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I have made up a bunch of these Finnish Hurri skins, all in historical markings. The camo design is not mine but credit is due to Hanu, I simply tweaked the design a tad and added our individual numbers to the tail. Skins for Biker, Cephas, Geezer, Navy, Dawg, Shepe, Sandy and Craven. Let me know if there is any interest in these and I can post to HSD.

Mission Debrief: An excellent performance has enabled ground forces to sweep the Axis clear of the Low Countries and move on to the next phase, pushing closer to the German Border. We lost 4-5 pilots (due to actual combat conditions) and scored a verified 25 air to air kills for a 5-1 or better kill ratio on top of destroying the required ground targets. Multiple heavy tanks were destroyed and the key bridges over the Hollands Diep that will protect our flank from a German counterattack. The Axis was so demoralized the gave up the defense of Soesterburg Airfield before we even mounted a determined attack on it. Special commendations noted: WWSandman for leading Gold Flight and giving clear and strategically well thought out orders to his group with excellent initiative when overall orders were unclear or delayed. Tea_14 for 8 air to air kills (posthumous decoration)

Feb 17th mission 3 will be hosted.

I really think splitting the comms to different flight / discord channels was essential to the success of both parts of this mission. I am trying to edit (and failing to do so) the video recording of our first mission when everyone was on the same channel, and it's insane. I can barely keep up with what's happening on the audio, and I have the option to rewind; I can't imagine trying to lead under those conditions. It kind of reminds me, to a much lesser extent, of playing Squad and being an SL, if anyone's familiar with that game. Anyways, kudos to all the flight leaders and commanders for the excellent leadership on these missions!

Finnish Hurri skins for Biker, Cephas, Geezer, Navy, Dawg, Shepe, Sandy and Craven have been uploaded to HSD, likely be a day or two before you can grab them.

Can't wait to try this one again..

Finished Humvee 4X4 it is a big machine hoping it warms up soon so I can get out and play with it.

Kevlar aka 613thBS_Sworthout is planning on flying WWI with us tonight.

Big thanks to @WWCephas for all your work on the new missions . Last night was a great time on the new map you are keeping things interesting and challenging .

I am sure I am boring everyone, but here is some more experimenting. The top image is the original comic. The bottom one is all water color, but the middle one only uses water color on the background, does dropped colors in photoshop for the others. I think the middle one is the way to go going forward Remember in the Peanuts Cartoon, when Snoopy gets shot down as the WW1 flying ace and is running in the fields behind enemy lines? The cartoon characters where very simple, but the backgrounds were moody and complex. I think using water color as the background and simple characters in the foreground will fit the project very well.

Here is another one. The story it is based on is fascinating. Rene Tardi was a French soldier who was a tank driver in WW2. He was pretty much abandoned by his French Leaders when the Nazi's invaded France and he went on to battle as a solo tank. They had some success but was eventually captured and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp. After the war his grandfather ( who was a WW1 veteran) laughed at his dad and pretty much said he was a pussy for being captured. So he never talked about his service. His son Jacques Tardi became a comic book artist. Later in his dad's life he asked his dad to write down what he experienced during the war. His dad also did some sketches. After his dad passed away, son Jacques went on to do a three volume graphic novel about his dad's experience during the war. When he got around to the project he deeply regretted not talking more to his dad about the experience. All that to set the table, the first two sketches, one by the son and one by the father. The third drawing is by me, copying Tardi's style but adding water color and shadows ( all of this is practice for me, trying to settle on a graphic style for comic about my Uncle Jack ).

Well here is the Wing Walkers monster truck , no decal yet as I have no Color printer yet. And yes the winch works I will get some videos outside soon .Running lights are in transparent bumper ends

Made the fixes in this after last Thursday's Alpha test (thanks to all for that) it is in the rotation.

Have a few more Spit IXc skins here awaiting pilot approvals. Once Geez, Navy and Shepe approve, I'll upload to HSD.

Generic Spit IXc skin. Not uploaded to HSD yet, will get it done later this evening.

My suggestions; Add a Command flight so if we use 2 channels it is easier to detect requests. Pair up pilots before event and assign numbers with the odd number being the lead. WWCephas takes over running the command role as I know the mission plan thoroughly. Key word "ORDERS" to clear all talk on channels while new orders are given, followed by "Over" Use the standard aviation practice of repeating orders back after receipt. Orders given to lead (i.e. Blue 1) count for wingman (section) unless directly called out to that wingman's number (i.e. Blue 2 do this). Proposed pairings and roles (let me know if you want to change, roles are not necessarily fixed for the duration of this campaign) Command 1 WWCephas - High Cap Command Wing WWDawg Blue 1 WWCraven - GA Blue 2 WWBiker Blue 3 WWNavyGunner - GA Blue 4 WWShepe Gold 1 WWSandman - GA Gold 2 WWGeeze Gold 3 MattPod – High Cap Gold 4 Mois_tActic Gold 5 WWAstralopithicus - GA Gold 6 WWTapHeart

Biker, EIII

This model’s files cost $6.50 it had no motor in and was just the steering servo showing. I printed a sliced up big block and built a box around servo to hide it ,also a few other mods, just waiting for electric motor to show , wanted something faster this time.

Very cool, could you build me a real one?

Phew......Sandy knows what he's doing. I fake it until I break it, so very happy that this worked out.

Big round of thanks to Geezer and Sandy for getting us through the migration with very little fuss.

(FR) Kortrijk Breakthrough early '18 This is a great format @WWCephas came up with and since I turned it to Entente GB it made sense to create a French version to complete the circle.

Whooo hooo....back in business. I've invented a new medal that I am giving myself. Its called the "Angel Goober".....it's when you help Sandman with website stuff and you don't f##ck it up.

Just to add to this, if for whatever reason the forums don’t come back as expected use our Discord channel to stay in touch.

Oh man, take care and get better pal.

Yes protect those Canadians

Next campaign mission Tuesday 10/27: UK - RLC2 - The Low Countries '44 I know we fly pretty much like a herd of cats, and I prefer it that way normally, but since we are running a campaign and are trying to emphasize teamwork and survival over scoring, I thought it would be good to implement some more command structure for the duration of this event. SUGGESTED CAMPAIGN CHANGES (please give feedback) Reinstate Blue and Gold Flights Possibly run split Discord channels for Blue and Gold with Commander running both channels. I think I can run a separate channel with a new Discord account and hear and speak to both channels at once using the server box for the second account. (needs testing) Add a Command flight so if we use 2 channels it is easier to detect requests. Pair up pilots before event and assign numbers with the odd number being the lead. WWCephas takes over running the command role as I know the mission plan thoroughly. Have a key word like "ORDERS" to clear all talk on channels while new orders are given, followed by "Over" We may want to decide whether we want to use the standard aviation practice of repeating orders back after receipt. Orders given to lead (i.e. Blue 1) count for wingman unless directly called out to that wingman's number (i.e. Blue 2 do this). Aqua used for non-WW fighter pairings, yellow for bombers if that need arises Suggested pairings (let me know if you want to change) Command 1 WWCephas Command Wing WWDawg Blue 1 WWCraven Blue 2 WWBiker Blue 3 WWShepe Blue 4 WWTapHeart or WWNavyGunner if WWTapHeart wants to be Gold flight Blue 5 WWNavyGunner Blue 6 WWAstralopithicus Aqua 7 MattPod Aqua 8 Mois_tActic Gold 1 WWSandman Gold 2 WWGeezer

We will probably be joined tonight by our new friends Kevlar, Madcats, Marcy, and Ronan tonight who flew with us Sunday under the 613thBS Squadron designation. (their Discord names differ from their game names) For now, I am putting them into Gold Flight as they seemed to like flying the heavy fighters Sunday.

Not boring at all! I like the refinement process. I also like the bottom image from the three above, the shading is easier on the eye.

I thought the questions were pretty poorly chosen and, in some cases, rude. The questions were also biased to the writers' personal preferences. His insistence clickable that cockpits make things easier is complete garbage. (IMO) Any game designer has to make so many decisions based on what is possible, balancing gameplay vs realism, and all the while with the Damocles sword of cost of production hanging over them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FMevJuM-nc

Here's the list of numbers that I have so far. If I don't have you listed, please let me know your preferred number. WWGeezer - 58 WWCraven - 17 * Will be using the letter "Q" as an identifier on certain aircraft, 17th letter in the alphabet. WWSandman - 19 WWIcy - 3 Reverts back to original holder WWTharn WWDubya - 65 WWChunk - 24 WWPlague - 2 WWNavyGunner - 74 WWTomka - 51 WWSittingduck - 12 WWFrylock - 85 WWZed - 88 WWGriphos - 5 WWGreyWolfe - 18 WWSneaky - 11 WWDriftwood - 64 WWBrinson - 7 WWVarg - 25 WWScreamer - 15 WWBrian - 13 WWSoarfeat - 10 WWGroucho - 77 WWCephas - 99 WWDarkdiz - 14 WWBiker - 55 WWDawg - 81 WWShepe - 89

See review and trailer below. It is a VR game that allows you to use your HOTAS, so no virtual joystick. Sounds like the biggest frustration is configuring things because you have to do it in VR with your hands ( as the reviewer says, like trying to dial a phone with a sausage), but a lot of the reviews are pretty positive. https://www.uploadvr.com/aces-of-thunder-review/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbpCEupa6w Sounds like it is closer to a Combat Sim than an arcade game. All aircraft available at the start, so no unlocking of levels. Quick Mission, Scripted Campaigns and Multiplayer. Cockpit view only, no externals, no hud, fly by your visual and inspection of gauges, sounds and plane performance. Again, promising a lot for just $30 bucks, will wait for more detailed reviews before I jump in.

OMG guy's still here getting ready to move and found this WoW the WW Memories BF_WW_CAT.bmp

Just a heads up, Haluter sent me a DM on Discord saying that they had made a small mistake on their server and accidentally deleted this skin. I should be able to upload it again later this afternoon so don't be concerned if you can't get it until tomorrow.

Would love too see you again Fawlty

I was born in 89 too 1889

Well, I wanted 19 because of my birthday, but Sandy has already assigned it. Then 24 for my firstborn, but that one is also taken. So I decided on 89, which is my birth year! I'm not really that creative when it comes to numbers

I registered here to keep tabs on the new campaign missions for WW2 IL2. I used to fly under the name actofduty but recently changed. I started off flying with Bilbo and Shepe, eventually came across your server, and then eventually started joining you all on comms. I'm also the guy that has the "WILLIAM KNIFEMAN! AH! AH! AHHHH!" sound that plays upon joining a discord voice chat channel

89 it is.

Just a comment on comm's, taking Cephas's comments to me the other night to heart. Cephas is live in both channels so he hears everything, but needs us to be clear when we need direction. Also if someone calls out for Commands attention, all other chatter needs to hold so Command and the Channel asking for help can hear. This is basic stuff, just out of practice. Here would be an example. Gold Channel Break Break, Command, Gold Flight needs help Command Channel Roger Gold, what's up Gold Flight No targets remain at Rodderdam, what are your orders Command Proceed back to Hague, follow roads to Base, hunting Ground targets Gold Flight Copy Command, heading to Hague

Good mission tonight with minimal casualties. Let me know if your death was not recorded or if it was because of a glitch (hardware fail/disconnect etc.) otherwise here is the KIA list: Craven Biker Sandman We only accomplished about 50% of this mission so the next RLC event will be the second half of this mission. It may be on hold until Feb 10th as I am out of state. I get back around 2PM on the 10th so we should be good to go then.

Same, Hyperlobby was the way to easily find pick up games back in the day. Warclouds was where I honed my Mothership and Stuka skills and they only listed on Hyperlobby. All things come to an end I suppose but he had a good 20+ year run. Not a bad piece of work in exchange for thousands of hours of entertainment for thousands of people.

For now I plan on keeping a spreadsheet of some kind so I can remember what happened who attended, who died the most, who died the least, most kills and stuff like that….can give it a look at the end to determine medals and ribbons

If anyone had a death caused by a glitch like controller failure or some other occasion that was not combat related, please let me know. We are not keeping individual scores for the missions, but we are trying to track medal worthy accomplishments like surviving a mission, or great deeds of valor (or gooberisms). So, if you want to recommend someone for a medal let Geezer or me know about that too. S! all Next campaign mission Tuesday 10/27: UK - RLC2 - The Low Countries '44 There will be a 2 week hiatus to the campaign for Feb 3rd and 10th as I will be travelling.

Date is unclear, but this baby step into a new WW2 sim is now advertised on Steam. I think you will also be able to purchase it directly. I do like the idea that theynpicked the one thing that no one else has as a starting point. Will be interested in seeing what they charge for a single scenario to try out their new engine. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2761800/COMBAT_PILOT_CARRIER_QUALIFICATION/