'Half Size' T2 Hangar

[flashgordon]

Do we have a 'Half Size' T2 hangar in the sim. These were 41.28m long rather than 73.03m for the standard and were used on some Fighter Command and smaller airfields.

If not, has anyone access to the original GMAX. They had the same width and height - just shorter.

 

[Pat Pattle]

I've got the gmax for the T2 Gordon, I'll take a look. Do you have any photos please?

 

[flashgordon]

Have'nt got any photos to hand but do have the Defence Estates T2 Appraisal and Drawings of the main T2 full size Type which I attach.
Each bay of the T2 was 3175mm so the 'Half Size' had 13 instead of 23.
I managed to take these plus the drawings of many other types of hangar off the internet before they were withdrawn.

 

[Pat Pattle]

Thanks Gordon. In the meantime I've shortened the existing gmax model which is attached.

The textures have never been very good and the short version uses the same ones. With the docs you've provided I'll revisit those sometime.

 

[flashgordon]

Many thanks Clive will be very usefull when I finish collecting data and get back to airfield modelling after my long layoff.
This question came about when looking at RAF Tiree which had 10 of these by 1945 and an interesting war record in No. 15 Group Coastal Command as follows:
Coastal Command: The base focused on maritime patrols, protecting convoys, and air-sea rescue.

224 Squadron: Flew Hudsons for anti-submarine and rescue missions (April-July 1942).

304 (Polish) Squadron: Flew Wellingtons for Coastal Command (May-July 1942).

518 Squadron: Arrived in 1942 for vital weather measurement flights over the Atlantic, using Halifax aircraft, crucial for operations like D-Day.

281 Squadron: Operated from 1944, flying Ansons and Warwicks.

Many of the Strike Force missions had lifeboat equipped Warwicks attached to try and assist the Mosquito and Beaufighter crews but too few survived a ditching as these aircraft both had poor escape routes and survival in these northern waters might only be a few minutes.

 

[Frosty]

I've got models of the 14, 17, 18, 23 and 26 bay T-2 models, in both open and closed versions. Ready to go, 4 LODs, in bare metal, green and black cladding. From the base model I should be able to produce any number of bays.

@Clive: is that my model you got or are there two around?

 

[Pat Pattle]

Clive: is that my model you got or are there two around?

That's my original T2 from way back when.
I didn't know you had a T2, it'll be a lot better than mine!

 

[Frosty]

I didn't know that you had one either - Or I must have forgotten that.
Just checked: They're both in ETO! Yours is probably the "ACC_Hangar_T2", mine definitely are the ones with the long, but hopefully descriptive, suffixes .

I could/should update most of my building textures and models now that we have the possibility of adding normal maps and I have learned some more about material possibilities in gmax. At least a normal map for the corrugated metal cladding seems a interesting improvement.

You guys let me know if I can supply you with anything!

PS. The 13-bay isn't in ETO but like I said, I can create one with relative ease.