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As I said at SimHq the air groups for Kaga, Akagi, Hyru and Soryu are covered in depth. It will be time consuming but not difficult to produce multi-skin squadrons for Zeros, Vals, and Kates. There is a first rate Zero and the other two need a proper High-rez makeover to be more accurate visually. ...

Now, having a look at my Midway2 folder (last activity July 2005) I see (1) I had gathered/was working on these additional aircraft: Claude, Rufe, Dave, Pete, Betty, and Mavis, (2) I had gathered illustrations as the basis of skins for the Japanese carriers Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga and Soryu, and the US c...

I like that damage model.

On Mosques we have a basic version. What I really need is one with domes and minarettes for the larger town locations.

As a minimum, Midway needs (1) a new theatre layout - when I did the original scenario in 2000 we had no idea how to move target locations so I just used a few of the locations which already existed and seemed in more or less the right relationship to each other, even though there is no proper north...

That's bloody good!

Do you do mosques?

Could do with a couple of Mosques large and small.

I have some hope that I might be finished my book work by some point later in the year, and we hope we might be able to finish off that other long story CAW. If we can, we shall have all the peices needed to do a fair job on the Midway upgrade. This will now include 3d carriers, the new carrier take...

Oh gosh that looks good!

We can use anything that will fit the job with a squint. Any plane we can't get a half-decent lookalike for I'll replace with something we can.

Thanks Alan. The list was just a first off.

You're completely right that some of those a/c aren't likely to get made, so its alternative selections or using lookalikes from JT's extensive range..

The 30sqn Spad looks like a must - have.

The slot list is shaping up like this: Entente Sp1a - BE2e Sp09 - Matinsyde G-100/102 Sp14 - Se5a Hurr - Nieuport 17 Typh - Bristol Scout Temp- Bristol F2B Mosq - Caudron G.III P51B - Nieuport 23 P51D - DH9 P38H - Martinsyde S1 P38J - Shorthorn P47C- DH1A/2 P47D- Vickers FB19-II B24a - RE-8 B26a- Ni...

1916 Jan. 1 - Sherif Hussein agreed to Arab alliance with British. On Feb. 18 he requested money from British, who granted 50,000 pounds Mar. 10. 1916 June 5 - Hussein proclaimed the Arab Revolt, and June 10 attacked the Turks in Mecca, but met stiff resistance at Medina. 1916 Oct. - Hussein's 4 son...

1915 Feb. 24 - Lloyd George emphazised attack on Dardanelles, and Mesopotamia "merely a side issue." Mar. 2 - 14,000 British troops retreated from Shaiba. Mar. 11 - British Euphrates Blockade Force began operations. Apr. 12 - Battle of Shaiba southwest of Basra where 6100 British defeated...

1916 Dec. - The new British government of David Lloyd George that came to power in Dec. and gave new importance to defeating the Turks and occupying Jerusalem, rather than the earlier passive policy of just defending Egypt. 1917 Mar. - Murray's Eastern Force advanced toward Gaza with 40,000. Report...

1914 - After England and France in 1914, Egypt became the next largest British military base in the war. Indian troops defended the Canal until the Territorials arrived. The Territorials included 53 volunteer cavalry regiments called Yeomanry. 1915 Jan. 14 - Turkish army of 25,000 led by Djemal Pas...

Palestine Pascha Abteilung FA-300 'Pascha'--operational in April 1916 Yildirim Abteilungen Formed in Germany in July 1917 for service with the Ottomans,as part of the Asienkorps. Operational November 1917. FA-301 FA-302 FA-303 FA-304b(Bavarian) Reinforcements in 1918 FA-305 Operational early 1918. ...