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[BlackAce7727]

I have to admit that this is why I like the channel maps now. They're replicated so well, often when I'm online with the crew and we have a mission in Britain/Europe I always say ''Hey I can see my house from here''...

[Andy H]

 

My part of town, from the early fifties - the prefabs in the centre of pic wouldn't have been there...



The old pier bandstand completed in 1939, the pier bit was dynamited in the eighties, the block on the prom remains and is currently an Italian restaurant...



And don't forget the Jubilee Clock, Rogeroger - looks like it was painted green back then, it's bright terra cotta & blue now.



Or the old Ritz Theatre that burned down in the 1950's, coming under the umbrella of HMS Bee/HMS Attack for the duration of hostilities...




The seafront hasn't changed that much - all bars, cafes and gift shops now, but very recognisable from the spot where these pics of the US Rangers on their way to embarkation for Omaha/Pont Du Hoc were taken...

[shahryar]

I think i saw captain Miller and his squad in that picture.

[rogeroger]

Ag no man! not another bloody pier..and a clock as well.. and don't forget the garden gnome in aunty May's garden.

Where's the bloody clock then? Don't see it in my photographs.
Somebody placed a barrage balloon above that fancy harbour building so that it didn't get bombed by Jerry .

Just downloaded this and I see the pier but not the clock.


I am now starting to hate piers. They should have dynamited the lot before the war, would have saved me some trouble.

PS. Just kidding, I like piers.. but only just... Not Piers Morgan though, we doesn't like him much, but then again, who does.

[Andy H]

You'd better get my Gran's house right. Corporation sky blue door. 

'X' marks the clock



Seriously, it's not that important in the grand scheme of things and I'll trust your judgement on what we get. It's already a vast improvement. 

In an ideal world where unicorns roam the streets and crap twenty pound notes, I'd like to see the Whitehead torpedo factory and pier (see painting below), the Nothe Fort (that D -shaped structure at the southern tip of Weymouth Harbour), the Verne Citadel on Portland, the oil storage tanks at Portland Harbour, the lighthouse at Portland bill, the White Horse chalk carving at Osmington (landmark for Warmwell) and the small railway marshalling yard on Portland. I'm sure you've looked into it.

If you're a train buff, your biggest problem (says me with miniscule experience of such matters) is going to be the line to Portland and attendant bridges.

Richard Eurich is a useful artist to research, so British forties.





Huge thanks for what you've done so far - it's going to make a wonderful difference. 

[rogeroger]

Yeah! I'm still deciding on how far I want things to go as far as intricacies are concerned. There aren't many campaigns for this map and I was wondering if I would have been better off modding one of the more popular channel maps, which I may still do if I ever finish this.

 A member sent me the BAT OPERATION SEALION mission designer notes to help with deciding on finer details like landmarks and factories to include on the map, and there certainly is a lot of stuff to include. I initially just wanted some eye candy around the airfields for landings and takeoff, but one gets sucked in once you start a project like this.

I have considered replicating the white horse. It will depend on whether there is a suitable ground plate like chalk or something thereabouts, we will see.

edit: OMG! Weymouth has it's own Stonehenge, place must be steeped in ancient history.

[Andy H]

Oh yeah - sometimes it the notes you don't play...




Stonehenge? You mean the one up at Portland Heights? 2001 vintage, that one. Mind you, plenty of really ancient stuff hereabouts. Maiden Castle's just up the road, and if you can do a white chalk horse, you might as well do the Cerne Giant. 



In other news, my posts might become less regular for a while - having been doing the whole gentleman of advancing years does lockdown thing for a year, I've walked back into a job I should never have quit in the first place (wonderful gift, hindsight). Going to take a little time to get back into the swing of things. 

[rogeroger]

I found this whilst looking for old pictures of Portland.

Portland Wartime Memories! WW2, Air Raids D-Day 1944, Castletown, Portland. Reg Gill phone conv 1984

https://youtu.be/FB5VF0BTxbU?t=121.

[Andy H]

Finding the back to work business hard - if I haven't been working, I've been sleeping lately, but I finally got back up... 

[BlackAce7727]

I was wondering where you'd gone! Nice to have you back

[Andy H]

Thanks! 

[Andy H]