City Textures rework

[sdsbolt]

Sorry I got a bit carried away with the screenies

post away. we enjoy looking at them

 

[gecko]

Amazing work! I continue to be impressed with just how many facilities are along the Thames, and how much effort is going into bringing them to CFS3.

 

[rince33]

The cobbled together ports and harbours I added to the original ETO were simple adaptions of what was available due to my very limited skills.

Thanks for those port and harbour models, I appreciated their existence in the ETO and Bob when I flew over them.

Would be nice to see proper representations of Mount Batten and Pembroke Docks to showcase the excellent Sunderland and Catalina models we now have. Pembroke had 99 aircraft moored around the bay at it's peak. I have the After the Battle detailed plan of Batten and the 6" Location Plan of Pembroke if any help.

Any info that you have would be most welcome.

 

[flashgordon]

Thanks for those port and harbour models, I appreciated their existence in the ETO and Bob when I flew over them.


Any info that you have would be most welcome.

Gladly. Can e-mail the plans to you - see private message.

The Atlantic wall site has some great information in particular:

RAF Mount Batten, Devon.

This website shows what's still left to see 70 years on including some of the V weapons that would have been used to pound the assault areas of Southern England building up for D-Day.

www.atlantikwall.co.uk

RAF Pembroke Dock

This website shows what's still left to see 70 years on including some of the V weapons that would have been used to pound the assault areas of Southern England building up for D-Day.

www.atlantikwall.co.uk

Bringing the scene to life.

 

[Pat Pattle]

Do you ever sleep Glen? Amazing stuff, I love it.

 

[gecko]

A proper seaplane base like Pembroke Dock would be something to behold!

 

[rince33]

Do you ever sleep Glen?

Sleep? What's that?

 

[rince33]

I was looking through some old screenshots yesterday and came across the Fort Nothe model that I built in blender for my il2 1946 mod, my favorite building model to date. My 1940's dock and pier building models are in the background along with drop and drag placements in Weymouth.

Weymouth with Portland island was also my favorite quick mission location in Bob2wov. I did a lot of placements there in that sim as well.

 

[gecko]

That looks like a fascinating area.

 

[rince33]

It certainly is, with the huge Portland island breakwater, Sandsfoot castle, Fort Nothe, torpedo factory on the breakwater and the old prison.

 

[Shessi]

Interesting work there R, yes around Portland there's quite a bit...you could send yourself mad doing everything...where do you stop!
BTW that low cloud shot in your previous is stunning (again!), very realistic.

Years ago I used to use a programme at work called Canoma, which did this 3D wrapping of photos/pics, it got bought out by Adobe and put into Atmosphere etc. Was easy to use and gave very good results, just like the Nothe Fort.

Cheers

Shessi

 

[rince33]

Interesting work there R, yes around Portland there's quite a bit...you could send yourself mad doing everything...where do you stop!

I have worked on the Portland area before in other sims and I have a good idea of what I want to do .
I really don't stress about this stuff, it's just one of my hobbies and I work at my own pace with no deadline.

BTW that low cloud shot in your previous is stunning (again!), very realistic.

Thank's mate.

There is a pattern to my workflow, placements in the Thames estuary moving towards London and as far west as Southampton, focusing on Bob Luftwaffe targets , thereafter uploading my Uk work before moving across the channel, but some further western areas like RAF Pembroke and Weymouth/Portland breakwater recently brought to my attention are too interesting to ignore.

For now my next destination will be Southend-on-sea because of it's proximity to RAF Rochford, and it's on the Thames estuary along mission flight paths.

I googled '1940's Southend-on-sea map' and this map was one of the results. If you fly quick mission Rochford you will see that the current modern day sprawling mass ingame is quite large when compared to 1940's development

 

[rince33]

I would appreciate it If anyone has info on 1940's large gasholder locations in the UK. These are at Southend-on-sea.

 

[rince33]

Years ago I used to use a programme at work called Canoma, which did this 3D wrapping of photos/pics, it got bought out by Adobe and put into Atmosphere etc. Was easy to use and gave very good results, just like the Nothe Fort.

This is interesting.

 

[sdsbolt]

I googled '1940's Southend-on-sea map' and this map was one of the results. If you fly quick mission Rochford you will see that the current modern day sprawling mass ingame is quite large when compared to 1940's development

In theory you could edit the lcf terrain map to cut back the urban sprawl. Not going to be nearly as accurate as your facilities though.

 

[Pat Pattle]

"I would appreciate it If anyone has info on 1940's large gasholder locations in the UK. These are at Southend-on-sea."

https://heritagecalling.com/2020/07/15/a-brief-introduction-to-gasholders/

Unfortunately it's probably just a matter of trawling the larger old OS maps. This is where I live in Newton Abbot.

Interestingly, power stations do not appear on OS maps of the era, which is something to watch out for.

I have a model gas holder, can't remember if I've sent it to you or not?




Newton Abbot wip.

 

[flashgordon]

Most comprehensive - National Library of Scotland. Vast digitised collection with Ordnance Survey maps of various scales viewable for free where no longer within the 50 year copyright:
https:/maps:nls.uk/website/
Just yesterday downloaded the 1/2500 scale maps of RAF Scampton. This will give the basis for a better representation of this airfield once the post WW2 extensions are removed.
Many of the Scottish airfields runway layouts are still visible on the OS plans whilst the layout of Fleet Air Arm Bases can be found here:
https:/royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Index2.htm
The RAF Museum can supply, at a cost, digital copies of the plans for the majority of UK airfields that were not still operational 60 years ago:

https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/archive/-collections/site-plans-for-raf-airfields-stations/

Those plans for most 8th USAAF Bases can be found in pdf format @:

Archive | American Air Museum

www.americanairmuseum.com

Have fun!!

 

[mongoose]

Scottish airfields might be relevant to Steve.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...&ll=56.06977276421949,-3.6983746551497196&z=8 and

Category:Royal Air Force stations in Scotland - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[kdriver]

Rince,

You're welcome to convert any of the CFS2 infrastructure under my name or Westfront's name. Objects include Southend Pier, gas holders, Battersea Power Station with only one chimney and Felixstowe flying boat base.

Kevin

 

[rince33]

In theory you could edit the lcf terrain map to cut back the urban sprawl. Not going to be nearly as accurate as your facilities though.

I posted the map to indicate that Southend, like Rochester, is going to be a lot smaller than it is currently rendered. I usually remove all trace of the autogen buildings after placing my modules.

I have a model gas holder, can't remember if I've sent it to you or not?

No Clive, you didn't send that one, it looks pretty good.

You're welcome to convert any of the CFS2 infrastructure under my name or Westfront's name. Objects include Southend Pier, gas holders, Battersea Power Station with only one chimney and Felixstowe flying boat base.

Thank you Kevin for reminding me of the existing Cfs2 models. I have a Cfs2 Bob install backed up on my external hard drive. I'll check these out later today.

Thanks guys, for all the info. I think I'll also browse the 'Britain from above' website which contains tons of aerial photos.