Spinners

Sundowner's excellent F-4B templates allow you to make anything you want for the F-4M you just need to 'import' the Spey nozzles from the Third Wire bitmap (resized to 20482) and the RWR (if applicable). Leaving reality behind I I've got two Spey-engined F-4's in USAF and USN/USMC markings somewhere in the 'what if' section (type spey into downloads is the quickest way to find them).

Astonishing detail on that enlarged Polish profile.

Out of interest, what's in the dome and what does it do?

Dassault Rafale FG.1's - 800 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 2007 A bit of a WIP

Grumman F-14S - F21, Flyvapnet, 2001 Rafales!

Great work Heberth! And what a good-looking machine the Rafale is!

Was WOI ever released on disk?

Grumman F-14S Tomcat - F21, Swedish Flygvapnet, 1979 Whilst delighted with the newly introduced AJ37 attack version of the Saab Viggen, Flygvapnet officials soon expressed concerns over the range and capability of the forthcoming JA37 interceptor version and made tentative enquiries to Grumman, McDonnell Douglas and Panavia for an interceptor tailored to their rather unique requirements. Grumman (who desperately needed more orders for their F-14 to help offset the burden of the onerous fixed-price deal with the DoD) quickly proposed an export version of the Tomcat by dusting off their earlier Spey-engined F-14S previously offered to the UK. The new F-14S ('S' now standing for Sweden) was ordered in 1975 and whilst Swedish content in the airframe and avionics was very low the Swedish government had secured offset deals with Rolls-Royce to licence produce the Spey turbofan engine by Volvo Flygmotor and the F-14S was designed to use the 'Swedish' RB-71 (Skyflash) and RB-74 (Sidewinder) missiles as it's primary armament. The F-14S entered service with F21 in 1979 with initial deliveries being made in the 'splinter' scheme but this was soon replaced by the two-tone grey scheme still seen today.

Great work Dan.

For a slice of history try this mod http://combatace.com/files/file/10518-mcdonnell-douglas-f4h-1-project-high-jump/

Third Wire

Grumman F-14A Tomcat - VF-805 Royal Australian Navy

Grumman F-14A Tomcat - VF-805 Royal Australian Navy, 1977 The unfortunate HMAS Melbourne suffered two tragic incidents during the 1960's (sinking two friendly warships in seperate collisions, both with high loss of life) that led to it gaining a reputation as a jinxed ship and the Royal Australian Navy decided against a proposed refit scheduled for 1972. By early 1973 a replacement carrier and associated advanced aircraft were openly being sought with the Australian Government initially looking at the soon to be retired HMS Eagle but, in a surprise move, the US Government offered USS Ranger (CV-61) as a thank you for Australia's participation in the Vietnam war. Grumman were quick to see an opportunity and offered an 'export version' of the F-14A (without AIM-54 Phoenix capability) to Australia who ordered 16 in January 1974, the same month that Iran ordered 30 F-14A's (later increased to 80). USS Ranger emerged from refit in May 1975 to enter Australian service as HMAS Australia and received it's first F-14A's in February 1976. N.B. Before anyone comments, I prefer to see Aussie roundels on both wings!

I'm aware of that mate and the fact that it was actually introduced in the 70's. I recall seeing a Viggen on the front cover of an Airfix magazine circa 74 and thinking wow that's striking but it'll be hard to paint!

Douglas A-4ES Skyhawk - F21, Flygvapnet, 1968

Douglas Skyhawk A-4E - MFG1, Marineflieger, 1971

Any version, even the 'lines' layer would do.

Well just remove the cockpit line then.

That's normal isn't it?

AKAIK there is not a decent template available. I've had a good look at the 5122 template in the SF1 section but it is mapped a bit differently to the SF2 version, the 'lines' layer is blurry when scaled up to 10242 and it mixes black and white on the same layer.

Douglas Skyhawk FG.2 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1982 Base skin by Dan (dtmdragon) with some Royal Navy decals by me. Edit: Spelling mistake

Fist of the Fleet - Skyhawk FG.2 899NAS, Royal Navy, 1982

I'm quite envious of anyone coming to the SF2 series and starting out, especially if they do it one title at a time in the order of release. It's a great series to discover.