Scooters

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

I finally continued my long term project - Skins for all A-4 Skyhawk squadrons/deployments in Vietnam.

New skins aswell as a rework of my older (lower resolution) skins will be included. Have fun!

Some progress:

VA-15 Valions, 4/1966 - 11/1966, USS Intrepid, A-4B

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VA-95 Green Lizards, 4/1966 - 11/1966, USS Intrepid, A-4B

 

VA-153 Det. R Blue Tail Flies, 6/1964 - 12/1964, USS Kearsarge, A-4B

 

VA-12 Flying Ubangis, 3/1970 - 12/1970, USS Shangri-La, A-4C

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VA-22 Fighting Redcocks, 3/1965 - 11/1965, USS Midway, A-4C

 

VA-22 Fighting Redcocks, 6/1966 - 2/1967, USS Coral Sea, A-4C

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VA-22 Fighting Redcocks, 11/1967 - 5/1968, USS Ranger, A-4C

 

VA-76 Spirits, 1/1967 - 8/1967, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C

 

VA-172 Blue Bolts, 6/1966 - 2/1967, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, A-4C

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VA-172 Blue Bolts, 3/1970 - 12/1970, USS Shangri-La, A-4C

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VA-195 Dambusters, 1/1964 - 11/1964, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C

 

VA-195 Dambusters, 4/1965 - 1/1966, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C

 

VA-195 Dambusters, 11/1966 - 5/1967, USS Ticonderoga, A-4C

 

VA-195 Dambusters, 12/1967 - 8/1968, USS Ticonderoga, A-4C

 

H&MS-15 Det. N Angels, 8/1965 - 3/1966, USS Hornet, A-4C

"Fanny Hill"

"Ko Sisters"

 

VA-113 Stingers, 1/1968 - 7/1968, USS Enterprise, A-4F

 

VA-93 Blue Blazers, 1/1968 - 10/1968, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4F

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VMA-211 Wake Island Avengers, 10/1965 - 7/1966, Chu Lai AB, A-4E

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 1/1968 - 10/1968, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4F

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 8/1969 - 4/1970, USS Hancock, A-4F

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 10/1970 - 6/1971, USS Hancock, A-4F

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 1/1972 - 10/1972, USS Hancock, A-4F

 

VA-192 (Worlds Famous) Golden Dragons, 1/1964 - 11/1964, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4C

 

VA-106 Gladiators, 6/1968 - 2/1969, USS Intrepid, A-4E

 

to be continiued...

Edited January 5, 2022 by Nyghtfall
typo

[+yakarov79 11,266]

May the universe bless you every day. 

In fact, I was hoping for such a party from you. And while I am done with Corsairs, I am slowly preparing for Intruders over Vietnam.

Thank you. Live long and prosper.

[+EricJ 4,323]

Nice work Nyghtfall...

[+Major Bloodnok 466]

Superb work.

[RustyKurnass 658]

The MiG-killer of Schwartz,wow.

And the news of Yakarov'Intruders...

I'm without words,thanks!

Edited January 5, 2022 by RustyKurnass

[+GKABS 8,828]

Really outstanding work Nyghtfall, thank you.

[+Sundowner 4,888]

Superb.....I've been waiting for these...

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

Thanks for the kind words. Seems like, theres still some interest in those skins. You'll need patience though...as you can see, there's still enough to do. Hangarscreens and stuff like that are also still missing for many skins.

Green = Skin ready

Dark Green = same Skin for 2 variants needed (for the faulty SF2 upgrade-function in campaigns -> only plane OR skin can be upgraded)

Blue = 2 Skins for 1 deployment (gray + camo)

Orange = older skin in lower resolution has to be reworked.

White = not done yet.

Nevertheless, I just found some more skins in a backup:

VMA-214 Black Sheep, 6/1965 - 2/1966, Chu Lai AB, A-4C

 

VMA-214 Black Sheep, 3/1966 - 4/1967, Chu Lai AB, A-4C

 

VMA-223 Det. T Bulldogs, 10/1964 - 5/1965, USS Yorktown, A-4C

 

VA-56 Champions, 11/1966 - 7/1967, USS Enterprise, A-4C

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 10/1964 - 5/1965, USS Hancock, A-4E

[zorgilo 1]

Wunderbar Nyghtfall!
Wonderful work, Thanks and Congratulations!

Keep going on, Please

Zorgilo

[+daddyairplanes 10,642]

great work, looking forward to this

and i thought i was the only one so obsessed i had to have spreadsheets when working a mod

[Stratos 3,217]

I'm speechless! Amazing work mate!

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

On 6.1.2022 at 9:10 PM, daddyairplanes said:

great work, looking forward to this

and i thought i was the only one so obsessed i had to have spreadsheets when working a mod

My brain is simply to small to keep all the infos and details. Even with the spreadsheet things get lost sometimes. You should never get old!

[NIELS 421]

Stunning! Detail at its best!...............Bravo!   

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

Does anyone have a goodsized picture of the Snake on the tail of VA-86 (1965 on USS Independence)?

Drawing of VA-86s A-4E, 1967

 

A small update with some new skins:

VA-34 Blue Blasters, 5/1967 - 12/1967, USS Intrepid, A-4C

 

VA-36 Roadrunners, 10/1965 - 6/1966, USS Enterprise, A-4C

Squadroncolor on this one is a guess, as I found only 1 color-picture with (the tailstripe not visible). The roadrunner may also be black instead of blue. Nothing for rivetcounters.

 

VA-36 Roadrunners, 6/1968 - 2/1969, USS Intrepid, A-4C

 

 

VA-23 Black Knights, 3/1965 - 11/1965, USS Midway, A-4E

 

VA-23 Black Knights, 7/1966 - 2/1967, USS Coral Sea, A-4E

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Have fun!

(82 Skins done, 53 Skins to do)

Edited January 15, 2022 by Nyghtfall

[Wrench 9,989]

700 series modex are purple, iirc

[+daddyairplanes 10,642]

1 hour ago, Nyghtfall said:

(82 Skins done, 53 Skins to do)

and i thought 28 skins, 55 unique tgas per was a workload!

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

1 hour ago, Wrench said:

700 series modex are purple, iirc

Thanks for that info!

I just found some info, that around 1969 some colors were changed (for example 700 to insignia blue). But I found nothing, what the rule was before 1969.

[RustyKurnass 658]

Mate, think that in the 1968/69 cruise onboard USS Intrepid, VA-36 colors was green.

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

23 minutes ago, RustyKurnass said:

Mate, think that in the 1968/69 cruise onboard USS Intrepid, VA-36 colors was green.

It's dark green, yes. That one is done already...see above.

[RustyKurnass 658]

On my screen look really dark, pratically black, is the only reason for my statement, I know how much precise you are, sorry !

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

On 19.1.2022 at 2:17 PM, RustyKurnass said:

On my screen look really dark, pratically black, is the only reason for my statement, I know how much precise you are, sorry !

No need to apologize. I'm sure there are faults and errors in. Sometimes there is very little information available, sometimes it's typos, sometimes it's bad references. Even in the pictures above are 2 or 3 errors (I already fixed those).

But I try to be precise.

Here's another case for "very little information" and therefor maybe faulty.

Seem like the paintjob for the next deployment of VA-112 (18. Nov. '67 to 28. Jun. '68) is exactly the same, but I also have a photo with a bright yellow stripe, which doesn't make any sense and where the color is probably not changed from the former deployment (with Modex 2xx = bright yellow). Those are the first-world-problems I encounter while doing this. ;)

VA-112 (Bombing) Broncos, 11/1966 - 6/1967, USS Kitty Hawk, A-4C

[RustyKurnass 658]

Oh my, cannot believe that we'll have in the future pratically all the Scooters Squadron to cover the whole Viet war....

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

A little update on Vietnam Scooters:

VA-112 (Bombing) Broncos, 2/1969 - 9/1969, USS Ticonderoga, A-4C

 

VA-216 Black Diamonds, 9/1968 - 4/1969, USS Coral Sea, A-4C

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 12/1965 - 8/1966, USS Hancock, A-4E

 

VA-212 Rampant Raiders, 1/1967 - 8/1967, USS Bon Homme Richard, A-4E

 

to be continued...

(88 Skins are done, 47 still to do)

 

and some odds and ends, that I (re-)made over time:

VA-81 Crusaders, 1961, USS Forrestal, A-4B

 

VC-2 Falcons, 1976, NAS Oceana, A-4L

 

VC-5 Checkertails, 1981, NAS Atsugi, A-4E

 

VA-127 Cyclons, 1983, Red 01, A-4F

 

VFA-127 Cyclons, 1986, Red 00, A-4F

 

VMA-142 Flying Gators, 1974, NAS Jacksonville, A-4L

Edited February 15, 2022 by Nyghtfall

[+daddyairplanes 10,642]

you going to have the early aggressor Scooters too? that had dark spots on teh wingtops to make it look like a MiG-17 (ish)

 

[+Nyghtfall 2,200]

No, I've never done this one. Maybe one day, when I have to much free time.