RAF Hornchurch FS9

[ian elliot]

I was'nt intending to do this but Huub kindly gave me a preview of his AH Spit repaints, which put me in the mood for this BoB airfield. its rather quick and dirty and a bit on the simple side, but i enjoyed making it. I use Gary Burns Spit Ai, which is in Hawkinge markings and the fighter pens are the wrong type but those are small details, check read-me for objects although you should have them all by now, hope you enjoy

[huub vink]

Thanks Ian, I'm happy to see my tactics worked .

It also answers one of the questions I had. "Which Mk.Ia Spitfire will I do next?" Although I'm not sure which one, but it will be a Sptifire from 41 Squadron which was based at RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain as well.

And in the correct period as I will now do two, post 11 August 1940 repaints, with roundels at the bottom of the wings.

Cheers,
Huub

[Miggers]

I was'nt intending to do this but Huub kindly gave me a preview of his AH Spit repaints, which put me in the mood for this BoB airfield. its rather quick and dirty and a bit on the simple side, but i enjoyed making it. I use Gary Burns Spit Ai, which is in Hawkinge markings and the fighter pens are the wrong type but those are small details, check read-me for objects although you should have them all by now, hope you enjoy

Nice one Ian.

You'd have thought that out of all the B of B fighter stations,Hornchurch would have been one that was saved really.

[Shessi]

Thanks Ian, close to home!

M,
Considering it was also an important WWI airfield (against the Zeppelin and Gotha raids) as Suttons Farms. It went quite early being outer London, building land was needed, it soon became housing, and a school. Several of the roads in the area are named after the airfield, and there is a small country park there with remnants of the airfield dotted about. The best BofB that's left is Hendon, Manston and Biggin Hill Museums.

Thanks also Huub for the beautiful re-paints, and the right sheen on the model, looks very good!

Cheers

Shessi

[Motormouse]

Thanks Ian, close to home!

M,
Considering it was also an important WWI airfield (against the Zeppelin and Gotha raids) as Suttons Farms. It went quite early being outer London, building land was needed, it soon became housing, and a school. Several of the roads in the area are named after the airfield, and there is a small country park there with remnants of the airfield dotted about. The best BofB that's left is Hendon, Manston and Biggin Hill Museums.

Thanks also Huub for the beautiful re-paints, and the right sheen on the model, looks very good!

Cheers

Shessi

Trouble is; since Gordon Brown and Tony Bliar designated airfields as potential development sites to be sold off no-one is interested in preserving them either as active airfields or as social record so people can see how we lived and worked on those bases 40 years ago.
Just see what they are doing with Scampton.

ttfn

Pete

[huub vink]

Trouble is; since Gordon Brown and Tony Bliar designated airfields as potential development sites to be sold off no-one is interested in preserving them either as active airfields or as social record so people can see how we lived and worked on those bases 40 years ago.
Just see what they are doing with Scampton.

ttfn

Pete

Pete,

This is common practice and you see this in the Netherlands as well. The airfields I have served are all gone. Ypenburg airfield has been converted in a brand new village belonging to The Hague. NAS Valkenburg is currently being converted into a an area where people can live and Soesterberg Air base is converted into a preserved nature area, and houses the National Military Museum.

The reason can easily be understood. In the Netherlands we have a population of 17.5 million people and we are short of at least 500,000 houses to provide these people a place to live. Personally I think a place to live is more important than to preserve an airfield. These abandoned airfields were already owned by the state and therefore by selling them to the developers, the state can make the money to invest in the required infrastructure.

Here you see the museums which are there to preserve history all have a hard time to survive. And those who are able to survive are the ones where entertainment is more important than history.....

Sad, but I realise I have arrive at an age, which I use to consider the typical age where men became grumpy

Cheers,
Huub

[ian elliot]

Thanks guys Quite into BoB airfields at the moment. Ive got a bee in my bonnet (old UK saying) about Croydon, and there's a lot of good quality info online. Needs quite a few custom objects but i think i can handle it, Who no what will appear in a few weeks/months time

If you feel you need more BoB airfields, do a search for Gary Burns(Gary 20) in the library, i use his Hawkinge, although almost 12 years old, works pretty well out of the box, i thought i would need to update it, but i decided i didnt need too.

PS like your screen shot Huub, never been keen on GW, but your screen looks really nice.

[ian elliot]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FS 2004 Scenery

Description: BoB sector airfield 15 miles east of London, see readme for details

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit RAF Hornchurch FS9
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[gsnde]

I don’t know this AI Spitfire. Where can I find it? I thought the Spitfire John Young made for his very first AI package was the only one.


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[ian elliot]

Hi Martin, you'll find it in most of Gary's airfield downloads, and i included it in my Hornchurch zip. I did try to use John's model, but for some reason, couldn't get it to play ball, Garys is quite old but still looks pretty sharp today

[gsnde]

Thank you, Ian.

You create very beautiful things! Maybe you would like to announce such sceneries over at MAIW? There are a lot of people there who will love your work and might just miss it.

Cheers
Martin