I have an idea.
Lets all ask HTC to satisfy RAM by redoing the plane-set. This will stop all of the dweeb HOs.
The P-51D could be redone as the P-40B.
Lets see, the P-47D-25 could become a P-26 and the P-47D-30 a Brewster Buffalo.
Turn the P-38L into a Westland Whirlwind..., no, wait, that can do 360mph (almost as fast as a Bf109F-4, heaven forbid that) and has 4 20mm Hispano cannon, sure its only got 60rpg but even so it'd still just be an HO and Spray 'n Pray dweebplane. P-38L will have to be a Bristol Blenheim MkI.
F4U-1C should become an F4F and the F4U-1D can be a Devastator.
The B-17G will need to become a B-17C and I guess the B-26 can be a B-16.
The Spitfire MkIX should reduce to a Spitfire MkIIa nicely, which means that the Spitfire MkVb can settle as a Spitfire MkIa.
The Typhoon MkIb will do well as a Hurricane MkI, don't you think RAM?
The Lancaster MkIII would have to become a Wellington MkI. Seems fair.
The Yak-9U would make an OK MiG-3.
The La-5FN looks a little like an I-16, at least they're both radials. So I-16 it is.
I guess the C.205 can be remade as a C.200 and the C.202 as a Fiat Biplane fighter.
The N1K2 would serve as a A6M2 I think, sorry RAM, its still got cannon.
The A6M5b is much too good and needs to be changed to a A5M.
So our plane-set would be as follows:
American
P-40B
P-26
Brewster Buffalo (Finnish colors)
F4F
Devastator
B-17C
B-16
German
Bf109F-4
Bf109G-2 (Finnish colors)
Bf109G-6
Bf109G-10
Fw190A-5
Fw190A-8
Ju88A-4
British
Blenheim MkI
Spitfire MkIa
Spitfire MkIIa
Hurricane MkI
Wellington MkI
Russian
MiG-3
I-16
Japanese
A5M
A6M2
Italian
C.200
Fiat Biplane Fighter (The one that fought in the Battle of Britain, I don't know the model number)
Well RAM, what do you think? Pretty balanced now. Allies and non-German Axis will now have aircraft that are comparable to what the Germans have. Nobody'll HO you now (well, maybe those A6M2s). Of course, now all the dweebs will fly German kites and those who remain loyal to their prefered nationality will be turn dweebs, not to mention nearly as rare as hen's teeth.
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RAM, we're sick of hearing about how the Luftwaffe is SO undermodeled and how everybody is out to get the poor Germans.
RAM, did it ever occur to you that a slow plane, like a Zero, has no choice but to HO if they want to ever get a shot on a fast BnZer? You expect those Zero pilots to just let you kill them without ever try to get a shot at you? Why don't you use your Fw and get in a turn fight with the Zero? Because it'll kick your bellybutton if you do. I don't see Zero pilots complaining that people just BnZ them all the time, do you?
Sisu
-Karnak
[This message has been edited by Karnak (edited 10-17-2000).]
