BBloke's IL2 Movie Database

Nothing here to critique!! Good flying and bombing

Hey I would like to ask you if you can send me names of songs you have used? Thank you very much

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Thanks for taking the time to reply. I've added all three trailers to the page so they can be streamed without having to move away from the page.

I've also added the image download link too so hopefully it can be used from here.

S! and thanks again.

Gents (and of course ladies!), thanks for replying to the thread.
I am sorry I have taken so-long to reply, I just don't have time to keep track of every website that links to bits of my work, and I can only say thanks to BBloke (Chris) for letting me know that relatives of 325th pilots have been in touch.

I hope that you see this reply?

So-far it has been a long,hard slog, working through myriad of details regarding the 325th. As I find one fact out, more come along to make life difficult in finalising everything! I am not complaining though as this is just fantastic fun to work through, but I am really worrying that by the time I complete it, not many of the pilots will be around to see it! I'm trying though!

So, what do we have?

Well, I have video interviews with Art Fiedler, Barrie Davis, Jack Sherbourne, Jerry Edwards and Frank Bolek. I also have audio interviews with Frank Mertely and extra interviews with Art.

On top of that I have original 325th colour footage of the P-51's at Lesina, as-well as Colour footage of P-47's at Foggia. I have another 400-hours of WW2 footage to edit into the project and then I am recreating specific battles with the IL2 Software, using updated and custom built textures, aircraft, maps and effects, all to add realism to the recreated battles.

Extra to the above are nearly 1300 images of the 325th during their time in WW2, many of which have never been seen before. I have alos re-created all the 325th logos in larger versions, and also hand-coloured an image of the P-51's at Lesina, which was originally three-separate images all Black and White. That image can be downloaded here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jywzi1kqyzt

Now, I have completed the P-40 era using original footage, WW2 footage and re-created key-scenes with Il2.

I am currently working on the P-47 era, and hope to have that near completed by early May. This will then be released as Part-1. I will then concentrate on the P-51 era. Each part will be approx 1-hour and 30 minutes, but may reach 2-hours for the P-51 section....there is lots to get in! Most of my time has been concentrated on researching details and gathering images. It has been a long haul, but it was necessary to get this, as it makes the edit so-much easier to move through now that everything is in place.

My realistic timeline is to have it finished by December 2010. That will be a total of 4-years to make! Way too long! However this is being created in my spare time, as a hobby, with no budget and the good-will of a few friends who have been there to help when I have got stuck and bogged down in detail.

Kudos to Ralph Giminez and Gary Bullock for their dedication. Ralph is known as 'Monguse' online and has been a great help with his paintschemes, modelling and software modifications.

Gary is on imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120147/

and is doing the Narration, for free, as he is immensely interested in the 325th after Gordon McDaniel (Ace-in-a-day for the 325th) helped him trim out and R/C aircraft, when Gary was young, in the local park.

So, work is still continuing and hopefully this-year it will come to fruition. I hope to make the 325th reunion in Washington this-year (Sept 17th-19th), but money and time will decide whether I can make it.

Okay, so I have uploaded a link to the Panoramic of the 325th at Lesina.

So, I wonder if you have seen Trailer 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpJTdu4hjFA

This is audio from the video interviews with the 325th pilots, overlayed with their pilot images and their faces now.

Also, I have been creating CG images of the 325th, some can be seen here in the Fourth post down in the thread:

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/1591012138/p/1

Finally, although I can't show you yet, I have completed a battle sequence in the P-51's showing Barrie Davis's life and death struggle in a fight over Russia with Romanian Ace Ion Dobran. Barrie has seen it, and loved it!

Albin and Jim, I would love to get in contact with you and hope you would contact me if you get to see this message?

My email is:

Mysticpuma@googlemail.com

I hope this answers some of the questions about the progress. All I can say is that it is still ongoing, it is being made by someone dedicated to the 325th memory, so when it is finally released it should be a fitting tribute and document to them.

Thanks to BBloke for letting me know of your interest, best wishes, Neil