Tech Pieces..

[WOPR]

The following is my dream list of airborne units.

GERMANY:

fighters:
standard fighter: Bf 109 (already in game) or FW 190
long range fighter: Do 335
jet fighter: Me 262
long range jet fighter: Ho 229

bombers:
standard bomber: Ju 88 (already in game)
long range bomber: He 177
heavy bomber: He 277 or Ju 488 or Me 264
long range heavy bomber: Ta 400 or Ho XVIII

US:

fighters:
standard fighter: F6F hellcat (already in game)
long range fighter: P 38 (already in game) or P 51
jet fighter: P-80 / F-80 or F-84
long range jet fighter: F-86

bombers:
standard bomber: B 25 (this should be the standard us bomber not the B 17)
long range bomber: B 17 (already in game)
heavy bomber: B 24 or B 29
long range heavy bomber: B 29 or B 36

(US had the most badass bombers)

UK:

fighters:
standard fighter: Spitfire (already in game)
long range fighter: RAF Mustang Mk.III
jet fighter: Gloster Meteor
long range jet fighter: DH.100 Vampire

bombers:
standard bomber: Vickers Wellington (this should be the standard uk bomber not the Halifax)
long range bomber: Handley Page Halifax (already in game)
heavy bomber: Avro Lancaster
long range heavy bomber: Avro Lincoln or Victory Bomber

RUSSIA:

fighters:
standard fighter: Yak 1 (already in game)
long range fighter: MiG 5 T DIS
jet fighter: MiG 9
long range jet fighter: MiG 15

bombers:
standard bomber: Tu ANT-40/SB or Tu-2  or Pe-2 (should be the standard russian bomber not the Petlyakov Pe-8)
long range bomber: Yermolayev Yer-2
heavy bomber: Pe-8 (already in game)
long range heavy bomber: Tu-4 or Tu-85

JAPAN

fighters:
standard fighter: Zero (already in game)
long range fighter: Zero (already in game)
jet fighter: Nakajima J9Y Kikka
long range jet fighter: Nakajima Ki-201 or Kyushu J7W2 Shinden

bombers:
standard bomber: Ki-67 Hiryu “Peggy” (this should be the standard jap bomber not the P1Y)
long range bomber: P1Y Ginga “Frances” (already in game) or Mistubishi G4M-2/24c “Betty”
heavy bomber: Nakajima G8N Renzan “Rita”
long range heavy bomber: Nakajima G10N

ITALY

fighters:
standard fighter: C.202 Folgore
long range fighter: G.55 Centauro
jet fighter: Campini N.1 or Re.2007
long range jet fighter: Re.2007

bombers:
standard bomber: SM.79 “Sparviero”
long range bomber: Fiat BR.20
heavy bomber: Piaggio P.108
long range heavy bomber: Piaggio P.108

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He 177:

He 277:

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Ta 400:

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B 25:

B 29:

[Upside-down_Turtle]

nice

wish i had ur skillz

[dinosaur]

One thing I can see that this 3d printer offers is that you could have a box full of different bombers instead of all similar pieces.  Imagine if instead of five B-17s, you had a B17, B25, B27, B29, …

That would be sweet.

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@Upside-down_Turtle:

nice

wish i had ur skillz

Thanks. I consider my 3d modeling skills to be at the beginner level actually. Luckily, military hardware consists of pretty geometric shapes. Once you’ve learned how to use the 3d tools it’s essentially a lot of tracing. You import a schematic diagram of the vehicle showing the top, side & front view and then start tracing.  8-) It’s a lot of work and it can get pretty tedious but I’m getting better at it.

@dinosaur:

One thing I can see that this 3d printer offers is that you could have a box full of different bombers instead of all similar pieces.  Imagine if instead of five B-17s, you had a B17, B25, B27, B29, …

That would be sweet.

Yeah, you can use the differentiated units however you want. It makes things more fun.

[WOPR]

B 24:

[Guest]

Hey WOPR which Autodesk product are you using? And are you going to attend Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year?

[WOPR]

@Brain:

Hey WOPR which Autodesk product are you using? And are you going to attend Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year?

Actually, I’m using Wings 3D. No plans to attend Autodesk U.

[Guest]

Wings 3D, Who makes that product?

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@Brain:

Wings 3D, Who makes that product?

It’s a free program. You can find the download on google.

[WOPR]

DH.100

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F-84