Long Days Journey by Osper
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The B24 which was produced in numbers more than any other Americn aircraft started life in combat with 120 Squadron with the RAF Coastal Command. The first batch of aircraft delivered to the RAf was found uncombat worthy by them. No self sealing fuel tanks, lack of armor and several other deficiencies resulted in them being relegated to other than combat roles. With one exception.
The range of the Liberator was twice that of any other British aircraft. This made them ideal for anti submarine warfare, capable of closing down the gap that exisited in the Atalanic for convoy protection. Thus the Mark1 Liberator came into being. Fitted by Scottish Air with ASV radar and a four pack of 20mm guns under the forward bomb bay the first aircraft entered the war.
120 Squadron counted fourteen confirmed kills, three assists and eight damgaged U Boats by the end of the war. After the Liberators began operating, U Boats which normally surfaced during the hours of darkness to charge their batteries found to their surprise that they were being targeted in the dark. This led to them going back to days to recharge their batteries until a counter measure could be made.
Credits: B24 is Neil's reconfigured to the Mark1 Liberator model by Osepr Enterprises in Wings3D.
Oher stuff (ships) done in Wings 3d converted from a intercoastal freighter by Sir Mac Man.
Vue 7I for the rain squalls.
Now as you all know, Osper Enterprises strives for accuracy in all our stuff. So I had them take Neils B24 back to original configuration. This proved to be far more difficult than first thought. So......the question is what do I do with the additional/left over turrets, over 600 lbs of armor and especially the the self sealing fuel tanks that now are piled against my back fence? ;)
Comments and thoughts always wlecome
Comments (46)
cricke49
excellent image render, love the waves really rocky sea!:)*5
eekdog Online Now!
cool information, marvelous plane and sea scene, ace job!!
Ravyns
Excellent Render Osper!!
neiwil
Excellent conversion, I heartily approve!..great image and very interesting bit of history.....as to spare parts....would make a very interesting car boot sale :-)
Sesh
Nice depiction of the ASV arrays by OE.
sandra46
wonderful image!
Faemike55
Excellent work and fascinating history. always have a yard sale
flavia49
gorgeous image and text
crender
Simply wonderful!!!
debbielove
Well done on this work! The Lib by Neil was good anyway and you make another good Mk! Great picture.. :-) As for the left overs? Well you could fit them to your house? You'd get no trouble from looters, burglars, troublemakers and generally anybody you didn't like! lol Rob
steelrazer
Excellent render!
AliceFromLake
Fine work.
Briney
An early Mk liberator! excellent work!
Hendesse
Fantstic models and the water and the sky look very realistic. Excellent work!
tallpindo
A marvel of visible dexterity
Richardphotos
I can imagine the roar of the engines.quite realistic
theprojectionist
Wow stuff i must say,and i agree with Rick i can here the purr too.
kenmo
Top notch scene....
jif3d
Nice job on the Liberator and original livery, not to mention the detailed background history of this fine Warhorse ! BTW, that spectral atmosphere ROCKS ! Well done & ~Cheers~
renecyberdoc
fine bit of history. i remember when playing panzer general i always choose the liberator and the marauder lol.
paul_gormley
that brooding sky is masterful, and love the lone figure in the plane cockpit, the lighting gives just the right air of stormy promise, brilliant.
pat40
Good work.
drifterlee
Fantastic scene, Very real!
jocko500
this is wonderful work remind me of this i read There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American.�� During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims.�� What does he intend to do, bomb them?" �� A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly:�� "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency�� electrical power to shore facilities; they have three�� cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.�� We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?" �� You could have heard a pin drop.
LBAMagic
Beautiful work. Love the grey seas and sky. Love the old B24 Liberators; one of my favorite WWII aircraft.
Mara105
fantastic work,very good perspective ^^
UVDan
You have done a superb job.
calico1
Excellent scene. Very nice lighting.
Radar_rad-dude
A most superb artpiece and fantastic history lesson! I love your addition of the conversion to original condition! Most enjoyable!!!
mickeyrony
Always great moments in front of your work . Details and all are so in place to put dreams on .You put all your love in your work and that a mark of Giant Artist . Tanks again for your work and time to my place ((5++))