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F-8E F-8C F-8H F-8J F-8J (Late: IRST removed and additional ECM blisters on intake and tail fin) Around February 1972 four VF-211 F-8J were based out of Udorn Thailand to instruct frustrated USAF F-4 crews in air-combat maneuvering. The Crusaders flew strikes up North with the Phantoms , tanked and then would get some ACM practice in before recovering to Udorn. Even Robin Olds flew against these Navy pilots! The Air Force was embarrassed at their performance and in order to sabotage the program insisted that the F-8 Crusaders had to be temporary camouflaged. however this would have added 1200Ibs to the aircraft and was unacceptable. But what if?...

Historical accurate TW F-8s with HighRez-skins are always welcome!

I like the paint schemes that have the carrier name on where they were stationed on wish there would be more skins like that

Reworked Fliegerhorst Marquise

Well doggies. And TPS paint too ! CL

Appendix 4 is the interesting part of the "Ault report" :)

I'll say needed! remember guys that the Crusader enjoyed a better kill ratio of the beloved F-4 in Rolling Thunder...

There's very little information out there about it but did you guys know a F-8 Crusader Fighter Weapons School (aka Topgun) identical to the F-4 Phantom Fighter Weapons School (FWS) was set up and operating a few months first? The Ault report that called for a F-4 Post Graduate FWS equally called for a F-8 Post Graduate FWS

F-8 pilot in the Navy/ USMC camouflage (WWII 'duck hunter') fatigues a lot of older F-8 pilots wore early on during the Vietnam war:

Great minds think alike! 😄 F-8C (66) Y-Racks

Sea trials after a long refit.

My decision has been made. 2nd Lt. Coe has been reassigned to flying rubber dog poop to Hong Kong. What an idiot! How can he be the only Phantom driver to not use any weapons on a fighter sweep? He SUCKS! He's flown as my wing several times and I've directed him to attack incoming aggressors only to have him call out Bingo Fuel. Unbelievable! What's the deal with calling bingo with 12270 pounds of internal fuel just 172 miles from waypoint 8?

Shackleton on patrol over the Irish Sea.. Out with old...

Slapped a bit of green and grey paint onto the static Chinook and Puma to give them more of an '80s RAF camo feel..

Pits for the early Fitters "17" made by Logan

Still looks like a banana..........

Fox 1

THANK YOU

I lack time to complete, I will owe an FM and impact point, I don't know much about flight model config.

Wondering If someone would be interested in paiting this small plane. Plane is ready just awaiting paint works to be released. Model by AngelP.

Use googletranslator ;)

Assemble!

Smokin' Hot

allen: yes, I've already done that. Via hex editing and bmp renaming. I'll pm what I have to you in a day or so ----- required screenshot -- albeit the aforementioned Seakings, although through the TAE view. You can see 3 different Seakings

full throttle emitting smoke from the mw50

Photo #1: My aircraft is missing some parts. Photo #2: Close Combat. Photo #3: Close Combat 2 (switch sides)

As for tutorials (to learn Blender): I lately found a very good modelling-tutorial about creating an anvil from start to finish (incl. texturing) from a guy named "Blender Guru". This is an intermediate tutorial, but there is also a beginners tutorial (which I have not watched yet, though). I really like his way to explain things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi87Dap_WOc&list=PLjEaoINr3zgHJVJF3T3CFUAZ6z11jKg6a&t=0s Maybe this encourages more people to learn blender.