Avenger Radar

[Hiede]

My son put the radar on the Avenger but as you can see it's a different color.He tried to change it but no luck.

This is Allen's Hellcat radar.

Any one have an idea of how to change it?

We checked to make sure that it was the right format.

Hiede

[Allen]

Pod uses the included Wing_Radar.bmp

The base image is from part of the stock weapons_us.bmp

[Hiede]

Pod uses the included Wing_Radar.bmp

The base image is from part of the stock weapons_us.bmp

Allen a mistake was made and tried to re textured the wrong texture.There are 2 radars and textured the wrong one.

Hiede

[Hiede]

Did get it re-textured and looks better now but still needs a little work.

Hiede

[Hiede]

November 26-27,1943.

This was the first organized night interception of Japanese bombers.
An Avenger with radar and 2 Hellcats took off from Enterprise's deck to intercept aircraft spotted on Enterprise's radar.Her radar was to vector the Avenger close enough for it's radar to pick them up.The Avenger finally got close enough to pickup the enemy planes thanks to the ships directions.The Hellcats got separated during the flight seeing exhaust from the enemy planes but couldn't catch them.The Avenger was alone and his radar operator guided him in.At 1200 ft the first Betty was sighted and the pilot went to shoot it down,the 2 wing guns hit the Japanese plane and as he went under it the gunner in the ball turret opened fire,Scratch 1.At 500 ft another was spotted and he attacked again with his wing guns,Scratch 2.After seeing the planes the 2 Hellcats headed for them and rejoined.So the first kills at night were actually by an Avenger.

These 3 pilots had practiced these tactics for awhile and said they were ready.One of the Hellcat pilots was, MOH winner,Butch O'Hare.

Hope you enjoyed a little history.

This mission is working on and several other night missions will be done.

Hiede

[skylane]

I indeed enjoy these little pieces of history. 🙂 Avengers as nightfighters, very interesting!

[Hiede]

I indeed enjoy these little pieces of history.  Avengers as nightfighters, very interesting!

Skylane

At that time the Hellcats didn't have radar because all the components were to big to fit in the plane.The Avenger had radar because it was big enough for the components and was just supposed to guide the Hellcats to the target.

By the end of the war everything was downsized and the Hellcat and Corsair were able to have radar also.

Hiede

[Hiede]

Here's pic of what looks better color wise.

Hiede