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View File F-8E Crusader - 805 sqd Royal Australian Navy F-8E Crusader - No.805 Sqd Royal Australian Navy This is a 'what if' skin for The Mirage Factory F-8E to place it in service with No.805 Sqd of the Royal Australian Navy. INSTRUCTIONS This is not a complete aircraft so you must have TMF's F-8E. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your Mirage Factory F-8E and fly. 1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the 805RAN folder into your Mirage Factory F-8E folder. The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the F-8E all those years ago and still right up there with the very best. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 24/03/18 Version 1 - 23/08/08 Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/23/2008 Category Fictional/What If Skins  

Thanks, I appreciate your comments. I've had a buzz out of flying this bird myself!

Not stealthy I admit but I did this model a few years ago using a 1/72 scale Lightning F.6 fuselage with 1/48 scale MiG-21 wings! My backstory had additional fuel as a feeble excuse for creating this 'Frankenfighter'. Back to the Tornado F.3 I've enjoyed the books by Ian Black (Last of the Lightnings and Last of the Phantoms) who flew all three types in the 80's and he was less than impressed with the Tornado F.3. As for me, I just love the rakish looks of it and wasn't it potentially the fastest aircraft at low-level? Perhaps the RAF should have done a 'Project Sageburner' with it! http://tailhookdaily.typepad.com/tailhook_...tdeck-fr-2.html

For the UK air defence role intercepting Badgers, Bears and Bisons it was a reasonable platform but it's origins are with the bean-counters and RAF pilots have been less than complimentary about it from the 'Blue Circle' fiasco right through to the current day. And wasn't it deliberately 'kept back' during the Gulf Wars?

Good shout JB and even the Hunters of that era (mid-50's) were in a bit of a state. Anyway, the Tornado F.3 will be a great addition to the SF family and we can always convert it into a Strike aircraft.

You rock, Bob rock! In its F.3 version the Tornado is ever so sleek but possibly the worst POS we've ever asked our (RAF) guys to fly.

Sweet! Good work!

Who did the skin? It's blazing.

Almost certainly the F-4 Phantom II. I prefer the era and it just carries so much! You can clobber your target, take out a runway, drill holes in the fuel tanks and then go after the MiGs! Mind you, I revisited the F-111 recently and with 24 Snakeyes plus a couple on board you can rack up a good score and are just about untouchable at low-level.

Well done everyone. I've always liked the look of the Thunderflash since building an Italeri 1/72 scale model 20 years ago.

Cor blimey! I've been away from my PC for just 36 hours and we get this and the Mirage 2000! Just lately, it's been like the golden age of Strike Fighters. Anyway, big thanks to everyone concerned with this project.

That's a bang-up job there Florian! Many thanks!

Diolch yn fawr!

This will be a valuable addition. Thanks in advance to the GMG!

View File FA-18F Super Hornet - VF-1 Falcões FA-18F Super Hornet - VF-1 Falcões, Aviação Naval Brasileira This is a 'what if' skin for the Insky FA-18F to place it in service with the famous VF-1 Falcões of the Aviação Naval Brasileira. INSTRUCTIONS This is not a complete aircraft so you must have the Insky FA-18F. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your FA-18F and fly. 1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the VF-1_BN folder into your FA-18F folder. The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to 101tfs and Erwin_Hans for creating the first Super Hornet to land on Planet Strike Fighters in July 2008. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 10/03/18 Version 1 - 13/08/08 Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/13/2008 Category Fictional/What If Skins  

No problem! I found a nice little article on the existing Falcões here; http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2003/brazil/saopedro.htm

One of my all-time favourite aircraft!

Did these ever get a NATO codename?

I caught up with 'Britain from Above' last night and it was a fantastic programme and very nice of Andrew Marr to mention you by name as well!

And me! Although, in a funny way, I'm quite happy with SFG/WOV/WOE and the Israel2 and Malvinas terrains. Things are so interchangeable!

I know that the 3D modelling thing is beyond me but I downloaded 'Gimp' and 'Irfanview' and have loads of fun doing simple skins and decals.

View File Comando de la Aviación Naval Argentina - F-8E F-8E Crusader - 1st Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina This is a 'what if' skin for The Mirage Factory F-8E to place it in service with the 1st Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina. INSTRUCTIONS This is not a complete aircraft so you must have TMF's F-8E. This is just a skin for you to drop in to your F-8E and fly. 1. From the SKIN folder drag and drop the 1e folder into your F-8E folder. The decals are inside the skin folder - nothing else is required. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to The Mirage Factory for creating the F-8E and to Column5 for sending me the template 10 years ago! And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 16/03/18 Version 1 - 10/08/08 Submitter Spinners Submitted 08/10/2008 Category Fictional/What If Skins