Aircraft Skins

-Updated panel lines
-Updated riveting
-Block I ECS markings now added.

This is for the Hornet team F/A-18B-D aircraft. Contains basic lines and weathering that I had created for the aircraft for my skins.

--------------- Spitfire for CombatAce ---------------
This is a What-if skin for the Spitfire Mk1 (early) available in the "Spitfire Mk1 & Mk2 (2021)" add-on aircraft pack :
https://combatace.com/files/file/17771-spitfire-mk1-mk2-2021/
This model was made for the CombatAce site.
It cannot be used anywhere else and cannot be part of any payware.
Only to be released at CombatAce site, following the "Freeware Licensing" rules of agreement :
https://combatace.com/forums/topic/95800-freeware-licensing/
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Credits go to :
TurboSquid : original 3D model template
Snapper21 : source file donated to CA
Wrench : project development origin and inis
Spinners : textures and decals
Logan4 : additionnal 3D work, textures editing
Cliff7600 : textures editing, decals and inis
Thirdwire : texture
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This skin made by Spinners depicts a "what-if" Spitfire Mk1 of the Polish air force, in early WW2 service.

Simple skin pack with a few sets of skins for Navy versions of A-7 Corsair II - A/B/C/E that flew during the air war over Vietnam between 1967-1974.
Basic modding skills are required to run this mod.  (copy/paste, mod folder structure etc.) 
It is designed for and works only in SF2 series.
To run this mod you need also access to TW lod files from SF2 Series.
userlist.ini included covering correct years of use of specific models.
Skins cover the years 1967-1974  CVW deployments during Vietnam War. All squadrons year by year.
The pack contains skins and decals. 
Skins sets are made in pairs - two squadrons for CVW for a specific year. 
I could not find all the correct BuNo / Modex but I am considering this as ongoing work in progress, so one day if I will learn something new there will be an update. Also, not all squadrons have CAG markings, sometimes i could not find info on markings...so I left it, again there might be an update if new info appears.
I believe that the pack after unp[backing is around 2.6GB. So make some space for SLUF.
 
All skins, new bump maps, specular, and decals are made by me. 
 
report bugs.
enjoy. 
Jarek Hereda.
 
P.S.
This is huge, a lot of copy-paste for me, all decals.ini, textur.ini, etc...So if you will find that one decal is not showing up or something...just check first - maybe there is some bug in *.ini file. Fix, post solution, etc... So others can benefit from your fix. 
I put a lot of effort and time, and checked everything twice..still gremlins can appear. 
 
PART TWO - OPTIONAL MOD FILES.
This is only for experienced users!
who know how to improve the game for themselves, are not afraid of experimenting, and know how to go back to stock ini files if something is not okay.
This is based on my mod that unifies USN equipment (300 gal tanks, MERs, TERs etc.)
optional mod files include reworked data files - correcting usage of weapons, fuel tanks, etc. adding some specific tanks, and stations for specific launchers adding fake pilot mods etc, 
additional fake pilot mods (legendary fake pilot mod required!)
additional loadout ini files - for a better game experience 
additional weapons by Ravenclaw to cover weapons needed in new loadout ini files.
D704 refueling pod/fuel tank by Nyghtfall from his great A-4 pack.. 
I highly recommend picking up piece by piece from optional mods, testing, and deciding whether to use them or not.
Use the optional mod as a separate mod or as a reference to make your own. 
 
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This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself.
The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact.
The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes.
This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions.
See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions
Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact me first.
Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it.
Bribes and donations are accepted;
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THIS AIRCRAFT MOD OR ANY PART OF IT MUST NOT BE HOSTED OR
POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS
PERMISSION, OR USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THIRDWIRE FLIGHT
SIMULATORS, AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY ITSELF
OR WITH ANY OTHER FILES OR MODS.
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This is a fictional skin to complement the VAQ-562 skin that I released last month. In it you'll find all of the necessary files to use the plane. Simply install it properly and go fly. It can be found under VAQ-562 Line July 2023 in the drop-down menu

This is a variation of my personal skin, with my personal elements removed, and serves as a fictional squadron skin. Not much else can be said other than you can drop this in your EA-18G folder and go fly. It can be found under VAQ-562 CAG July 2023 in the drop-down menu.

The 65th Aggressor Squadron stationed at Naris Air Force Base operated F-15C fighter jets from 2005 to 2014, and used a variety of unique Schemes. This mod is one of the two types they have used. I will use it in the game Called "Blue" and "Tan" in
Made this for my personal campaign "Red Flag", based on the F-15C, to share with you all.
Special thanks to:
Fast Cargo provides a great collection of F-15 packs for the community
Viper63 added accurate machine number decals to his Aggressor pack
usage:
1. Put the "65AGRS_Blue" and "65AGRS_Tan" folders into your F-15C module;
2. Put the "Decals" folder into: your SF2 directory\Objects;
3. Start the game and start your F-15C, the game will automatically inject data.

The 64th Aggressor Squadron, stationed at Naris Air Force Base, use this skin for their F-16C, which is based on a similar skin for the Russian Air Force Su-57
This is made for my personal campaign "Red Flag", Based on F-16C Block30/32, and I will share it with you.
Special thanks to:
Viper team provide those great Falcon mod
Usage:
1. Put the "64_AGRS_Ghost" folder into your F-16 mod (block 30 recommended);
2. Put the "Decals" folder into: your SF2 directory\Objects;
3. Start the game and read your F-16C block 30, the game will automatically read the data.

While upgrading the old Su-25s to Su-25M1/M1K, Ukraine also digitized their camouflage to make them more modern inside and out.
299th Tactical Aviation Brigade is currently operating Su-25M1/M1K, this mod is based on this unit as a prototype, I picked some numbers(From 30-51), but according to the wiki, the Blue 39/49 of the brigade had been shot down, so I deleted them.
I originally made it for my personal campaign "West Wind", but I also hope that more people will get it
 
Special thanks to:
ShaKhrai, in order to save time, I asked his permission to use his existing files for deep editing;
paulopanz, who contributed a refined Su-25 mod to our community;
 
Usage:
1. Put the "299_TAB" folder into your Su-25 mod;
2. Put the "Su-25M1_Ukr" folder into: your SF2 directory\Objects\Decals;
3. Start the game and read your Su-25, the game will automatically read the data.
Su_25M1_299_TAB.zip

43rd Airlift Wing Pope AFB 2000
Hello everyone, this is a simple skin and decal set to represent the 43rd Airlift Wing and the aircraft it had on hand around the turn of the century.

You will need a C-130E SKE aircraft for this mod. you can find them either in Dels C-130 Superpack #1
or my 23rd Wing Package
 
 
once you have that, just unzip, add to the mod folder of your choice and allow overwrites.

Credits
daddyairplanes        skin and tga work, new loading screen
Dels                            C-130E_SKE model, original templates
 
Thank you for checking this out, and I hop you enjoy this mod
Kevin Unruh
aka daddyairplanes
8 July 2023
 
 
 
 
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This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself.
The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact.
The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes.
This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions.
See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions
Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact me first.
Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it.
 

A Simple F-22 Tests New Coating, Spotted in 2022
usage:
Put the 422TES_Chrome folder into Menrva's F-22 mod, then start the game once and select F-22, the game engine will automatically inject the skin
P.S. Since SF2 does not seem to support setting the material of some areas separately, I cannot restore the mirror effect of the coating in reality, so I set it to visually white.
The reflection effect is solved, but maybe you will notice that in many cases it looks a bit blue-gray, which we think is caused by the color of the reflected sky.
 

TMF Boeing 707-300 Comprehensive Skinpack
This mod will replace the individual skins for the TMF 707 and adds my multi airline skins to it, covering the eras from the early 1960s until the late 1980s and will add some eye candy to your parking ramps or make for interesting intercept and escort targets
    INSTALLATION
This is only a skin pack with some additional items. First you will need the original located here:
then unzip and add this mod as well. allow overwrites.
You can delete the previous skins if you want, as they are represented in the skin pack
IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN NATIONS.INI, ADD FROM THE GIVEN TEXT FILE. This is for heavily modded installs
    INCLUDED
Decal sets covering most major users from 1959 until 1989
Skins to cover that time period in 9 blocks, with bare metal base skins
Nations and Formations ini for the "Airline" nation
    KNOWN ISSUES
Number 1:  THIS THING IS BIG! the fuselage tgas are 2048x2048 (working with details over an entire fuselage rather than basic colors
and curves) and the biggest sets are representing 32 airlines in their era! So this is not for the small of HDD space
Number 2: Due to quirks in the model, and ease for the modder it is not 100% aligned as in RL. the cabin windows are a little lower (which
allowed the logos to go one easier), and the curves tend to stop short of the radome.
Number 3: this uses the Herc pit to be flyable. I ad it to be able to check the decals, but leave it for those that may want to use it.
The pit is a piss poor match however, both with frames blocking and the higher tech than available even into the 80s for civilian birds
It is meant as eye candy, not operational missions.
Number 4: due to the size of things, some of the lettering is not to legible when you get close to it. Again, eye candy, its meant to be seen
from the runway when taking off or on an intercept. If your that close to see "hey it really is fuzzy" you will probably collide. Besides, the
thing is huge as is at teh current tga size
    UNSOLICTED ADVICE
I am one of those that likes all encompassing mods. If you have a certain era you would rather focus on, by all means delete the other eras
that you don't need. Again this thing is huge, but covers almost every user from 1959 through 1989.

    CREDITS
aircraft model - TMF, BPAo
tga, bare metal skin, ini work - daddyairplanes
original game -TK
test team -allenjb42, Nightshade/PR, yakarov79. they caught a huge tho buried mistake, so many thanks to you guys!

Thank you for downloading this mod and i hope you enjoy
Kevin Unruh (daddyairplanes)
 8 April 2018

                                                                                                        Third Wire A-7D Templates
Template set based off of the TW A7E, but geared to the A-7D
includes xcf for GIMP users and psd for Photoshop users
 
Credits
Wrench                      original Thirdwire A-7E templates, I added my work on top of his originals
daddyairplanes        addtional skins, panels and stencils and unit marking lay outs specific to the D model, tga templates used for other markings and bmp patches
 

daddyairplanes
aka Kevin Unruh
24 Jun 2023    

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This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself.
The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact.
The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes.
This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions.
See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions
Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact me first.
Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it.
 
 

This is a rendition of the current VFA-211 line bird scheme with VFA-211.
Drop in your FA-18E_BlkII folder and go fly, and can be found under VFA-211 Line in the skin selection menu.

Since VAQ-129 is the US Navy's Fleet Replacement Squadron there are a variety of numbers that the aircraft uses. I tried to get most of them listed but I'm sure I missed some here and there given the state of my reference photos and resources. It's not designed to be exhaustive, but include the numbers I have seen
The file structure is the same so just unzip and place in your mod folder and it shouldn't need to overwrite.

This is the standard scheme for the line aircraft of VAQ-141 Shadowhawks.
Simply extract the file and place in your EA-18G folder. It can be found under VAQ-141 Shadowhawks in the drop down menu.

This is a representation  (the best I could do with the tail decal) of the VAQ-142 CAG jet in March 2021
Simply drop in your EA-18G folder and go fly. This can be found in  the drop-down menu for the aircraft. Select "VAQ-142 CAG March 2021" and go fly.

This represents the VAQ-134 "Garudas" CAG bird in May 2020. Unzip the file to a folder and then drop in your EA-18G folder and go fly. Select VAQ-134 CAG May 2020 from the drop down list and go fly.

This is just a skin of 00 of the US Navy Test Pilots School. Simply drop in your FA-18F_BlkII folder and go fly. It can be found under USNTPS in the drop-down menu.

This is a skin that I found in my image repository of VX aircraft and represents a Growler from VX-23. Simply download the file and extract it. Put the VX-23 folder in your EA-18G folder and go fly. Can be found under the dropdown menu "VX-23 Strike Test".

I named this as "Black Scheme 2" because I was already working on one VFC-12 actual scheme. Anyway, this is a proposed scheme that Fightertown Decals published and thanks to crisisloaner got a hold of the decals for the jet. Simply drop in your FA-18E_BlkII folder and go fly. Can be found under the drop down menu name of "Black Scheme 2"

Skins for Russouk2004's Jet Provost. 4 skins included. Enjoy. Pete

For the TMF A-7E (Late) Corsair II
This skin represents VA-46 before Desert Storm (1989-1990) timeframe. Given that most of the Operation Desert Storm A-7s are covered via the ODS mod I decided to try my hand at least one A-7 skin. All the folders are created so all you have to do is drop in your mod folder and go fly. Under the dropdown menu, it is under VA-46 Clansmen.
Decals were modified from the original VA-66LV files and scanned decals I believe from Dave. For this A-7:
 

 A rendition of the new VX-9 scheme for the famous "Vandy 1" scheme that has been shown throughout the ages. Simply drop in your FA-18F_BlkII folder and go fly, and can be found under Vandy 1 in the drop-down menu.

USN / USMC Skins for Fast Cargo's F-5F. Read me included.
Hope you guys enjoy, 
Pappy