Jump to content

Spinners

ELITE MEMBER
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    9,300

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    497

Everything posted by Spinners

  1. Incredible. I was a new kid on the block (and soon banned for a month LOL) when his 'Eurofighter' came out at about this time two years ago and it really was a masterpiece and, indeed, still is. It speaks volumes for Craig that he is making another after his terrible data loss. Anyway, good luck to everyone involved in the development.
  2. Burp!
  3. Yes, it's mine but only because a cracking template exists. For me, it was a simple 'bucket fill' job!
  4. Saab/Hawker Lansen FAW.2 - No.502 (Ulster) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
  5. Vickers Wellington MR.10 - Portuguese Air Force, 1956
  6. Small typo on decal.ini on the Coastal Command scheme; [Decal003] MeshName=Wing_L DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=Wellington/CC/D/Toproundel Position=Position=-9.1,2.35 <<<<< Remove duplicated Position= Scale=1.5 DecalMaxLOD=3
  7. Delightful! Thank you!
  8. Does anyone know what version/mark this is? Stand easy. I can now see it's an 'X'.
  9. Supermarine Attacker FB.3 - No.501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
  10. A pheasant surprise? I'm giving you the bird!
  11. McDonnell Voodoo FAW.2 - No.500 (County of Kent) Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 1963
  12. This is going to breathe some life into the series!
  13. Excellent!
  14. The only thing pressing on the scale was the Phantom itself. Consider; 1. The quantum leap in performance it enjoyed over it's predecessors and contemporaries. 2. The amazing success of the design measured as an overall plus of 75% against 'standardised guarantees' (source: Modern Combat Aircraft No.1 - F-4 Phantom) 3. The relatively small amount of engineering changes made it a quick programme from first flight to service test status (and therefore viewed as successful). 4. It's amazingly smooth and successful service test phase and introduction into service. 5. All those dazzling world records! The four-year difference between the first flight of the Voodoo and the Phantom just happened to be the most intense period of progress in aviation, things were moving at a galloping pace and there is no way that the Voodoo could compete no matter how much money you threw at it. Mr. Mac knew it and the world knew it. And that's why many nations (including my own) beat a path to his door.
  15. Finnish Eagles!! And why not?
  16. Panavia Tornado F.3 - HavLLv31 Finnish Ilmavoimat
  17. McNamara and his notion of commonality; F-110/F-4 - genius idea F-111 - disaster I'm sure the US taxpayer would have greatly appreciated wasting millions of dollars turning the 'one-oh-wonder' into the 'one-oh-whatever' when McDonnell had, of course, already done the work in creating the F-4 for the Navy. Historical Note - In no way did McNamara 'inflict' the F-4 on the USAF. In 1961, almost as soon as he got his legs under his desk, he did order a series of direct competitive evaluations against USAF aircraft and the results showed that the F-4B was better than anything the USAF had on every count - mission, performance, maintenance and serviceability and also highlighted that the basic design was, potentially, the world's best tactical reconnaissance aircraft. That's why it was ordered for the USAF. For the avoidance of any doubt, I am in no way praising McNamara but I am praising the qualities of the F-4 in the era in which it was born.
  18. Tornado F.3 - No.612 (City of Aberdeen) Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 2008
  19. "Drop me a line and reel me in. No, wait! You stay there and I'll jump right in your keep net". "A bad workman always blames his tools" is an ancient British proverb but, in more modern times, has become a mild comic rebuke to someone who throws up 'bad tools' as an excuse and just generates a bit of banter in the workplace. I expected a few bites but you guys have excelled yourselves! Well done!
  20. I can't remember the speed (that wasn't the idea) but I'm pretty sure it got to 30,000m (that was the whole idea). I do seem to remember some engine fires too! Why not have a go? Make a copy and spread some thunder around the upper atmostsphere! It might bring down some of that volcanic ash that is seperating my daughter (stuck in LA) from her mother and me here in Wales.
  21. Bloomin' lovely petal.
  22. A bad workman always blames his tools...

  23. Version 2

    402 downloads

    Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23J for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of Dels' excellent F-23A 'Black Widow' to give a fictional F-23J 'Tora' (Tiger) of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force with markings for the 302nd Hikotai in a retro 'Zero' scheme (suggested by Canadair). BACKSTORY (This backstory was for my Israeli F-23 but explains why the Black Widow ended up in the land of the Rising Sun). With the success of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle in Heyl HaAvir service the Israeli's were hoping that the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23A 'Black Widow' would win the USAF's ATF competition to continue their relationship with the McDonnell team at St. Louis but unfortunately Lockheed Martin's victory in the ATF competition looked like bringing an end to a long and enduring partnership. However in a brave move, in May 1991 the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas team secured permission from Congress to actively market the F-23 to (State Department) 'approved' nations and offered a single-seat multi-role version called the F-23I (International) to Germany, Japan, Israel and the UK. With Germany looking for any excuse to get out of the Eurofighter consortium and facing high reunification costs they persuaded the UK to team up in a combined purchase of 200 F-23I's. In return, this led to the German and UK Governments persuading Northrop/McDonnell Douglas to make BAe and MBB prime sub-contractors for any further export sales. However, with only 200 F-23I's on order Northrop/McDonnell Douglas were not convinced that it was enough to start a viable programme but the breakthrough came in January 1994 when, due to increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the USAF agreed to purchase 100 F-23A's for PACAF (the air component of United States Pacific Command) and this move finally saw Japan and Israel also join the programme with 100 F-23I's each. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-23J folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-23J folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Massive thanks to Dels for this superb add-on aircraft - one of the very best. Special thanks to Canadair for suggesting the retro Zero style F-23J. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 12th, 2024.
  24. Tornado F.3's - Esk727 Royal Danish Air Force
  25. Jaw-droppingly good. Now get back to work...
×

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue..

  I accept