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[WIP] Solomon 1943 V.2.0

Munda in the works now!

This is the last photoscenery that will go in the update. Munda airfield, New Georgia.
Early WIP, the phototile has to be worked on thoroughly (saturating, blending, drawing ground elements) autogen has to be annotated, scenery objects, etc). But it already gives a nice impression.

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Just a few wip images on Munda. Almost done with the tile, just a few adjustments left, mostly on the blendmask.
I'm not satified with the green patches between the runway and the taxiways as well as Kokengolo Hill. From old photos I gather that these were barren earth, leftovers from the battle actions. I have to find a texture that gives a good match.
Also, some of the autogen has to go. But it's getting there..

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BTW, I still love the A2A/AF F4U Corsair. It's a very photogenic aircraft, and Jan's repaints for it are most excellent if not stunning.

Cheers,
Mark
 
You do such an incredible job with these scenery projects, Mark! Excellent job of the texture adjustments and blending with the Munda photo scenery section!
 
Where can I find Solomons?

Yo Yo, I believe the Solomons package was withdrawn. You will not find it on any of the usual upload sites. Please be patient as Mark is working hard to wrap the new version up. I won't be long now. The wait is going to be well worth it. Hang in there!!
 
It's coming along nicely, despite some hickups. I scaled up the Rabaul photo tile to get a higher resolution out of it, expecially because of the hand-drawn Lakunai airfield. Looks nice now!

I also finished working on a high resolution mesh for Vanuatu, or the New Hebrides as it was called back then (all islands including Espirito Santo and Efate), which will be included the upcoming release, but not with the historical airfields yet. I'll release those as an addon, otherwise I probably can't meet my own deadline for the release prior to mid August.

Here's a few images from working on the digital elevation model:

Espirito Santo:

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Efate:

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same here....But wish it was finished....My corsair is feeling left out.....:mixedsmi:

Also if you have not heard.....Vertigo studios, has their CV-6 Enterprise in game and testing.....Should make a great addition to the Solomons scenery....
Here are some screens of it so far.
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:salute:
 
Hey Guys,

I write this from Sydney, Australia and some might figure now that I wasn't able to get the Solomon release ready prior to our departure from Germany. That's right, unfortunatly. It'll have to wait until the end of September when we return to Germany.

But to my fellow simmers here I'm delighted to announce another "release" - we married here in Sydney yesterday and it was a fantastic experience on the shore of Kirribilli in front of Sydney's wonderful skyline on a beautiful and warm day.

With that, all the best,
Mark with family
 
Congrats Mark and family!

Sydney is a wonderful place to be for a wedding or, for that matter,
any other reason :salute:

Paul
 
roger-wilco-66 said:
Hey Guys,

I write this from Sydney, Australia and some might figure now that I wasn't able to get the Solomon release ready prior to our departure from Germany. That's right, unfortunatly. It'll have to wait until the end of September when we return to Germany.

But to my fellow simmers here I'm delighted to announce another "release" - we married here in Sydney yesterday and it was a fantastic experience on the shore of Kirribilli in front of Sydney's wonderful skyline on a beautiful and warm day.

With that, all the best,
Mark with family
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Congratulations from Switzerland !!
 
Glad you are enjoying Sydney, going to be there again for a few days next month. Chance of having a preview of this for some flight testing of Harpoon?

Regards. T
 
Down angle of the outboard shafts with the propelers extending below the bottom of the hull a bit strange. About the only ships I have seen with props extending below the hull were destroyers which needed the prop diameter to utilize the power available. I always thought that Hornet, Big E and Yorktown had a single rudder, will have to check on that. Such a setup vastly complicates drydocking and causes other issues with deep draft ships.

Certainly dual rudders can do a lot to reduce tactical diameter, the Iowas were very good in this respect for that reason. Much better than the Alaskas with a single cruiser type rudder.

Anyway, be great to have some more high quality FSX early WWII carriers!

T
 
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