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View File Gina Mk1 Rhodaf Fiat G-91 R4 Gina Mk1, No.2 Squadron Rhodesian Air Force, Thornhill Air Force Base, Rhodesia, early 1980s. Now imagine that Ian Smith had won the internal settlement elections in April 1979, and that the Lancaster House Agreements never took place. Instead of the South African volte-face which did take place in reality, South Africa's John Vorster maintained the oil supply to Rhodesia, and increased South African military aid. Rhodesia continued to fight for its survival... Despite the leftist revolution in Portugal in 1974, new aircraft were made available in the shape of 16 ex-Portuguese Air Force Ginas from stocks left in Mozambique. With a bit of tricky under-the-table dealing to circumvent the UN arms embargo and outwit the current left-wing government of Portugal, these aircraft were brought on strength in 1980 with No2 Sqn RhAF to replace their ageing DH Vampires. And Robert Mugabe, in the real world Africa's worst dictator since Idi Amin, never came to power. Thanks go to Erikgen for the aircraft, RussoUK and Zurawski for the cockpit, and Jeremiah Weed for the concept. THIS IS FOR SF2 ONLY AND WILL NOT WORK IN WOX/SF1 Released as freeware only in accordance with the Combatace freeware agreement. Submitter ndicki Submitted 03/12/2009 Category G-91 Gina  

Ok, I'll see what I can find. I've just uploaded the final version of the Hunter - you'll be wanting to use the finished skin instead of the one I sent you.

View File Hunter FGA.9 Rhodaf (SW) Rhodesian Air Force Hawker Hunter FGA.9 as modified by the South African Air Force to carry either Sidewinder or V3B "Voorslag" IR missiles. This was carried out at the SAAF's TFDC at Waterkloof in August 1979. http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=305460 The main difference between the Rhodesian Hunters and other similarly modified Hunters is the addition of an extra weapons pylon between the two existing ones; most Air Forces simply used the external pylon. At least two aircraft were modified this way. It is unclear what happened to them after Independence. Credits go to Spinners for converting the stock FGS.9 to flyable, AleDucat for making the indispensable pylon and rail, and Jeremiah Weed for the idea and support. Thanks! FREEWARE ONLY WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE COMBATACE AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 ONLY AND WILL NOT WORK AS SUCH IN WOX/SF1. Submitter ndicki Submitted 03/12/2009 Category British Aircraft  

I've heard that before - given as the reason why the Trogs were called Trogs! Except these ones were AL-60s instead. Not at all the same aircraft... Is there a T-28 for SF? We could use them for a bit of what-iffing!

Nice work! OK, then, I won't do one! Right, where did I put my Cheetah?

Did you get my e-mail about the golf bomb?

It's OK, Alex - I'm planning to have a go at the MiG-21 myself before long - would you believe that out of all the skins I've seen, hardly any of them represent the typical, two-colour paint-scheme, which is the one we need most? This one is East German, but the scheme was used by a number of African operators, including Angola and Zambia.

Don't worry, you haven't lost your touch! Republic of Zingaro Air Force (RZAF) - a small country landlocked between SA, Zim and Botswana. Difficult to find on the map...

See Bob Mugabe anywhere?

This one is not Zambian, though. Look closely...

Maybe a bit less... Two weeks is a long time in modding! Wait a bit, it won't be long. I want it as near spot-on as possible first.

Ag, Josh, are you trying to tell me you don't have a Zambian MiG? Shame...

I think I'm going to stick that pylon on the Gina, too. Seems a waste not to profit from the technology available...

I saw the Lightnings, too - interesting idea... One mistake, though - the serial numbers. Probably 776 of 2 Sqn, since 7 Sqn flew choppers, and 6 Sqn was a training squadron. (The serials are not difficult to work out, just deliberately obscure...) So they got them to replace the Vampires - OK, but the Lightning isn't a ground attack aircraft. It would have gone to No.1 Sqn to replace the Hunters. But still... And the "R" prefix was not used on the aircraft, even when the serial was, which wasn't often. The TSR would have been 566 from 2Sqn, for similar reasons. Interesting ideas... Nice ideas, though!

Is this lekker, or is this lekker, my chinas! As used ONLY by the Rhodesian Air Force...

You wait - AleDucat has done a REAL Sidewinder pylon - it looks beautiful!

AleDucat, that looks brilliant! Mine is rubbish in comparison - I'd be really grateful if I could use yours - it looks exactly right! I'll PM you with my e-mail address. Many, many thanks!

Thanks! The difference being that the Chileans, Singaporeans and Swiss, among others, used the outboard pylon. The South Africans added a third central pylon, which is the unusual bit. Although the aircraft were Rhodesian - SAAF didn't fly Hunters - they were modified by SAAF techs. By the way, Spinners, as you're into "What-ifs" - have you seen my Rhodesian Gina? Ex-Portuguese AF, the story goes...

Ah, but there wasn't anybody to buy them from, was there? And the South Africans had their own troubles, so they couldn't help much more than they were already doing.

Next stage is visible here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=37803 Nearly finished. One afternoon to dirty it up and make it look a bit less pristine, and it'll be ready for upload.

Just to tease a bit - I'm quite proud of this. A couple of days work on the part of a relative newbie to SF. With Sidewinders... I admit the aircraft needs weathering and generally making less "regular." That's the next bit of work. SF2 only - don't ask for miracles! And I still need a real modeller to do those pylons/rails, which frankly aren't up to it. But still... And I hope Spinners agrees - it's his mod of the stock FGA.9 which I've used as a starting point. It'll be a full stand-alone, and the tanks are version-specific, so they won't get in the way of your RAF Hunters. Makes life easier.

Not if you look too closely it isn't. It's square edged, start with that! We need a modeller...

You need to reduce the shine, but it's looking good! This where I'm at:

Later... Still not going to win prizes for elegance, but...