Geary

View File SF1 F9F-5 & 5P Panther Korean War Skins Pak SF1 F9F-5 & F9F-5P Panther Skins. For those of us that still fly SF1, who still enjoy the old Korean War mod and who would like some updated F9F-5/5P Panther skins for the Korean theatre. This download contains the Fighter/Bomber and Photo Reconnaissance aircraft as well as skins. Because I used Wrench's SF2 F9F-2 decals, you may notice the BuNums referencing the aircraft as F9F-2 models instead of F9F-5 models. Change them if you wish/can. Most of these old SF1 skins didn't use the decal system. They do now. I only created a template and repainted over the old skins. The model is a bit old and has some quirks with the paint and decals. You will notice some paint streaks and line deformation caused by these quirks. Thanks and credit go to: Pasko/Column5/Gramps/Major Lee/Marcfighters - for the F9F-5 & F9F-5P models uploaded by Guest. Wrench - for the decals from the Wrench/Bobrock SF2 Korean War Era F9F-2 Panther Pak. Creature - for the hook, canopy folding wings fix. Geary - for template, paints, repaints, etc... MultiUnknownSources - for the weapons and pilot. If you wish to paint your own skins, the template is available for the asking. Just PM me. It is in .psd format. These skins are in .bmp format and were created at 1024 pixels. They are 3MB each but can be downsized for those of you who can't use them this large. If I forget or miss anyone who deserves credit for anything I release, I apologize. I have no intent to abuse or misuse anyone's work or property or claim it as my own. Please contact me to correct any error. INSTALLATION: Unzip to a folder/place of your choice. Copy, Move, Drag-n-Drop or do whatever you wish to get the folders into their corresponding folders in your SF1 Korea install. If you don't already have the weapon information in your weapondata.ini file, add it. Run the SF1 Weapons Editor. Fly. I'm releasing this under the Combat Ace Fair Use Agreement. Use it anyway you wish for personal use but please give credit to those due it. If you find any problems with it, please PM me. If you improve it, please share. Geary Submitter Geary Submitted 07/30/2017 Category F2H/F9F/F3H Skins  

Wrench's SF2 KAW Terrain adds a whole new dimension to SF1 KAW. (Have a little shimmering in the trees, but still great.)

alexis99, Wrench is probably right from most of what I've read , also. The photo-recon Panthers mostly carried the drop tanks. So... try what I suggested earlier on the -5P models. Let me know how it goes. Wrench, thanks for having my back. streakeagle, I'd also read that the Panthers often specialized in their missions, such as taking out gun emplacements before the slower moving prop planes moved in for the kill on the designated target. Then the Panthers moved to top cover. Good reading.

To get the TankPather to work try this: Add this to your F9F-5_LOADOUT.INI file: [Recon] Loadout[01].WeaponType=TankPanther Loadout[01].Quantity=1 Loadout[02].WeaponType=TankPanther Loadout[02].Quantity=1 Add the 'FuelTankName=TankPanter' line to the bottom of these two weapons stations and ',FT' to the AllowedWeaponsClass line in your F9F-5_DATA.INI file: [LeftWingStationInboard] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=1 StationGroupID=1 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=-1.9,0.24,-0.4 AttachmentAngles=0.0,0.0,0.0 LoadLimit=1500 AllowedWeaponClass=BOMB,RCKT,FT AttachmentType=USN,NATO ModelNodeName=LWingPylon PylonMass=20 PylonDragArea=0.04 FuelTankName=TankPanther [RightWingStationInboard] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=2 StationGroupID=1 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=1.9,0.24,-0.4 AttachmentAngles=0.0,0.0,0.0 LoadLimit=1500 AllowedWeaponClass=BOMB,RCKT,FT AttachmentType=USN,NATO ModelNodeName=RWingPylon PylonMass=20 PylonDragArea=0.04 FuelTankName=TankPanther Let me know how this goes. Geary

Wrench, Thanks. I owe you a color. If I got this right, this is what the color comes closest to. Looks like many of the examples I've seen.

Thanks for the Thanks, but I'm not responsible for the Panthers's flight characteristics. I just re-painted the skins, lines, rivets, etc.... I don't know who tweaked the FM. These older ac have passed through many hands.

I don't know if these are the Soviet fonts you refer to but you are welcome to them. I found them in my fonts folder. soviet.7z

Does anyone know what the closest FS paint number is to the French F8F Bearcat? I've seen examples ranging from Light Blue to dark Navy Blue. I realize paint may have changed from unit to unit or because of weathering. I'm looking for the 'most' used color of the late 40's-early 50's.

F-47N Foreign Skins. (ChampionsVA56's Guatemalan FAG, Nicaraguan FAN and Republic of China ROCAF's original foreign skins paint.)

The picture shows the old SF1 Simon Porter Sea Fury. It's an AI pilot rolling down the runway taking off. All the AI planes take off in this position. The player plane doesn't do this. While I enjoy a good air show's aerobatics, these forward wheelies by my wingmen are a bit much. Any ideas what causes this and how to fix it?

Yes, and thanks in advance.

Looking for skinners to Beta Test/View an F8F Bearcat template I've done. It's in Photoshop .psd format. Need a practiced eye to look it over and see where it can be improved and if it's worth uploading. It's of Geo's F8F and has a few small problem areas. PM me if you're interested. Thanks in Advance. Geary

F8F Bearcat, USN, circa 1950

F8F Bearcat template WIP

Misplaced, maybe, but not heretical. I think IL-2 is great, but I can't keep up with the updates. This post was just trying to fix the Sea Fury's AI planes' take-off postures while I update skins for my SF1 and SF2 Korean War installs.

I don't know or have anything on or about the ANG N units. I was thinking possibly about a limited war during or about the time of the Korean War. Something that uses leftover WWII prop planes and maybe early jets like the P-59, etc. Planes the US could spare at the time. Same for other countries. Maybe in the Philippines or Vietnam or Central America. Nothing definite yet. But I have no problem with anyone who wants to make ANG N and foreign skins.

F-47N Generic Skin WIP

53rd FBS, 36th FBW F-84E & F-84G Thunderjets, Korea 1952.

F-84E Thunderjet, 7th FBS, 49th FBG, Korea 1951 (WIP)

Soulfreak, My Photoshop FS Color Swatches must be off color. My FS26134 is much darker than what you gave me. I used the swatch you gave me and it looks much closer to photos of the real plane. The skin in jpg format is also attached. AMX_AMI.7z

Soulfreak, I don't know that my skins are much high quality but thanks for the FS number. I had it in gray but it looked too dull so I lightened it while I worked on it. This skin was done as a favor for a friend. Unfortunately the lod has a few minor mapping problems and of course the wrong guns for the Italian version, but overall a nice little plane to fly. It still needs refinements by a real artist and the correct type of decal buzz numbers.

Italian AMI AMX (Stand-in WIP)

B-26B 13th BS, 3rd BG, Korea 1951 (WIP; original skin by Allenjb42)

baffmeister, Thanks for the suggestion but it's sorted and working. I got one of the original Sea Fury FM's.

Wolf257's A-36A, P-51A, P-51B, P-51C and P-51D Mustangs