Geary

Thanks for this bird and especially for the Korea skin.

Yeah .... The FJ-4B Fury carried the bullpup. But, as we don't have an FJ-4 Fury, I made a 'B' version from the FJ-3M. Hence, the bullpup. I really like that missile.

Wrench, seriously? Spinners, Thanks. FJ-3B Fury

USAF A-33A - Air Attack Artillery (Finally found a viable combat use for this plane.)

Night Shift coming on. @ Korea 1952

IAI 201 Arava delivering supplies.

Stars and Bars (This paint scheme reminds me of Lifesaver candies.)

USMC UH-1Y Super Huey Venom

Wyverns in Korea @ 1953

I'm in the process of repurposing the Martin-Baker MB5. I just hate to see a good plane doing nothing. I'm modding it for use in the Korean War as a ground pounder. It has four 20MM guns and I've added 10 60-lb rockets for CAS and SEAD, and 2 1000-lb bombs for strike and anti-ship missions. As it never got fielded and I have no idea how it would be numbered, decaled, painted, etc for that era. I could use some help on what this plane would look like in my scenario. So far all I've done is striped it and added a few under wing weapons. Still pretty much as it is out of the zipped file. Would also like to put it in my WWII ETO install. Any help with those numbers and decals is also appreciated. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance, Geary Here are a couple of pics as it flys now:

Spinners, Thanks, I had posted pics before you supplied the site and suggestions. I used Mustang 4 numbers on the tail and left the code letters as they were, but don't particularly like the large WWII code letters on post WWII planes. Think I'll have a go at those code letters. Also kept the paint schemes as they were. Currently also working the Blackburn Firebrand. Looking forward to seeing what I do, too.

Blackburn Firebrand @ Korea 1951

Martin-Baker MB5 @ Korea 1952

Jungle Nomads

XP-72A Super Thunderbolt repurposed as the Attack and Strike F-72A Superbolt for the Korean War.

I've been experimenting trying to find the best FS color to use for the bright, shiny natural metal skin I see on unpainted, early jets. So far, the FS color for silver/aluminum, FS 17178 is a bit too gray for what I'm looking for. I use Photoshop CS4. Any suggestions for which color/method to get shiny? TIA, Geary

Wrench, I understand the worn, used finish on operational jets, but the weathering can be added later. Speaking of which, I suck at a lot of things, and weathering is one of them. Still need to learn weathering and adding gun port soot. And speaking of the KAW Sabers, who did those skins? They are greatly detailed. Works of art. Russ, That's more like I'm thinking. Looks like it just rolled out of the factory. Thanks for the tip on adding color over panels to add diversity. Another skill I need to learn.

Wrench says Razbam and he might be right, but I think YAP. Just can't remember which mission set it came with. Either way, it's available at one of these payware sites, but I added the co-pilot and the two back seaters. When/If I get time, I'll look it up to get you a more accurate answer on which site it's from.

Sorry, I was tinkering in my SF1 installs. Forgot about the xxx_water.bmp and NavalMap=TRUE statements for SF2.

These post in the SF1 Knowledge Base helped me get started. http://combatace.com/forum/190-adding-carriers-to-campaigns/

Wrench, I had found those. That's where I got the decals on the P-80, P-84 and P-86. I'd just relined an riveted Pasko's F-80 and Russouk's F-84 and was looking for something to do with them. I smelled SWOTL 1946 and went that way. I'll have to look for EricGen's Shooting Star pre-1947 skin. Thanks for the decals. Screenshot.

Flogger, Thanks. You've simplified a more complicated method I've tried before. I guess the reason I didn't use it was because it seemed like a lot more work. But I guess if I want the end result I'll have to take the time and put out the effort. Spinners, I've found Jimbib's post in the KB on basically the same method Flogger23 explained, with more detailed steps, but I can't find anything by hgbn. Any idea where those tips reside? daddyairplanes, I'm currently interested in the 50's era. NAKED, BRIGHT AND SHINY like the F-86 natural-metal skin. I'm taking baby steps here. Other eras, other times. (Is your post being redundant and repeating itself? Just asking cause before I have my coffee my head tends to tilt to one side and my eyes refuse to focus, so I'm not sure if I'm seeing double.) russouk, WOW! That's a work of art! I imagine it took quite a bit of time to piece it together? I'm afraid if I leaned to do that and it turned out well on ONE plane, I'd want to do that to the thousand or more I have in my installs. I'd end up spending the rest of my life in Photoshop and there are still things I want to do in life, like nap in a hammock, nap in an easy chair, nap between a pair of well-rounded ... well, you get the point. Man, this skinning stuff is like a drug. One taste and you're hooked. As I'm basically lazy by nature, I was looking for an easy way to aluminize my skins, like pick a color, splash it on with a paint bucket, add a pinch of this and a dash of that, tweak the textureset.ini and viola. SHINY! You guys have given me a few ideas and probably a lot more work. Think I'll rest up before I attempt any of these methods. Thanks to all,

You could try a clean, separate install of WoE. If that works, try installing the 2008 update. Check to see if it works. Then add one mod at a time and run the game after each mod to see if you can determine which mod is messing up your video.

Early US Jets - From Straight to Swept Wings