Douglas A-4E(UK) Skyhawk FG.2

[Spinners 15,986]

Douglas Skyhawk FG.2 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1982

 

 

 

 

Base skin by Dan (dtmdragon) with some Royal Navy decals by me.

 

Edit: Spelling mistake

Edited April 11, 2012 by Spinners

[+Piecemeal 450]

Now THAT would have been a very interesting scenario back in '82 in the South Atlantic

[Toryu 156]

Looks great! "FG.2" suggests there was an FG.1 ?

 

Spinners, would you care to making a German Marineflieger version of the Echo in Norm 76?

Would kinda look like this Tony: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Tornado_MFG1_landing_RAF_Mildenhall_1984.JPEG

 

Or this Zip: http://www.aviation4u.de/gallery/Mixed/fremd/M.Klaver22%2B95.jpg

 

MFG 1-insignia: http://www.firesan-seg.de/F-104/mfg-1a.gif

Edited April 10, 2012 by Toryu

[dsawan 624]

nice, hope ya can release this bird

[Spinners 15,986]

 

Spinners, would you care to making a German Marineflieger version of the Echo in Norm 76?

 

 

AKAIK there is not a decent template available. I've had a good look at the 512² template in the SF1 section but it is mapped a bit differently to the SF2 version, the 'lines' layer is blurry when scaled up to 1024² and it mixes black and white on the same layer.

[Wrench 9,851]

which is why, unfortunately, we have to upscale to at minium, 2048, and redraw every-frakking-thing!!

 

Like I've done recently for the A-7 and A-6 (and the Netz) ... it takes about 5-6 hours per skin map, depending on detail (and most importantly!!) skill levels!!

of course, one of the cheats I use, is duplicate and invert the background layer. And a LOT of edumacted guesswork!

 

EDIT:

forgot, I have a full template set for the A-4F; had to make one to do the new Kuwaiti Scooter skin

Edited April 11, 2012 by Wrench

[Toryu 156]

Is the Foxtrott-template different to the Echo?

 

Haven't skinned much in SF yet - in IL-2, differences between subversions were usually pretty minor on the templates.

[Wrench 9,851]

very small differences ... wings, body and iirc, tail are identical. might be some differences on the nose map ... I haven't studied the E maps too much (although I've done the tail on B/C -- those are mapped the same)

 

best way to check, pull the 5 skins for each, and compare side-by-side