Iwo Jima Scenery Coming Along

[stovall]

Here are some beta shots of the upcoming Iwo Jima scenery. Roger Wilco 66 and I are working hard and having fun. A place for all those great Iwo Jima Mustangs.

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[Barvan40]

Looking good Tom! :salute:

[robert41]

Excellent news.

[Bomber_12th]

Really great news, and I am looking forward to watching this continue to develop!

[Sundog]

Thank you! I'll be downloading this when it's available.

[Capt.Vaughn]

This is looking great! I just flew to Iwo Jima and I was very surprised with the default FSX Iwo Jima scenery, its almost non existant! I was thinking to myself that I wish there was some scenery I could add on for this historic place. You guys are doing a great job. I will also be downloading when its done :applause:

[crashaz]

Very nice work guys!!!

[roger-wilco-66]

Couldn't resist, first evening with a working FSX again after three weeks. Thought I'd fire up the Iwo Jima WIP for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. Tom's doing a real good job of blending the airfields into the hilly ASTER surface and populating the scenery.

Here's a few shots of a dawn patrol around the island... first one is the western shore, second one from Mt. Suribachi. Note Motoyama 1 airfield, with #2 far in the mist.



Cheers,
Mark


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[fxsttcb]

Yep! That is looking superb! :applause: Gonna be a "must have" for this ol' Jarhead. :icon29: ...Don

[fliger747]

Flew past Iwo last night, almost retracing the route of returning B29's from Tokyo, in this case Guam instead of Tinian. Bit dark out there!

Cheers from Guam! T

[stovall]

Here is another shot of the work Roger Wilco 66 and I are working on. The airfields are just about done with personnel, vehicles, structures and static P-51D's. We are waiting for a B-29 from Guy Dottie to put the big bombers on the island. This looking directly south from just north of Motoyama 2. You can see Motoyama 1 and Mt. Suribachi in the background. Yes there will be a flag atop Mt. Suribachi. There will also be a few Marines on Red Beach.

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[Roger]

Going to be a must 'have' scenery addition:ernae:

[Bomber_12th]

It is really shaping up very, very nicely, guys! It has been great to see a project like this develop.

[stovall]

John and Roger, thanks for the comments. John, I had to respond and say I have been flying my P-51D's 100% of the time so as you can see I was flying the F-4U Corsair for a change. Must be an aircraft from a carrier, maybe even one that was flying the bombing and attack missions before the island was secure. Just fun stuff anyway. We have all the ingredients to allow for AI to fly in and out of the two airfields. One that looks pretty cool is an AI C-47 flying back and forth.

This project was brought back to life by Roger Wilco 66. I had started it two years ago and just didn't know how to do land class and terrain. We are indebted to Mark for providing that and bringing things to life. We will keep you posted as to when it will be ready.

[Bomber_12th]

No need for 'explaining', Tom. ; )

It's too bad we don't have a 'great' B-29 to use in FSX, let alone one that is native/built for FSX (then again, it wasn't until just this past summer that we finally had a properly-configured P-51 to fly from Iwo).

Great to hear about the AI possibilites/capabilities as well!

[stovall]

We have just about everything complete. Roger Wilco 66 is completing the Solomon Island objects very soon as many will be used on Iwo Jima. Here is another little preview of several Stangs with Motoyama 2 in the background.

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[jankees]

Looking good!

Here's My Bonnie to help filling Iwo:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/FX14141.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/FX14144.jpg

[stovall]

Thanks Jan, you paint - I download. Let us know when they are done. I check Oz often.

[warchild]

Thats looking totally awesome Tom. Since I just oopened my eyes I cant remember which one, but an NFS was stationed there along with the mustangs and superforts. Some pretty funny stories came off that island about the way the cowboys looked down their noses at the P-61 drivers, till a couple things happened that made them change their minds and they started respecting the big ole twins..
Later on, from Ie Shima when the army switched to daylight flights, the mustangs would fly alongside P-61s as escorts during daylight attacks.. Dont know if its the same mustangs, although it was the same NFS..
I'm really looking forward to this scenery. Got a whole slew of widows to place on her..
Pam

[stovall]

Thanks Pam, many of the pictures of Iwo Jima after taking the island show several P-61's on the line. I believe they were of the 548th and 549th Night Fighter Squadrons of the Seventh Air Force. They were activated in April and May respectively. Since they were part of the team I will see if I can put a couple of Black Widows on the island. Great idea. We are very close.

[warchild]

Let me know if you need an external model for static display.. I'll need to confer with Robert, but i think we might be able to accommodate.

[stovall]

Pam, you are on for the P-61 as a static aircraft. That would be great. I have a FS9 model converted but the author is totally unreachable to get permission. This is really getting exciting. I just heard back from Guy Diotte and our B-29 will be ready in two weeks. That is what Mark and I will be shooting for to release.

Thank you for your generous offer to help, what a great community we have.

[jankees]

Thanks Jan, you paint - I download. Let us know when they are done. I check Oz often.

four more Iwo Mustangs now on OZX:

#540 "Kwitcherbitchin", #580 "Shirley III", #582 and #615 "My Bonnie"

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/FX14164.jpg

[stovall]

Here are a couple of pictures of what the Black Widow could look like. Looking forward to hearing from Pam.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Scrshot66.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Scrshot63.jpg

Here is a C-47 taking off with some injured B-29 aviators headed for the hospital on Tinian.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Scrshot64.jpg

[warchild]

I should be meeting with Robert in an hour or sooner on teamspeak and we'll work it out.. I dont know anything about model conversions and i think Rob has his hands fill so most likely you'll need to do the conversions yourselves, but I'll also research some color plates of the 548th and send along the paint kit. That way you can have the correct planes on the ground.. :)..

[stovall]

Thanks Pam, My converter needs to have the base model as a FS9 type. Any chance of that? Regardless, I am sure we will find a way.

Much appreciated.

[warchild]

Afraid theres no chance for an FS9 model, but i spoke with Rob and with some stipulations such as removing gauges and such, he may be willing to do it.. He's gonna think it over and we'll see how it goes.. Basically, The Widow is massive and complex, and thats his main concern.. Not wanting to get hopes too high ( although mine are already pretty high ) We'll do what we can..
I was thinking also. There were P-38s involved in the recon and initial invasion of Iwo, and I dont know if I remember correctly but wasnt Richard Bong stationed there for a while??

[warchild]

Here are a couple of pictures of what the Black Widow could look like. Looking forward to hearing from Pam.




Here is a C-47 taking off with some injured B-29 aviators headed for the hospital on Tinian.



I'm rather amazed at how big that widow is compared to that little feller there.. Great shots :)..
Pam

[stovall]

Afraid theres no chance for an FS9 model, but i spoke with Rob and with some stipulations such as removing gauges and such, he may be willing to do it.. He's gonna think it over and we'll see how it goes.. Basically, The Widow is massive and complex, and thats his main concern.. Not wanting to get hopes too high ( although mine are already pretty high ) We'll do what we can..
I was thinking also. There were P-38s involved in the recon and initial invasion of Iwo, and I dont know if I remember correctly but wasnt Richard Bong stationed there for a while??

Pam, I think all we will need is the mdl and the textures. No problem removing gauges, aircraft.cfg and air file. Those will not be needed.

Definitely will check out if Bong was there. If so we will be adding a forked tail devil as well.

[warchild]

Textures are no problem.. Robs paintkit is foolproof. Everything youve seen me post I've painted myself and gods know i'm no painter.. its awesome. all the lines in the mesh match up on the paintkit.. A hydrosyphallic monkey could paint this plane..

PS: on the mdl file, i can get you the exterior mdl file (if Rob approves ), but it'll be FSX.. to re-export it as FS9 would take an amazing amount of work including chopping away about half the polly's in it..

[stovall]

Pam, I completely understand about the transition to FS9 for the mdl. With Marks help, I am sure we will be able to make the conversion to static. We will keep our fingers crossed that Rob will give the ok. Thanks for all your efforts and help.

I checked out the use of the P-38 around Iwo Jima, so far all I found was missions to attack the island before and during the invasion. I will keep looking.

[stovall]

Motoyama 1 just about to receive a wounded Superfortress following a raid on Nagoya. She has structural damage to her vertical stabilizer and wing. Crash equipment is rolling.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/IwoJimaB-29Wounded.jpg

[warchild]

Loving that you accurately depicted the 50 foot drop off at the end of the runway. Also am loving finally knowing exactly where that airstrip was. In all my years I had never known.. Quite an amazing story behind the marines that fought for that little half acre from hell.. I forget how many days it took them, but it made mount surabachi look like a civilized tea party..

[roger-wilco-66]

The problem with converting FSX models to static aircraft is usually that all movable parts (e.g. gear, ailerons, doors, etc) collapse to the center of the aircraft when you load them in ModelconverterX.
I'd have to try it with a newer beta version, though, because it can work with the model's keyframe animations and maybe it rearranges the parts properly and it is possible to "freeze" it at a certain keyframe like gears down, and delete all the other ones.
One also could try to down-LOD the aircraft in MCX and delete the high-poly version in the set, to get a simplified model out of it.

I did a static conversion of Itos FS9 P-61 some time ago, which came out excellent, see http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?49001-Photoshop-fun&highlight=p-61+carney , but I'm a little uneasy about releasing it. Not that I don't use it privatly, mind you :icon_lol:.


Cheers,
Mark

[warchild]

I can certainly understand why you would be reluctant. With the events of the past year in japan and Ito-sans health in question, the situation doesnt lend itself to dropping a cordial note to him and getting a reply. It could even be considered rude to do so. No worries.. Robs statement to me regarding his model was that he believes he can do this at some point. Mind you, his plate is full with projects so it may be a little while before he can do it but he says its possible..

[stovall]

Very much appreciated Pam and Rob, If there is anything I can do to help you can count on me.

I also found Ito's P-61 and have converted to static. This is the one you see in the scenery pics. Still, using it in published scenery without permission is out.

Guy Diotte is doing our static B-29 and he says it will be ready in about two weeks, so we have some time.

The B-29 in the picture above is Gnoopey's FS9 version flying as AI. It works fine for that but doesn't change to static worth a darn so I have not tried to contact those guys at all. I am flying Ito's Black Widow as AI and it also works fine. The point is if anyone wants to do this on their own they can find these aircraft and set them up as AI.

Thanks for the help Pam, looking forward to getting the mdl and seeing what we can do. In the meantime I am finding little objects that look good and add realism to Motoyama 1, 2 and 3. Three was not used by the U.S. but I have some bulldozers, tanks and burned out building there.

I will keep everyone interested posted.

[jankees]

talking about P-61's, did I post these pics yet?

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/air_p61_13.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/342-FH-3a42700_p61_crash_548th_nfs.jpg

and more Mustangs:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/3959371248_c5262b2dcb_o.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/78th_fs_A42420.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/342-FH-3A-42162-A67997AC_458th_fs.jpg

[stovall]

Thanks Jan, seen some but not all. The Widow on the ground was one trying to land in the fog, if this aircraft is the same I've seen in another picture. Any landing you walk away from is a good landing! Right? As Pam says the Black Widow makes the Stangs looks a little small. Out of town for a couple of days, back on Friday.

[warchild]

Awesome pics! The flightline is beautifully covered in them but no P-38s..

[jankees]

no, but I do see a few B-25's!

[roger-wilco-66]

no, but I do see a few B-25's!

Still desperatly hoping for Vertigos B-25...

Cheers,
Mark

[warchild]

no, but I do see a few B-25's!

B-25s, B-29s, C-47s, P-51s and P-61s appear to be all there was in those pics..

[Sundog]

And a Catalina. 4th pic, between the two B-29s.

[warchild]

Damn but you got good eyes Sundog.. Nice catch on that cat..

[stovall]

We have a B-29 static and most objects are placed and ready. All we are waiting for is the P-61 Black Widow. If that becomes a problem, we will release without and then post an update. Here are some pics. The first is a P-51D on final into Motoyama Two.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Scrshot100.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Scrshot103.jpg


http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Scrshot95.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Moto1B29c.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Moto2B29b.jpg

[jankees]

Looking real good there!
I was wondering though...is it possible to do something about the colour of the terrain?
Iwo was all volcanic very dark almost black rocks, now it seems so...normal, almost pastoral.
I think the terrain, including the airfields, nieeds to be greyer ordarker?
What do you think?

[stovall]

Totally agree Jan, The southern half has the black volcanic texture. The northern half has a different color. This land class and terrain was produced by Roger Wilco 66 (Mark). He produced it with a special program that uses Google Earth. It is the island of today with all the correct shorelines and features. If the color of the northern half can be changed to a darker color Mark will know. I will send him an email about your request.

Even if it is not possible to change the color, it looks so much better than the FSX default. Actually it is the island of today with the WWII airfields.

Thanks for the input Jan.

One other thought, I thought I would paint the Iwo Jima P-51D Black Rube but have not found the cowling insignia for the right side. I have the insignia for the 47th Fighter Squadron but unable to find the one seen on the right cowling. Any ideas?

[roger-wilco-66]

I also agree with Jan. The landclass texture (default FSX) looks a bit light, but the darker part is as dark as it gets without altering it.
Actually, IJ had and still has green parts, but it was very much blown away during the invasion. I'll try to find another one for the parts that look sandy right now. As for the lava rock texture, there's not much that I can do. Maybe I'll try to offer a modified, darkened texture file for it, which can be exchanged for the default one if a user feels the need to. But keep in mind, those changes are global in FSX.
@ Tom: you'll have to adjust the airfield background accordingly, I'll give you an note which texture class I used.

Cheers,
Mark

[stiz]

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Iwo was all volcanic very dark almost black rocks, now it seems so...normal, almost pastoral.
I think the terrain, including the airfields, nieeds to be greyer ordarker?
What do you think?

I still question the "it was just ash all over" view of Iwo (not questioning what the beaches were like!) considering it had a villiage, a population of 1018 and even a sugercane farm. When you look at pics of the pre war build up and afterwards you can see bushs, shurbs, whats left of trees etc. Mind you how much of that was left after 3 days of almost constant shelling and then being burnt is anyones guess. But if you look at pics of it now its what you'd class as sorta green http://www.iwojima.com/today.htm

[stovall]

Thanks for the quick response Mark, For me if there is something you can do with the sandy areas that would be great. If not it looks great the way it is. The southern area in my opinion look very much like volcanic textures and are dark enough. Making the sandy areas darker will just be icing on the cake or should I say island.

We can include a darker FSX texture file in the download for those who absolutely need everything darker but as Mark says it will change all those particular textures thoughout FSX which is something to be avoided.

Thanks Mark for looking into this, what you have provided for us already is absolutely fantastic. Very much appreciated.

[stovall]

Stiz, great shots of Iwo Jima today. This is essentially what Mark has provided us for the island terrain. From the black and white pictures of the post invasion what wasn't blasted away by gunfire and flame throwers was run over by tanks and other vehicles. There were some shrub and small tree survivors which I feel are realistically provided by the autogen scenery (very sparse). Thanks for the input.

[roger-wilco-66]

OK, I made some adjustments, how's that:

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@Tom: I've mailed you the two LC files!
Problem is, that all landclasses with vegetation have either a greenish or sand background. Nothing as dark as volcanic soil, pebbles or rock. Even the so called "black sand beaches" in FSX look way too brownish and light.

Cheers,
Mark

[Meshman]

Land class textures can be modified to what ever you want them to be and then place them into a localized folder, to be called by a land class BGL file. This way they won't have any global effect. New autogen files can be made to reflect a more sparse layout, again being placed into a local folder structure.

[mal998]

OT

Mark,
I heard back forn John Stinstrom and he will be helping me sort out the elevations on Wake so at some point in the future we will be able to add that base to Iwo ( hopefully).

[stovall]

OK, I made some adjustments, how's that:

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@Tom: I've mailed you the two LC files!
Problem is, that all landclasses with vegetation have either a greenish or sand background. Nothing as dark as volcanic soil, pebbles or rock. Even the so called "black sand beaches" in FSX look way too brownish and light.

Cheers,
Mark

Look great Mark, this should do it for color post invasion May - July 1945. This is another pic to illustrate. I wish there was a way to change the taxiways and aprons but FSX does not permit this. I have check ADE till blue in the face and there is no way. Still look great for a place to fly our P-51D Mustangs. We will be testing over the next couple weeks and then it will be released. Guy Diotte is working on a P-61 Black Widow. His B-29 looks great and has absolutely no hit for FPS.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/IwoJimaFinalLandclass.jpg

[roger-wilco-66]

Land class textures can be modified to what ever you want them to be and then place them into a localized folder, to be called by a land class BGL file. This way they won't have any global effect. New autogen files can be made to reflect a more sparse layout, again being placed into a local folder structure.

Ahhh nice hint, thanks Meshman. Seems like I didn't read all of the SDK documentation. I'll check that for sure, since this is also an issue in the Solomon scenario.


Cheers,
Mark

[stovall]

We are progressing nicely, the beta testers have given many great ideas and the scenery continues to improve. A very important addition is one I tried early on and was very unhappy with the results. The use of steel mats which were definitely used on the island did not look good on my first trials. Since Mark changed the entire island to volcanic terrain they now look fantastic and remove the contrast problem with the dirt aprons and taxiways. Here is a sample. The P-61 Black Widow is coming along so we are making progress. Here is a sample of the steel mat taxiway near a P-51D that crash landed. Nothing serious, the pilot survived to fly again. Notice the C-47 landing near by.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/IwoSteelMat.jpg

[stovall]

Here is another update for Iwo Jima. The P-61 Black Widow from Guy Diotte has been added and looks great. Here are a few images.

Supplies Arrive

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/SuppliesArrive.jpg

Radio Station above Motoyama One

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/RadioStation.jpg

P-51D Gets Tune Up

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/P-51DTuneup.jpg

Pilots Ready for Flight

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/P-51Line.jpg

Complete Repair Facilities

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Moto2Repair.jpg

Defense Motoyama Two

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Moto2Protect.jpg

More Marines Arrive

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/MoreTroops.jpg

Complete Flight Line Motoyama Two

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/LittleFriends.jpg

Night Fighters Ready For Evening Flight

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/IwoWidow.jpg

Biggest Concern B-29 Crash is Fire

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/Down29.jpg

Control Tower Motyoyama Two is the Brains

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/ControlTower.jpg

Fighters Need Fuel

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/BetweenFlights.jpg

Guy will eventually be making a static C-47 for us. We may have to add later but she is coming.

[Crusader]

Wow Tom ! I can hardly wait for Iwo . What an outstanding job you and the other team members have done with this project . Special meaning for me as my Dad(RIP) was there with the USMC and told me many stories . You and I talked about this a while back .

Rich

[Bomber_12th]

Here are a few screenshots of mine, from while testing out an earlier version of the scenery. The latest work looks even better!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Iwo.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Iwo_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Iwo_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Iwo_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Iwo_5.jpg

[robert41]

Fantastic looking scenery.

[jankees]

It starting to look great.
One remark though about those Mustangs. There were never any p-51's on Iwo in those colors, might it be an idea to introduce some right colors on them?

[stovall]

It starting to look great.
One remark though about those Mustangs. There were never any p-51's on Iwo in those colors, might it be an idea to introduce some right colors on them?

That would really be nice Jan, the time put into making what we have has been astronomical. To paint the aircraft in the correct colors and with the number of aircraft involved would seem almost impossible for time reasons. You can download Guy Diottie's P-51D from Flightsim.com and if so inclined paint a bunch with the correct colors. I would instantly change the one's we have for your paint schemes. If you would do that I would be eternally grateful. Let me know if you are interested.

We have another beta Motoyama One and Two out to the testers. I will keep everyone posted.

[jankees]

do you have a link to this mustang, I can't find it...

[Roger]

Jan it's here http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=161199

[stovall]

do you have a link to this mustang, I can't find it...

Jan, I looked at the texture and it is quite simple. If we could have a generic version of the, say 47th FS, at least the correct colors would be on the airfield. With all the work that has gone into this scenery I for one would really appreciated your talent making it what it should be. I am going to look at the bgl and see if I can produce two different bgl files that would use a different paint. This will allow us to use two different paint schemes. At least we could make one for Moto1 and another for Moto2. If I can help just let me know.

[warchild]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5aCvkucDkYFcUncmO9CjWwuiiUKt8U NOQta7IEyg9yqQjOXc1XTurz-pe6w

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal9/8301-8400/gal8366-P-51-Rossmann/02.jpg

http://506thfightergroup.org/Galleries/Home/506_FG_599_kopia%5B1%5D.jpg

http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/new_war_photos/gpxd_mustang3.sized.jpg

http://img24.mediafire.com/756ca7f53bc2f1ce3ad3747a8a564076a355922465407070c8 3f535167c0c32d5g.jpg

http://www.7thfighter.com/albums/var/albums/Iwo-Jima-Post-Invasion-Ops/342-FH-3A-42233-67969AC_458th_fs_557.JPG?m=1305563423

http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~nagle/p51iwojima.jpeg

http://www.nexternal.com/SBM/images/kagkd32001b.jpg

http://www.americancombatplanes.com/images/17-101xn.jpg

might be something in there worthwhile.. The invasion stripes floored me.. Yup, they had invasion stripes at iwo.. bizaar..

Pam

[roger-wilco-66]

Awesome shots, Tom! This is going to be great!

From South East Asia,
Mark

[stovall]

We have some of the proper air squadrons on Iwo Jima thanks to special work by Guy Diotte and Jan Kees. Here are a couple more shots including a downed B-29 that had to make a deep water landing off the west coast and some C-47 sub chasers that stopped by. You can see the new air groups as well.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/B-29Crash.jpg

C-47 visitors

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/SuppliesArrive-1.jpg

Here is the 506th Air Squadron

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/P51D_506th.jpg

Here is the 46th Air Squadron

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/P51D_46th.jpg

Here is the 47th Air Squadronhttp://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/P51D_47th.jpg

Another looks at the flight Line

(http://)http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/P51D_47th2.jpg

[YoYo]

Scenery from "must have" level. Looks very nice and detailed.

[DaveSHQ]

Looking forward to it. Great job so far.

[stovall]

Mark is home and working on the scenery objects. It should not be long now. Here is an early morning flight above Motoyama two.

(http://)http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/IwoJimaEarlyFlight.jpg

[Roger]

Good to hear Tom...looking forward to my next dose of Iwo Jima!

[stovall]

This video show some of the battle effects added to the north eastern end of the island. The Japanese were bottled up there for a last stand. The Sherman tanks are punishing them. I have changed the sound so it can be heard at a more realistic distance.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNwljutLgDk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNwljutLgDk)

[warchild]

got any more beta testing for me??? Love this scenery :)..
Pam

[robert41]

Those effects are great. Adds immersion to the scenery.

[fxsttcb]

Looking Great! Thanks for the update Tom...Don

[stovall]

Mark is finishing the Iwo Jima Library but in my spare time here is another added feature. A Japanese Freighter trying to run the gap between the volcanic island to the NW and Iwo Jima. A couple of pics.

(http://)http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/JNTransport2.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/JNTransport3.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/JNTransport.jpg