stick out a little too much. The railings are, indeed modern and should not be there. ![]() For Comparison: |
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ooh ooh, could we have a avatar chat room where we could all geather with our own pilot avatars and shoot the bull in the bar or mess?
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We would also run up enormous mess bills: "Never, in the field of human conflict, has so much been owed by so many to so few" ![]() Actually, bragging - 'shooting a line' was frowned upon, and you had to use understatement to explain what happened: "So there I was, going flat out in the old Hurri, diving down on a brace of Heinkels, when one of the rotten Gerry gunners put a hole in my ruddy fuel tank. Most disappointing. I gave him a squirt with the 303s as I went past, but I think I just knocked a bit of paint off. Anyway, the old girl was making unpleasant noises, and it started to get a bit warm, what with the flames licking around the rudder pedals, so I decided it was time to make a swift exit. Next think I knew, I was hanging from the brolly, watching the Hurri go down. She landed in some poor farmer's field, and left a bit of a hole. I came down with a bump, but got away with nothing but a bruised rear. Some local turned up on a horse and cart, and gave me a lift back to base. Anyway, enough of my troubles, who's round is it?" |
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This may be nit-picking but..... The Irvin jackets pockets are vertical on the sides, not diagonal on the front as in the illustration.HERE
The officers' cap crown is too small. The RAF sidecap has a brass RAF badge on the left front.HERE The Sergeant is wearing a Service Dress skirted jacket usually worn by officers, W.O.'s or office staff. Sergeant pilots, as well as many officer pilots generally preferred batttledress blouses I believe. HERE Shoulder flashes were worn by aircrew from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Belgium, Poland, Netherlands, France, Czechoslovakia etc, etc. but NOT England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland! Last edited by Chopa; 02-06-2010 at 07:28 AM. |
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