Dario -> Questions from a newcomer (3/15/2006 6:42:05 PM)
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Hi to all I am a WITP newcomer: actually, I have just bought the game and haven’t played a single scenario yet ([:)]first, I have a couple of long UV scenarios to finish). As I have done for Uncommon Valor, I am working on a huge graphic mod for aircrafts: I like to play with accurate profiles and UV and WITP plan views are ugly and toy-like (see my mods for UV at http://mathubert.free.fr/) I am still collecting data and references and at the same time already working on allied plane profiles. I am using the CHS version and I’d like to know a few infos: [&:]I haven’t been able to identify some of the new planes: - why there are two Brewster F-2 Buffalo Us Navy profiles (the original WITP one in pre-war colors and a new one in 1942 color)? - are the new Mustang and Thunderbolt P-51H and P-47N models? [X(]The missing ones: I am glad to see all the planes added in the CHS mod (B-32 Dominators, P-43 Lancers, N1K Kyofus, etc.[&o]). Some of the new CHS entries never had operational life or never entered in service in the PTO (helicopters, F8f Bearcats, F7F Tigercats etc); some more could be added: P-80s are there but no Kikkas, J8M Shusuis[:'(], G8N Tenzans...) A few more are missing: the following ones saw operational use: Japanese: Kyushu Q1W Tokai (ASW, twin engined), Ki-115 Tsurugi (low cost , ‘special attack’ (=kamikaze)plane, got to series production -115 units (and would have been used against the Oympic invasion), M6A1 Seiran [:'(] (submarine launched attack plane, unknown to the allies; a flotilla of Japanese subs embarking Seirans was going to launch a surprise attack on Ulithi Atoll when the war ended: the original objective was the Panama Canal). Allied: RAAF Douglas Boston (used to be in UV, missing in WITP[:(]), Curtiss SO3C Seamews, SC1 Seahawks (both replacement of older embarked floatplanes like OS2U Kingfishers and SOC Seagulls). Last but not least: there is a lot of rare and less known planes in WITP (Vildebeest, CW-22, Stanraer, etc); I have been able to find data and infos even about the elusive Dutch T-IVA[8|], but there is one plane I haven’t been able to identify: I know it has not been introduced by the CHS mods, but, PLEASE, can someone tell me what the hell is the Soviet R12[&:]? I can’t even find a Soviet technical bureau (like Tupolev, Lavochin, Mikoyan & Gurevich, Polikarpov etc) beginning with ‘R’[:@]! Can anybody help me (infos, sources, technical drawings…)? Dario
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