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Huon Gulf Scenery UT

UncleTgt

UncleTgt

SOH-CM-2025
From Buna & Wau to Finschhafen

I thought I'd start a separate thread to post progress made extending my SWPTO scenery from Buna/Wau north & east to Finschhafen.
 
First, some shots from the Wau- Bulolo goldfield area...
 

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Next, a selection of shots showing the myriad of Landing Grounds & Emergency Fields peppering the area.
 

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And some from the area SE of the Wau valley...
 

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Lastly, a selection of shots from the Finschhafen area. The Salamaua & Lae area has been covered in the screenshots thread before.

I'm working on a package that will do early war to mid-43. As with my Solomons package, I intend to do a separate set showing the build-up at Tsili-Tsili, Nazdab & Dreger Field at Finschhafen through the latter half of 1943.
 

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Worthless said:
What are you flying in these pics? The single engine, fixed gear.
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It's Ralf Kreibich's Junkers W34. Pepe converted some of the model varieties (GER, CHI), but the uncowled engine variants were the one's used in supporting the goldfield operations in the Wau & Bulolo valleys during the 1930's.

A lot of the animations didn't convert over, & I'm still finessing the flight performance, but they should be ready for upload soon.
 

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Some of the new object mdls developed for this scenery ...
 

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UncleTgt said:
It's Ralf Kreibich's Junkers W34. Pepe converted some of the model varieties (GER, CHI), but the uncowled engine variants were the one's used in supporting the goldfield operations in the Wau & Bulolo valleys during the 1930's.

A lot of the animations didn't convert over, & I'm still finessing the flight performance, but they should be ready for upload soon.
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What a neat aircraft. Can't wait to download and take a cruise. Thanks!
 
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UncleTgt,

Very nice! It's amazing to follow your progress in these threads! :encouragement:
 
John, I really admire you for your ability to do all this.
Scenery, airplane improvements and repaints, objects, everything!
Thanks for sharing your work with us!
 
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