First Eagles - WWI and Early Years - Skins

Jasta Boelcke's Leutnant Werner Voss's Albatros D.III (serial number unknown), circa April 1917, prior to the addition of the turtledeck heart (a configuration specified by request). This skin features standard D.III finish with Jasta Boelcke's white empennage, improved metal fittings, tailskid shock cord, Axial propeller, and Voss's famous personal insignia.
 
Note: This skin is a D.III skin applied to a D.V model.
 
Please see READ ME for notes and installation instructions.

Here it is a "new" fokker with custom sound and cockpit side panels.
 
Just unzip the folder FokkerD7OAW in your Objects/Aircraft folder and copy BMW.wav to your Sounds folder.
 
Cockpit graphics by Stephen Honey
 
It was a dirty war over the front...
 
Have a good time !!!
 
P.S. I have included a Fokker Dr.1 skin with the tail fixed.
 

 
 

Julius Arigi (1895-1981) was the second highest scoring ace in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Unlike most aces, Arigi was an NCO. On August 22, 1916, enemy aircraft were reported to be approaching the Flik 6 airfield. Arigi sought permission to take off and attack them. Because there were no officers available, to fly with him as observers, permission was denied. Acting against direct orders, Arigi took off with another NCO in his in his Hansa-Brandenburg C.I and shot down 5 enemy Farmans in less than one half hour. He survived the war, as the most highly decorated NCO in the Austrian Army Air Service, with 32 confirmed victories. No Hanroit HD-1s were among them.
My time machine is no longer operational. These skins are interpretations, well-grounded interpretations, but certainly a mix of accuracy and flaws. I am aware of two variations from the photos and other sources. The rudder depicted is round at the trailing edge, rather than the straight. Both rounded and straight rudders were used on Alb D.III’s, but I would have preferred to use the straight edge type because there are photos of this plane which clearly show the straight edged rudder. Available models do not offer the straight rudder. Some Alb DIII OEF were filed modified by removal of the prop spinner, because some came loose in flight. Again the available models do not offer this variation. Modifications of this magnitude beyond my present skill. If you can do it, please contact me.
Many sources were consulted in the preparation of these skins, including: Dr. Martin O'Connor, Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914-1918, Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1 by Chris Chant, Mark Rolfe (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (February 2002), Above the War Fronts by Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest, Gregory Alegi / Hardcover / Grub Street (September 1997), Windsock Datafile #19 Albatros D.III (Oef)/ Grosz/Colours & Markings by Ray Rimmel , The Aerodrome Forum, R.N. Pearson profiles and other material on line.
 
Just drop the folder in your Albatros_D3OAW folder and select Julius Arigi, in the loadout screen. There is no need to edit the ini.
 
This skins is made available only for your personal use. Please no distribution or republication of any part of these files. I’d appreciate any comments, especially with links to source material. Have fun.
 
sinbad © 2008

Jagdgeschwader Nr.1 Oblt. Hermann Goering's Fokker D.VII (F) 294/18, circa July 1918. This requested skin features five-color irregular polygon wing camouflage, factory "streak" fuselage camouflage, and classic Jasta 11 colors.
 
Please see READ ME for credits, notes and installation instructions.

Little Spad VII hop up
 
 
Cockpit.ini and Spad7_180.ini
Hanger Screen
Widescreen and normal loading Screen
Default tan textureset (replacement for stock if you wish)
Escadrille 103 (Les Cigones) textureset and decals (Tan)
Escadrille 31 (Hoplite Archer) textureset and decals (Tan)
Escadrille 48 (Rooster) textureset and decals (Tan)
Escadrille 65 (Dragon) textureset and decals (Tan)
Escadrille 81 (Grayhound) textureset and decals (Camo)
Escadrille 94 (Running Reaper) textureset and decals (Camo)
Escadrille 3 (Les Cigones) textureset and decals (Tan)
Escadrille 3 (Les Cigones) Alternative with Stripe textureset and decals (Tan)
 
Escadrille 3 is skinned to a higher degree than the other Escadrille with personal markings and semi accurate paint jobs/numbers
 
The French seemed to paint all their aircraft individually so many compromises were necessary
 
The Folder structure is a little unusual (trying to save space)
Straight under the SPAD7_180 folder there is a Decal folder (combined for all the new decals) and Folders for all the new Texturesets
The main Tan Skins live straight in the SPAD7_180 folder as well so all the tan textureset’s can access then (some textureset folders have replacements depending on Escadrille)
 
If you haven’t already done so you will need to extract the Spad XIII cockpit from the ObjectData.CAT into a separate cockpit folder under the SPAD7_180 folder if you wish to fly the SPAD7_180 (the two .ini’s provided point to a cockpit folder and make a few changes to the 13’s cockpit but they are not necessary if you have already done this)
 
If you will need to use the provided SPAD7_180.ini if you wish to use the provided hanger and loading screen (or alter your own ini)
There’s a wide screen version of loading screen in the folder “widescreen loading pic” just copy it over the existing pic or delete it depending on your needs
 
I suggest you unzip this Download to a temp folder first and take what you need to the SPAD7_180 folder.
Please remember to back up any files that may be overwritten in the SPAD7_180 folder first
These Skins should work fine for the SPAD7_150 as well but the .ini files will be different
 
Please feel free to use these skins and decals for your own work (non-profit only)
 
Hope you enjoy them
 
Vernon

final version of the Taube
fully textured now
so instead of just the fabric parts, the whole thing has been done now
hope U like it , was fun to skin
c ya l8ter
Gambit168

Albatros DI flown by Prince Friedrich Karl von Preußen. He commanded Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 258, an artillery spotting unit, but flew patrols in a single-seat fighter with Jasta Boelcke whenever possible. He was shot down in 1917 whilst flying this machine, he crashed only lightly wounded, but unfortunately was shot in the back by Australian troops, whilst trying to escape from the area, unfortunately he died later from this wound.
 
I am actually surprised that no one else has made this skin, especially as we now have the most excellent Albatos DI from Stephen 1918, but anyhow, I have done one.
 
There is a great deal of speculation concerning this particular aircraft, there is only really one decent photo of it, after she was captured, however the wings have been removed, so only the fuselage is clearly visable, so, there are many discussions and musings over the correct scheme for this Albatros, the general concensus is that the fuselage was painted a light grey green colour, however as no colour photos were de riguer at this period of time, we can only guess at the correct shade, so I have used an approxomate colour. there is also mass discussion and beard wagging, in respect of the wings. ( as no photos I am aware of show these , the question is a bit academic in my view ) the popular belief is that the aircraft was painted over all the same colour ie. light grey green, but there are those who firmly believe that the wings were standard camouflage pattern , so, to forstall any rivet counters out there, I have included and alternative skin WITH the camo wings and stabiliser, personally I think it looks better in the overall colour, but thats just my opinion. There is also some question over the colour of the Totenkopf insignia, or rather the backing colour, some people insist it is red, whilst others (myself included) believe it would in fact be black , as the Totenkopf badge is that of the Brunswick Hussars, and the badge was worn on a black cap, anyhow, to stop the red affectionados, I have also included that as well ( I'm good to you lot aren't I ? )
 
there are 2 Data.Ini files as well, the original which came as Stephen 1918 made it, and the updated one from Von S, with the FM by Ocjar, and the hit boxes modded by my good friend Nick Bell, so choos which one you like, the Von S one is the better of the two in my opinion.
 
I have also included the sound files I use, and the guns, which again are by Von S, ( I have put the early Spandau lmg 08 on as this would be correct ) I have used the Merc 120 sound file although this aircraft actually had a 160 , I just think it fits in better for the time period.
 
Finally (sorry been blabbing on here ) I have used a pilot made by the marvellous Mr Geezer ( plead make more pilots !! ) I have just faffed about with it a bit but he looks the part !!
 
Right, I think that covers everything, no doubt I have missed out some important bit of info.....but hey ho, such is life !!
 

Thanks to Sephen 1918 for making the aircraft in the first place, and thanks to the other fore mentioned good souls, who make life easy for me, as they doo all the really hard work.
 
ENJOY !!!

This skin depicts the camo and markings on Albatros D.Va flown by Lt Fritz Rumey of Jasta 5. While the skin was technically challenging, the more difficult aspect of this project was the research. Several well-regarded sources depict this aircraft. Unfortunately, and predictably, even the most authoritative sources do not agree on some significant matters. The “candy cane” pattern is shown with noticeable variations. In some views the colors extend over the engine cowl, while others depict a bare metal or polished metal cowl. Everyone agrees that the wings were done in a two-color mauve/green pattern, but there are wide variations as to the pattern, placement and color sequence, not to mention the colors themselves. Consequently, I spent far more time on research, than the actual graphic work, and a significant amount of material is still in the pipeline (including the Windsock two volume set on Jasta 5). I’ll probably decide to make changes later, but eventually I had to make decisions given the material available.
 
The sources include excellent photos and three views from the Smithsonian depicting the D.Va restoration there, as well as Mark Millers excellent image set, and profiles by Bob Pearson. As usual, there was some definitive advice from a man I regard very highly, Dan San Abbot at the Aerodrome forum, regarding the camo pattern.
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/aircraft....html#post11894
 
The result you see is entirely my own, and my time machine is no longer operational. This is an interpretation, a well-grounded interpretation, but certainly a mix of accuracy and flaws. Some flaws I intentionally left in. I decided to include both logos for the prop and the Albatros factory (on the rudder). Both are entirely accurate but are flawed for different reasons. The prop logo (as far as I can tell) displays only on the rear of the prop when the skin is loaded. You’ll see it on the skin and as the prop turns over. Of course the actual logo was only on the front of the prop. The Albatros factory logo may or may not have been painted over by Jasta 5 (or it may have been painted over and replaced). In any event, it certainly was there when it left the factory, and I think it is at least possible it was on the tail when Rumey flew the plane. The colors for the famous green tail and the camo pattern for the wings, as well as the various bits of hardware are as accurate as the photos, data, and drawings available to me.
 
Have fun with it. I’d appreciate any comments, especially with links to source material.
 
I’d like to dedicate this skin to Peter01 in recognition for the tremendous work he is doing on the flight models for this sim.
 
Just drop the folder in your AlbatrosD5a folder and select Fritz Rumey in the loadout screen. There is no need to edit the ini.
 
Please no distribution or republication.
 
sinbad © 2007

=-=-=-=-= Nieuport.28 skin and data pack for the 1rst Pursuit Group =-=-=-=-=
 
 
All Skin work and all decal work done by Quack74.
Feel free to add to these skins as you please. If reposting any of these parts with your new work, just throw a little credit my way. It took a long time to make these. Thanks.
 
 
I would like to thank EmlD for creating the N.28 model some years ago and posting it for us at CombatAce.com.
 
 
I have created a completely new skin for the N.28 along with numerous decals to create the 4 USAS Aero Squadrons that, together, form the USAS's 1rst Pursuit Group.
 
1. 27th Aero Squadron - Flying Eagle in red circle
2. 94th Aero Squadron - Hat In The Ring
3. 95th Aero Squadron - Kicking Mule
4. 147th Aero Squadron - Terrier "Who Said Rats?"
 
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The Nieuport.28 was the sole aircraft used by the American pursuit group from the
Late Winter of 1918 until the first week of August 1918 when The 1rst Pursuit
Group was re-equipped with the SPADXIII. When first delivered the N.28's were
unarmed. Some of the first frontline flights were done with unarmed aircraft in
March. More or less done to familiarize pilots with the type and the "Front"
itself. It wasn't until March 28, 1918 that the Squadrons began to receive guns
for their planes. But just enough to mount one per plane. The Nieuport.28's were
also Notorious for shedding their upper wing fabric do to poor glue quality.
stemming from the factory's lack of quality control. Few pilots had indeed lost their
lives do to this defect.

These are all Pfalz D.IIIa's.
 
25 Jastas with generalized accurate markings.
 
All info in the readme file inside.
 
These are highly detailed D.IIIa's. As real looking as the model will allow.
 
Thanks to the Skunkworks team for the original model and to Capun for allowing me top repost my skin work.
 
If anyone notices any incorrect markings or mistakes please let me know. After doing 25 skins it's hard to catch everything.
There are some glitchy things on the model when painted or placing decals. I cant fix those things. They are minor.
 
enjoy, quack74
 
Edit: Jasta 77b now has a more "Bavarian Blue".

Jasta 15 Leutnant Georg von Hantelmann's Fokker DVII 382/18, circa June 1918. This skin features new hand-made five-color irregular polygon camouflage, new national insignia, Heine propeller, and Hantelmann's skull and crossbones insignia. See READ ME for install directions.

This is a re imagining of my original Albatros DI upload from last week, I wasn't 100% happy with the original skin of the Crown Princes mount, so I decided to tweak and twiddle a little, the result i think is far far better.
 
So, included in this package, are the 2 original skins for Prince Von Prueben, both the all over Sea Green, and the version with camouflaged wings and horizontal stabiliser, along with the red and the black alternative Brunswick Hussars motif. As there were only 50 D I airframes produced, as this model was swiftly superseded by the D II the range of markings and schemes are rather sparse, so, the next scheme is my interpretation of the "standard" factory finish, Ply with Camouflaged wings and stabilisers, I have also set the skin to be numbered as this seems to be historically correct, the serial numbers are NOT going to be accurate , but they are aesthetically pleasing, and around the correct range for the time. The last 2 skins are for Jasta 5 machines, in a rather natty all over Green/Brown cam scheme, I am assuming that all the Jastas airframes were painted this way, but as there is scant to no information ( that I have seen ) on early Albatri, one maybe needs to allow for a little artistic licence on my behalf , the last skin though, is what gave me the idea that all Jast 5's D i's were painted as such, this scheme is the aircraft of Karl Spitzhoff, of Jasta 5 , it differs somewhat from the standard jasta schem, in so much as the tail fin was apparently replaced at some time, and was painted the under surface blue, however, the orginal aircraft serial, it appears, was cut and pasted from the original fin, as the serial number is applied over the camo of the original, the bloke who painted the serial numbers was obviously on leave at the time, and the crew chief took the swiftest and laziest option, I personally dont like it, I think it looks naff, so I have included the standard fuselage from the other Jasta 5 schemes in the skin folder.
 
There were a few other variations I fancied doing, but a lot of the photos, are a little un clear, and i wasn't convinced they were all D I's but in fact D II's , so I chose not the do those and stuck with what we have.
 
OK, so the final bit is, as per the original upload from last week, I have included all the guns, pilots, sounds and decals needed for these skins, you WILL need to download Stephen 1918's most excellent model these skins will NOT work on Borts original D I !!!
 
I have included both DATA.ini files, the original that came with the aircraft, and the updated one by Von S , with Ocjars FM , which is derived from Peter's FM's , also the updated hit boxes by my good friend Nick Bell.
The Guns are set to the early Spandau lmg 08 ( which isnt the same as the LMG 08 !! ) so it fires really slowly 400 -450 rpm, also the correct sound file to reflect this, both originate from Mr Von S , the Pilot is a work of art, done by the great Geezer, I wish he would make more pilots !! (hint hint ) I have just tweaked it a little, but these guys did all the hard grind work, I just pretty things up a bit ( or at least attempt to) Anyhow, please enjoy this aircraft, I shall be looking at doing addition skins for other types as I go along
 
 
 
ENJOY !!

This skin pack for the Albatros D.V for First Eagles
 
This is a Representation of several D.Vs of Jasta 5
They include;
 
Alb. D.V of Vzfw.Richard Dilcher
Alb. D.V of Oblt.Richard Flashar
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Hans von Hippel
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Hans von Hippel (Blitz)
Alb. D.V of Vzfw.Otto Könnecke
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Wilhelm Lehmann
Alb. D.V of Offz-Stv.Hans Löwensen
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Josef Mai
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Rudolf Mattaei
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Walter Neisen
Alb. D.V of Ltn.Fritz Oppenhorst
Alb. D.V of Offz-Stv.Alfred Strum
Alb. D.V White Horse - Unknown pilot
Alb. D.V EK II Stripe - Unknown pilot
Alb. D.V Red Band - Unknown pilot
Alb. D.V White Band - Unknown pilot
 
For more historical accuracy, these are skinned as Albatros D.V, rather than D.Va.
 
Please Enjoy!
Saltfiskur

This is a pack of No.60 Squadron S.E.5 and S.E.5a skins.
 
The "Early" skins are from mid July to the 26th of August, 1917. Red=A flight, Yellow= B flight, and Blue=C flight. Markings were on the nose, wheels, and fuselage.
 
The "Mid" skins are from the 26th of August, 1917 to the 22nd of March, 1918. A white disc just aft of the fuselage roundel and on the upper fuselage
decking just behind the cockpit. The wheels displayed the flight colors. A=Red, B=White, and C=Blue

Read before install:
 
This installation will overwrite your "loading screen" and your "FokkerD7.ini" files in the Fokker D.VII folder (drive:\First Eagles install directory\Objects\Aircraft\FokkerD7). Backup these files if you want.
 
Browse to the main Folder of "First Eagles", select it, click "ok" then "next".
 
Will be created a new folder called "Jasta4Udet" with the paintscheme used by Ernst Udet in Jasta 4 (Du doch nicht!!). You can select this skin in the "Loadout" screen. Enjoy!
 
Skin created by "Killer-Ants" (Jambock__36), based on templates and existing paintschemes provided by Thirdwire and profiles by R. N. Pearson.

The Bohme/Lademacher Dragodiles The markings, logos, and numerals are those that appeared on the Alb C.III flown by Lt. Erwin Bohme and his observer Fritz Lademacher. The evidence available (three photos and the text of a letter from Bohme to his girlfriend) strongly indicate that the Dragodiles were white.
 
When I started this project I thought that the beasts might have been a light green or yellow-green.
It took some time to get it, but after I read the Bohme letter describing the images as “”ghosts” I decided they really were white.
 
That is why the default is the ghostly white.
 
I still included the less authentic, but more colorful greenies.
 
If you prefer the more colorful version, simply delete (or rename) the Decals file, and then copy and rename the"Decals Green Dragodiles" to "Decals".
Both decal sets are in the folder and should be left there. The green and yellow/green beasts should now appear. If you want to switch back, reverse the process. (That's why you didn't dump the original file!)
 
The Wood and Linen Alternative
This skin set uses the original decals provided by Stephen1918 that generate a varied set of markings derived from original German units and numerals.
None of the part numbers on the struts, elevators, wings, etc. are adjusted. Please back up your original “Wood and Linen files before using these as they will overwrite the originals. The logo on the prop is the earliest version of the Axial logo. Loading, Loadout and Hangar Screens. The loading and hangar screens are in the main file set along with the skins.
 
The loadout screen is in the Menu folder, and will replace the stock loadout screen for all aircraft. If you prefer the original, just delete it. Thanks to Stephen 1918 for a great model!
 
All files are set up for use in FE2.
If you need help getting this package to run in FE1, let me know.
 
sinbad
 
September 10, 2011

This is a skin pack of three more color schemes used by Josef Carl Jacobs of Jasta 7.
 
Fokker Dr.1 450/17 - Early with "Winged Devil" and Iron Crosses pre April 1918.
Fokker Dr.1 450/17 - Late all black with Baulkencruez crosses only mid summer 1918.
Fokker Dr.1 470/17 - Late style with all white crosses and black fuselage and wings mid summer 1918.
 
the numbers and the color schemes might be reversed. But no solid evidence exsists to prove otherwise.
 
A lot more in the readme file.
 
Enjoy, quack74

Hi
 
and now something completely different!
 
Taken out of a comic strip (btw, highly recomendet ->
). 
A rather special skin for the SPAD XII (the one with the cannon, which can be found here on combatace).
 
Installation:
- Drop whole folder 'Edelweiss' in the SPAD_XII folder (..\objects\Aircraft\SPAD_XII)
- Add the lines below into your SPAD_XII.ini at the bottom, of course change the XXX to the next number
 
[TextureSetXXX] <-- Change number
Directory=Edelweiss
Name=Castillac
Nation=FRANCE
Squadron=unknown
Specular=0.400000
Glossiness=0.300000
Reflection=0.100000
 
 
cheers
gterl

This is Franz Buchner's Fokker D7. Ltn. Franz Buchner had at leaste 40 kills for Germany. He was also one of the few pilots to bail out of an aircraft during WWI. There is some argument about the exact color scheme, so I combined a few. Enjoy!
 
Scrapper

Just a simple mod to give the SE5a a green color instead of Brown.
 
I didn't paint it, just changed the default.
 
See the readme file for instructions.
 
-Steve

This skin represents the Gotha G IV flown by Hauptman Ernst Brandenburg of Kaghol 3. Brandenburg led Kaghol 3 on the first daylight bombing raid to London on June 13, 1917.
 
Thanks to the SFP1 Dev A-Team for the Gotha GIV and the kind permission to post skins for it.
 
SH71

This is a skin for the Aviatik D.1 model created by Stephen1918
 
The skin represents the aircraft of Austrian Flik60J in early 1918.
 
Thank you Stephen1918 for this superb model and all your effort. Also
thank you for uploading this model here at CombatAce and allowing us all to enjoy it.
 
quack74

This skin represents the Gotha G IV serial 991/16 of Kaghol 3 The name “MoRoTAS” was made up from the names of the three crew members: Mo = Ltn Mons, Ro = Ltn Roland, TAS = unknown machine gunner
 
Thanks to the SFP1 Dev A-Team for the Gotha GIV and the kind permission to post skins for it.
 
SH71

Jagdgeschwader Nr.1 Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen's Albatros D.V 2059/17, circa August 1917. This skin features "washed" national fuselage insignia, green/mauve camouflage on wings, varying shades of red from overlapped coats of paint (visible in photographs, historians theorize the nose and tail were initially painted red before the rest of the fuselage was "filled in" with a thinner, translucent coat), Garuda propeller, wooden wing roots, square fuselage footstep, and port wing footstep.
 
Please see READ ME for notes and installation instructions.

This skin pack for the Fokker D.VIII for First Eagles
 
This is a Representation of several Fokker D.VIIIs 1918
They include;
 
Fok. D.VIII of Offz-Stv.Friedrich Altmeier (21 Victories) of Jasta 24.
Fok. D.VIII 132/18 of Jasta 24, pilot unknown.
 
also included is 2 Versions of a 4-color lozenge stock skin, one with the standard Olive-Green Wing color, and the other using the controversial wing-camo.
 
Special Thanks to Mike for the Fokker Font.
 
Please Enjoy!
 
Saltfiskur