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File Name: F-104G Italian Air Force 3° Stormo 1991 File Submitter: bobrock File Submitted: 16 Oct 2007 File Category: SF Century Series Skins F-100/F-101/F-102/F-104/F-105/F-106 F104G 3° Stormo C. E. Buscaglia, 28° Gruppo Operation Ace Guard 1991 On 21 December 1990 3° Stormo received the order to deploy six planes, in recce configuration, to the forward turkish base of Erhac as part of the NATO coalition, during the 1st Gulf War. Between 6 January and march 1991, in rigid weather (up to 25°C below zero) and uncomfortable conditions, the RF-104Gs flew over 300 sorties patrolling the turkish southern border. The planes were painted in the standard NATO tactical scheme with low visibility markings. The squadron insignia are four cats (of the former 278° Torpedo Bomber Squadron) and it's named after Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia, commander of a torpedo squadron during WWII. The squadron has been disbanded during the '90s and 28° Gruppo "Strega" (Witch, from the callsign used during the war) is now part of 32° Stormo. This skin is for the original Third Wire F-104G model only. Installation instructions in the readme.txt included. Click here to download this file

File Name: F-104S ASA M Italian Air Force 4° Stormo File Submitter: bobrock File Submitted: 16 Oct 2007 File Category: SF Century Series Skins F-100/F-101/F-102/F-104/F-105/F-106 F-104S ASA M 4° Stormo, 20 °Gruppo In mid '90s Italian Air force abandoned the traditional NATO tactical camouflage for the air superiority gray, now in use as a standard paint scheme. ASA M planes were intended to be pure interceptors and air defence fighters. The squadron insignia is the Prancing Horse used by WWI ace Francesco Baracca and it's named after Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, commander of the Italian Forces in East Africa, during WWII. The Gruppo insignia is a lion with the motto "Unus sed leo" (one, but a lion). In '99 it operated CAP mission during Operation Allied Force. This skin is for the F-104S-ASA M mod available on Combat Ace and you'll need both JET-Z S/ASA mod available on his site (http://www.12packproductions.com/JetZ/index.html) and the original F-104G by Third Wire. Installation instruction in the readme.txt included. Click here to download this file

WOW! Impressive job on this bird guys! This is going to be a top notch addon

I've just uploaded the two above. This is going to be next: 37 Stormo ASA M Spillone, it would be a real hell trying to adapt this template to Ajundar's, but if you really want to give it a go send me a PM Starfighter, thanks for your words, I hope you'll like the next ones

I remember watching Les Chevaliers du ciel when I was a kid. I really cannot remember anything from it, except for the Mirages. If you're a kid and you watch fast jets on tv, you're doomed

Good job on these skins, X RAY. Long live the zipper!

It looks like there's a Starfighter invasion these days! Here are my last repaints: 3° Stormo in NATO camo, during Operation Ace Guard 1991. And 4° Stormo ASA-M in air superiority gray: I'm sorry Spillone, but Ajundar's F-104 uses a different template and you cannot use these skins on his model.

File Name: F-104G Italian Air Force 4° Stormo 1963 File Submitter: bobrock File Submitted: 9 Oct 2007 File Category: SF Century Series Skins F-100/F-101/F-102/F-104/F-105/F-106 In April 1963 4° Aerobrigata was the first squadron in Italy to receive the Starfighters. Between 1962 and 1965 they kept the original paint scheme with bare aluminium fuselage and white anti-radiation upper wings. Alternatively also the upper fuselage was partially painted in white. This skin is for the original Third Wire F-104G model only. Readme file included. Click here to download this file

Here's the last update on the first skin, I added some weathering, fixed the decals and a few minor tweaks. Now it's time to pack it up and upload it. They're meant for the stock F-104G, I'm testing them in WOE, but I suppose they'll work fine in SF.

Ho messo in cantiere le skin per il 104 e al momento sto ancora cercando un po' di materiale di riferimento. Queste sono le opzioni che avrei voglia di fare: - G primi anni '60: ho trovato fonti discordanti, alcuni parlano di fusoliera + ali bianche e altri di fusoliera metallica e ali bianche. Ne sapete di più? Ho solo un paio di foto da cui non si capisce quasi nulla - G in NATO woodland anni '70 - ASA-M ultima serie - Almeno un paio di special colors Fatemi sapere la vostra opinione o se avete suggerimenti

Un piccolo aggiornamento sull'avanzamento del bare metal. Sto sperimentando un po' di cose e sono piuttosto soddisfatto dei risultati. Spero di riuscire a terminarla entro la fine della settimana. Sabato ho acquistato questo libro e devo dire che è parecchio utile

Vedi il topic http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=21803

Come ti ha già detto Erikgen qui, nella sezione download, trovi praticamente tutto quello che vale la pena di installare. Se proprio non riesci a trovare quello che cerchi, in alternativa puoi provare anche su Column5 AVSIM (occorre registrarsi, ma ne vale la pena) e CheckSix

If you want to see some impressive home built cockpit check the boards on viperpit.org These guys are really talented ... and crazy

X-RAY, prevedo una vera invasione di starfighters Ieri la Lockheed mi ha consegnato questo fresco fresco I serbatoi li rifarò alla fine credo

Ci sono pochissime foto dei 104 in livrea bianca. Questa è la migliore che ho trovato E questi sono i progressi che sto facendo. Visto che si tratta di un WIP ho pensato che le insegne del Reparto Sperimentale fossero le più adatte

Incoming italian Tornados from 6 Stormo, the Red Devils. Still WIP, but almost done And 25th anniversary special colors

Luftwaffe lizard paint scheme. No markings yet, but you can guess what JBG it will be

These are very good tips, saint aj! Veltro take a look at the tutorials on http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/, they're made for Photoshop, PSP and Gimp. You will find a lot of great info about making your skins look better. Skinning is very hard and time consuming, but very rewarding indeed

Vai tranquillo! Io sto ancora mettendo linee e rivetti al template Occhio alle insegne sul timone però, a destra devono essere rovesciate. Ho raccolto un bel po' di foto, fammi sapere se ti serve qualcosa

Che fai, mi rubi il lavoro? Ti passo un po' di info che ho trovato e spero ti siano utili. La colorazione bianco-metallo è stata usata fino al '65 in due varianti: solo ali oppure fusoliera + ali in bianco anti radiazioni (avevate ragione entrambi). E queste sono le uniche foto che ho trovato, la qualità lascia molto a desiderare però

File Name: AMI Tornado GR1 - 36 Stormo - NATO camo File Submitter: bobrock File Submitted: 19 Sep 2007 File Category: Tornado 36° Stormo 156° Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri This skin depicts planes from 36 Stormo in the standard NATO camo, with white numbers and big national roundels, used by Italian Aitr Force in the 80's. Readme included Click here to download this file