#4072101 - 01/31/15 05:27 PM
Re: Dave E8N?
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PeterMBooth
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Hi Moggy,
What period are you looking at? According to Francillon - Putnams Japanese Aircrft of WWII, the E8N2 (755 built of E8N1 and 2) was only used during the first year of the war before being replaced by the E13A Jake (1418 built) and to a lesser extent the F1M2 Pete (1114), and the old E7K2 Alf (about 300) soldiered on in first line service until 1943. I suspect the main use of the Dave would have been on the old light cruisers - Nagara and the like as the Jake might have been a bit too heavy for them. I don't remember seeing any Daves of Alfs but I think there was a Jake and a Pete in EAW, but as I get older my memory is not what it used to be.
Jakes from the cruisers Chikuma, Tone and Kinugasa did the pre attack recce on Peal Harbour and I belive that they would have been the main floatplanes at Midway but Green does say that some Daves were in use in that battle so I guess that is why you are interested?
I expect you know this already but just in case!
Pete
With increasing age should come wisdom and tolerance, but as the saying goes, "there is no fool like an old fool" as I prove regularly!
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#4072530 - 02/01/15 09:05 PM
Re: Dave E8N?
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Stratos
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A refit of Midway will be great! Looking forward to it.
-Sir in case of retreat, were we have to retreat?? -To the Graveyard!!
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#4076717 - 02/10/15 08:44 PM
Re: Dave E8N?
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PeterMBooth
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Hi Moggy.
Not sure what the original was but if you ignore the wing struts it looks quite close. Seems to be the JNAF equivalent of the Blackburn Shark in performance and role! Active in China but relegated to training by 1940 I think so I am not quite sure what you will be using it for - now if you were thinking of the Japanese invasion of China that would be a very interesting scenario with a real hodge podge of aircraft on the Chinese side of British, American, Russian, French? and perhaps even German origin. Of course quite a few on the JAAF/JNAF side as well though I don't recall too many of them modelled in EAW? I would be more than happy to help with the research if you wanted - I have a book on Chinese aircraft somewhere on my computer but it could take a while to find it.
Pete
With increasing age should come wisdom and tolerance, but as the saying goes, "there is no fool like an old fool" as I prove regularly!
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#4076941 - 02/11/15 10:34 AM
Re: Dave E8N?
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Moggy
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Hello Peter, Eight Jeans were carried by IJN Hosho, which was the principal part of the carrier group of the main body of the Japanese 1st Fleet in the Midway campaign. That carrier also usually carried eight Claudes, but the sources conflict as to whether these were carried on this campaign. So I'm going to put them in anyway I also need a G3M2 Nell which was part of the Chitose Air Group 11th Air Fleet based at Wake, and waiting for the success of the Midway occupation. Unfortunately though this aircraft was to be part of Jan Tuma's Nomohan campaign, I unusually have an FM but no model. Nearest thing we have which looks like it is a Fiat BR20.
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#4077178 - 02/11/15 05:44 PM
Re: Dave E8N?
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Moggy
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Hello Ray,
The D.3dz (and the other two) work in the latter versions of 1.29.
It would be good to put in the hi-res Kates and Vals, but I would needs skins for the Akagai, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu, and Zuiho air groups. Running lo-res on all of those at the moment.
Do we have a hi-res Zero? Still running lo-res on that plane as also need five skin sets.
Do have hi-res models and skin sets for the Wildcats on the US carriers and with the marines at Midway.
Also have a hi-res Dauntless, but need new skin sets for the three US carriers and the marines at Midway.
Do not have hi=res models for the Devatators, the marine Buffalos and the Avengers at Midway.
Do have hi-res B17, but not B26 or PBY.
Just picking my way through this upgrade.
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