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Spinners has spun in :yes: (there goes the neighbourhood ) £3 per month. A weekly magazine for another hobby costs me that. Keep up the good work!

I'm a ham-fisted modder but I'd like to join. Thanks.

Fin crest/emblem added.

Spanish Armada Corsair A-7B. '309' of the Spanish Armada carrying Shrikes and Walleyes. The default typeface on GIMP is a pretty good match to create an 'ARMADA' decal

That Scooter is da bomb. It's so sick. (Disturbingly, Spinners is getting down with the kids)

That's cured it! Thanks christian59 (or can I call you christian? )

Thanks Silverbolt. As a teenager my hobby was building model aircraft and I could never just build them 'straight' - almost all of them became 'what ifs' :yes: . This series of games/sims and, of course, the wonderful 'Strike Fighters' community just makes it so easy to let your imagination run riot!

Curiously, mine works in SFG and WOE but not in WOV (CTD) - why would that be? With the FM I haven't actually noticed a problem and wonder what is so wrong with it.

Good Vibrations ... at the moment!

Keep up the good work! My favourite is the twin-enginned MiG (I'm not sure what model number that is).

Good work! Tip! Change pilot to PILOTN1 (those chequered bone domes are so passe).

I went for the E8400 on the new PC that I picked up from the local PC store late last week and had a blast with it over the weekend. Recommended!

I've knocked up a simple single colour skin for the F-104G by using the psd templates available at McFly's dormant site (some good stuff there BTW). However, I'm baffled at how do I create skins for the 170 gallon tip tanks and then get the game/sim to recognise them. The weapons folder only shows the ini and lod's and no bitmaps. I used the extraction tool to have a look for any associated bitmaps that I could overspray or copy and rename but there appears to be nothing there. I created two simple 512x512 bitmaps of the required colour and named them TANK170L_F104G.bmp and TANK170R_F104G.bmp but to no avail and I can't see how I 'point' to these anyway! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Ace Pilot is blinded by the glare coming off his wing tip tanks and fails to notice the SAM-2 coming his way...

Yeah, I've had a little look at that. My brain hurts! I'm pleased with what I've learnt today and will tackle the shiny Starfighter tanks at another time.

Do you have a CD version or did you get it as a download from the Third Wire site? Or is it a pirate copy from the internet? (A pet hate of mine).

I've done a few tanks now (TMF Nigerian Jaguar and RAF Phantom M) but the Starfighter is still causing me some grief because, for some reason, my tanks are coming out anodised! Is this something to do with the shininess of the LOD itself?

Thanks mate. I've been having a play around and getting the hang of it and my TMF Phantom FGR.2 now has tanks that match the camo! BTW I've just realised that I had the PM of you (MiGBuster) and not X-Ray! Apologies to all concerned! (Too excited at learning a new skill).

Thanks Wrench and thanks for the PM from X-Ray. Perhaps I can now sort out my F-4 tanks! Can I assume that we can copy LODs and re-name them providing that we ini edit the data files?

I've just tested the link and notice that TK also gives some DirectX help there too!

I think you should uninstall and start from scratch. Install from your CD and then visit http://www.thirdwire.com/downloads_sfg.htm Download the service patch and install then download the patch and install. It must be in that order but there are full instructions there. After that, you might be OK but at least we can confine this to a DirectX issue.

OK, I've done a bit of reading and I'll get a hex editor later today when I'm back on my main PC. This looks like one of those major building blocks to achieve SFTE... (Strike Fighters Total Enlightenmet)

No. I must sheepishly admit that I don't know what this is... or does

Did you get hit? I've sometimes landed and been surprised to find out that Ace Pilot was wounded and hospitalised.