Aircraft Skins

C-130J-30 Hercules Indian Air Force Skin
 
Indian Air Force No. 77 Sqdn skin for Dels C-130J-30 (http://combatace.com/files/file/10250-c-130j-30-version-20-for-sf2/)
 
Repaint of Grey RAAF skin that came with the C-130J-30 mod.
 
 
Installation
You need to have Dels C-130J-30 model.
Just drop the contents of the file(Objects folder) to C:\Users\<XXX>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 and let it overwrite existing files.
 
 
Credits
Dels : for the C-130J-30 model and skin
Indo-Pak mod team: for the excellent Indo-Pak mod.
 
 
Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan
July 12, 2012

F-4D Skin Package by Dave
 
Templates and base skins by Sundowner.
 
Unit Represented are the 474th TFW during the 1970's. One is normal SEA and the other in SEA Wrap around
 
507th TFG, 465th TFS from Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
 
To install:
 
Drop the "Objects" folder into any SF2 install:
 
C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2
 
Let it overwrite the aircraft and decals folder names. The go fly.
 
Enjoy
Dave aka USAFMTL

33rd TFW, 1st TFW and SEA Camo Michigan ANG Skin pack for SF2 series.
 
The 33rd TFW is represented with both ED and EG tail codes. In 1978 the 33rd TFW adopted the EG tail code.
 
To install just move the folders to your:
 
C:\Users\username\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2\Objects
 
Thanks to Sundowner for the templates
 
Enjoy
 
Dave "USAFMTL"

For The Mirage Factory RF-4C (early) Phantom II.
 
10th TRW 32nd TRS.
 
Since I didn't have any info on the actual serial numbers for this squadron it uses the serials supplied in the original model by TMF.
 
Skin templates by Sundowner.
 
Have fun!
 
A. Mariani
 
 

Hello everyone!
 
These are a bunch of skins for SF2 created using Sundowner's templates and by repainting
some stock BMP's to add some color to your campaigns, nothing fancy here.
 
Included are:
VF-201..............F-4B
VF-213..............F-4B_65 (as USN F-4G)
4th FWg.............F-4E (for TMF F-4E ARN-101)
VF-92 CVA-64........F-4J
VMFA-235............F-4J
 
Thanks to Sundowner for the templates & TW for the excellent sim!
 
Have fun!
 
AMariani.
 
 

For the SF2 TuAF F-4ETM_Simsek
 
I was not happy with the numbering on the four new skin.
 
Still not perfect but much better than the one on the v1.0
 
To Install:
 
-COPY and PASTE the content of each respective squadron .tga file
on to the Aircraft "D" folder and Decal "D" Folder. Let it override the old file.
 
-Go fly...
 
 
29 March 2011
 
Ace888

Wraparound USAFDersert1 camo for SF2 stock F-4E's. Just add your own decals or paste the stock decal.ini into the skin folder.
 
Templates by Sundowner.
 
 

BuNo/ Serial Number mod for Stock F-4B and F-4Js
 
This is a mod to add historical BuNos to the stock Phantoms. when researching Bunos for other Phantom models, i got the numbers for the
B and J models first then took one hundred that survived to be retired as N or S models and did not crash with fatalities. this mod features the
B and J numbers i started with,as well as the BuNos for the mig killers. I also adjusted data ini for smokier engines.
 
ALL numbers after 099 are historical MiG killers, with a few that were already in the ones i had previously completed
 
Installation: open the main folder, then the Stock folder. add the 3 folders inside to the mod folder of your choice, allowing overwrites and merges.
if you have the USN/USMC DLC skinpack (DLC18) then open the DLC folder and follow the same directions above.
 
 
Included: over 100 Buno's with 4 digit big and full Buno small for the F-4B and J
adjusted decal ini's for all relevant skins
spillone104s J79 effects and data.ini conversion to put them to use
loading screens for each type
 
***************IMPORTANT NOTICE******************IMPORTANT NOTICE************************************************************************************
This pack focuses on the gull gray over white and overall gull gray schemes. The Marines gave up the last B's in 1978, and the J's were retired around 1983.
It was the N's and S's that wore most of the camo schemes and so i did not add any other color numbers than black. anyone wanting different colors is welcome
to PM me for a tutorial on how to change decals in GIMP. this is again intended for the stock skins, not a major rework of the skins/decals
***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
CREDITS
TK for the overall game
Spillone104 for the J79 exhaust effect
macelena, Slartibartfast, Muesli and whiteknight0664 and for being my crash test volunteers in checking this thing
 
 
hope you enjoy this little mod
Kevin Unruh
aka daddyairplanes

History of the Norm 81 camouflage:
 
Since the mid 70ies German fighter pilots from Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" and Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders" increasingly complained about the old one-fits-all aircraft camouflage of the Luftwaffe called Norm 72 (Standard 72, named after the year of introduction). Its large geometrically arranged areas in olive-green and gray worked well camouflaging an aircraft on the ground and even in low level flight over the equally geometrical fields of Germany. But the dark colours also drew massive attention in high altitude combat. Worse, the oversized Iron Crosses and serial numbers with their high contrast black and white lettering made the aircraft even easier to spot.
 
In the later 70ies, Luftwaffe command encouraged its fighter pilots to develop new paint schemes. “Richthofen” and “Mölders” in particular were eager in devising trial camouflages. Most of them massively reduced the greens and put stronger emphasis on grays, while shrinking the markings a lot. (I do not know if it was intentional or not, but some resembled WWII Luftwaffe interceptor camouflages.) These were to become the basis for the official Norm 81.
 
Norm 81 was to be used by fighters and fighter-bombers alike, and applied to Phantoms which were upgraded to Peace Rhine-standard. When they were upgraded to ICE-standard, Norm 81 was replaced by the more modern Norm90J – the first German paint scheme intended for fighters only.
 
 
 
Description of the Norm 81 camouflage:
 
The aircraft camouflage is dominated by two shades of light gray (Lichtgrau, Steingrau) on the lower surfaces and the sides. Only the upper surfaces of the wings and the topsides of the fuselage along the spine and the engines were painted with three dark shades of gray (Quarzgrau, Basaltgrau, Staubgrau) and one shade of green-gray (Grüngrau). The early schemes deliberately featured soft edges for the colours blending them better into each other. Later this was given up, as weathering did that job rather well, too.
 
The national markings were reduced in size and number; the Iron Cross was applied top to the left wing and bottom to the right wing, and on both sides of the fuselage. Early in the 80ies, the old Norm 72-warnings continued to be used, until replaced with toned down warnings.
 
For flight safety some aircraft sported high visibility markings, most notably when transferred to low level fight training in Goose Bay, Canada. These markings could be painted on the top fuselage, under the nose, on the wing tips and on the stabilizers varying in size and colour. Many crews seemed to favour red or yellow, but green or blue was seen often as well. Only few had white or dayglow markings.
Norm 81 was used in two variants, A for geometrical shapes on the wings, tail and the fuselage downside, and B for rounded shapes. B seems to have been the preferred choice by the units.
 
 
 
Advise on the use of the skins in SF2:
 
The combination of soft colour edges and Norm 72-markings makes these skins suitable for campaigns set in the early and mid 80ies. However in the late 80ies they would look rather out of place.
 
 
 
Skins included:
 
I included one Norm 81B skin for every German wing equipped with F-4F:
Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen"
Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders" (flying 'denamed' as JG 74 today)
Jagdbombergeschwader 35 (flying reorganized as JG 73 “Steinhoff” today)
Jagdbombergeschwader 36 (disbanded today, flew as JG 72 in its last days)
 
 
 
Requirements:
 
You need the F-4F (80), but the skins should also fit on the F-4F (ICE). Also, F-4F and F-4E may work more or less.
 
 
 
Installation:
 
Just unzip and drop the folder in your SF2 mod directory, usually it is:
C:\Users\xxx\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 yyy
 
 
 
 
Credits:
 
Ravenclaw_007 for his template (based on Sundowner's F-4E template), and his decals which I am using.

VF-74 Skin for the SF2 F-4B.

F-4B Pack 1
For SF2/V
 
F-4B....VF-31 & VMFA-542
F-4B_65..VMFA-312 & VMFA-122
F-4B_76..VMFA-323
 
 
Just copy the Objects folder[ with its subfolders] to your SF2/V to your Mods directory, the skins and decals will be installed.
 
Enjoy.
 
Sundowner
 
10 May 2009

F-4 Pack 2
For SF2/V
 
F-4J....VF-96 . VMFA-323 & VMFA-334
F-4B_65..VMFA-115 & VMFA-531
F-4B_67..VMFA-115
 
 
Just copy the Objects folder[ with its subfolders] to your SF2/V to your Mods directory, the skin and decals will be installed.
 
Enjoy.
 
Sundowner
 
18 May 2009