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Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Guppy35 on March 05, 2005, 01:07:30 PM

While it's a modified Lanc, it is a combat Lanc as 617 used a daylight camo scheme late in the war on their Lancasters.  Might be nice if it could fly since the Lancs are flying in daylight in AH

Dan
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/810_1110049553_daylanc.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/810_1110049530_daylanc2.jpg)

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Kev367th on March 05, 2005, 02:31:23 PM

I been saying for a while the Lanc should have the grandslam bomb as an option.

First one looks almost like dark earth/middle stone uppers with med sea grey lowers?

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Guppy35 on March 05, 2005, 10:59:24 PM

Only thing I can figure is they just took the upper camo down the fuselage and then did the gray undersurfaces.

Two browns wouldn't make sense for Europe, but I suppose the brown green camo would still work.

It would be something different anyway :)

Dan

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Greebo on March 06, 2005, 04:05:48 AM

It's brown and green with light grey undersides. I guess its possible that HTC would add the grand slam version of the Lanc when they update it. A standard Lanc couldn't carry that bomb. Apart from the bombbay mod, it had more powerful engines and a lot of weight stripped out. The front and upper turrets were removed as well as half the rear turret's ammo. Might be an idea to check with Skuzzy that its an acceptable scheme on the current Lanc before doing a lot of work on it.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: thebest1 on March 06, 2005, 02:54:42 PM

OOO can i do that one?!!!

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Skydancer on March 08, 2005, 02:41:46 PM

Cool we need a few Lanc skins us uber buff pilots. (uber cos it carries the biggest tonnage I think )

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Wolfala on March 11, 2005, 01:37:24 PM

Grand Slam...man...doesn't that look like a menecing black **** of death.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Kev367th on March 11, 2005, 01:53:30 PM

Yup it wasn't small.

'Grandslam'
(http://www.ww2guide.com/grandsl_s.jpg)

Its smaller brother 'Tallboy'
(http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/photos/p_tallboy4.jpg)

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Skydancer on March 11, 2005, 05:56:25 PM

Another of Mr Wallis's creations I belivieve. along with these two.

(http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/moorcraft/Image25.gif)

(http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/fa350_wellington_500.jpg)

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Stang on March 11, 2005, 10:07:13 PM

Is it just me, or is that bomb so heavy that it is warped towards its tail?

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: moot on March 12, 2005, 04:08:10 AM

and help it nose down maybe?

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Furball on March 12, 2005, 05:29:57 AM

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Originally posted by Stang
Is it just me, or is that bomb so heavy that it is warped towards its tail?

that is just the angle of the picture i think, makes it look odd.  It is evenly tapered towards the end, the fins are angled to make the bomb spin very fast on the way down.

At point of impact the grand slam would actually be going faster than the speed of sound.

You dont appreciate the size of one of those fuggers unless you actually stand next to one.  They are muhusive.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: SlapShot on March 12, 2005, 08:59:09 AM

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Originally posted by Stang
Is it just me, or is that bomb so heavy that it is warped towards its tail?

Yeah ... its actually made of rubber ... :p

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Kev367th on March 12, 2005, 09:41:51 AM

Germans thought the Grandslam was rocket propelled intially.
When they bombed the submarine pens at Brest it actually penetrated the 26ft of reinforced concrete roof before detonating.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Skydancer on March 12, 2005, 09:56:52 AM

So are you going to make this skin for the Lanc Kev367th. your other Lanc skin looks V good. Be nice to have a few Lanc Skins to play with. And this skin seems most appropriate for this game as night seems to have  been abolished!:(

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Kev367th on March 12, 2005, 10:43:09 AM

I'll call Skuzzy on Monday see if there are maybe plans to do a Grandslam version, this will decide whether I can do it or not.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Stang on March 12, 2005, 11:38:41 PM

HTC seems to have been interested in doing new and cooler weapons in different threads over the past year or so... perhaps one day we could get the grandslam.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Kev367th on March 12, 2005, 11:45:33 PM

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Originally posted by Skydancer
Another of Mr Wallis's creations I belivieve. along with these two.

(http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/moorcraft/Image25.gif)

(http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/fa350_wellington_500.jpg)

Didn't thi Hi-ball for Mosquitos although smaller work the same way?

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Pei on March 13, 2005, 02:57:15 AM

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Originally posted by Kev367th
Didn't thi Hi-ball for Mosquitos although smaller work the same way?

Yes: it was designed for anti-shipping tasks.

IIRC a squadron were be trained for it and were expected to be sent to the far east but for some reason the project was abandoned and they ended up staying in Europe.

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Greebo on March 13, 2005, 05:01:32 AM

The highball was a small 600lb spherical version of the upkeep bouncing bomb. A glass nosed MkIV Mossie could carry two in a slightly protuding fairing. Ram air was used to pre spin the bombs before release. Its backspin rolled it down the side and underneath the ship where a pressure fuse set it off. It was reckoned its effect on even a capital ship would be devastating. 618 squadron was operational with it in both the UK and later the far east before hostilities ended, but there were just no targets for it by then. There's a 618 squadron history here (http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/h618.html).

(http://www.rafweb.org/Markings/618Sqn1R.jpg)

Title: Lancaster in daylight camo for 617 Squadron
Post by: Kev367th on March 15, 2005, 10:56:53 PM

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Originally posted by thebest1
OOO can i do that one?!!!

Go ahead, I'm a little pushed for time at the moment.
Got to finish installing lots of network upgrades/new servers at work.