Streakfalcon

I never thought of it that way.Valid point

Hopefully this will generate some interest in making EA-3 and or modern skins for it.

Awesome

Is it the LOD that insists on the RAF skin being so shiny?

That is good news. After doing some google research, it seems that there was an interesting "unofficial scheme" for a time in the very early 80s. Correct me if Im wrong but the standard gray and white colors in use from about 1954 to about 1979 had a transition period before becoming the boring TPS(lo-vis) camo. I have seen pics of planes from the same squadron evolving from the true gray and white with large colorful markings of the 70s to all over light gray with markings only toned down, then light gray with smaller dark gray markings before going to true lo vis around 1983. A check of the skins in the MF tomcat download seems to confirm this. Ive read that these transition schemes seem to have been dictated by wing commanders and were certainly not uniform amongst the different aircraft types. Fighter squadrons having the most differences and patrol planes adhering to the old scheme the longest. Either way, not including the ferris schemes, there is a great deal of variation and many possibilities for skinning early 80s navy planes.So with the release of SF2NA pending and being set around this time frame, Im glad the Whale is getting a makeover.

We soooo need a quality standard green/gray skin for the hawk for Europe.

Sweet!

nevermind, update fixed it :}

Im running at patch level Oct 11, i have a few trees in the runways, anybody confirm. Love the mod BTW Thanks

Thank Heaven for the search function. This issue was driving me crazy with this plane!

wow, good stuff there

got it, thanks. lookey

thanks for the link, that works great.

hey guys, just read the A-3 was actually in Desert storm. I can find only one pic of a lo-vis whale from 89. In 88, thers a pic of an A-3 trapping next to other types which are all apinted typical lo vis, but the whale still has a subdued gull gray- sea gray finish. What is the official name for the scheme that followed the early 70s high vis(is that the right term?) and preceded the current lo vis (all markings gray shades scheme)?

Hey Coupi, What pilot is that in the Fagot? Ive been looking for a good 1949 ish jet pilot, first gen white or gold helmet after the leather ones but before the ones with the built in visor.

Bow chicca wha wha

Im glad you're part of this community

I too have a dell and the GTX240.I somehow feel like Im not so alone in the universe today.....

Bare Metal is my vote. Boy that fat mouth and flat tailplanes sure favors a mid model Fury.

I know!, I cant believe i didnt try it before, its like a whole new graphix engine similar to FS9.

And since it hadnt been metioned before, I wonder if its a widespread issue or just the 0ct 11 patch? I am sooooooo ocd about my fuel tanks, thanks for replying.

Thanks ravenclaw. Pretty labor intensive now to do all the planes that way. I wonder which patch specifically changed that.

Ok guys, I need confirmation on something. I recently downloaded the sf2 NF-5A package. This model has multiple skins for the plane and drop tanks. It does not operate on the tank is part of the plane model principle like the two seater Northrups do, so you cannot just put the tank skin in with the plane skin.This means multiple weapons folders for each tank skin in the main weapons folder. With my NF4+ install patched to 2010 level, this works just fine. The main data ini for the airplane calls for a fuel tank type NF5A_TKW . Any weapon with the TYPENAME=NF5A_TKW will work and show up in the loading menu.The folders in the main weapon folder can be named different things and the tanks themselves can be called different names and skinned differently. Now with my Oct.2011 install, the game will only recognize the tank if i have a folder in my main weapons folder called NF5A_TKW. The weapon ini in that folder must match the TYPENAME called out in the plane data ini exactly. Which means now only one tank for each plane and only one skin for each tank. This has also happened to me with Ravenclaws German Canadair Sabres and their multiple tank skins. Anyone found a workaround?