Jump to content

daddyairplanes

+MODDER
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    8,652

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    155

Everything posted by daddyairplanes

  2. F-16D Block 40 in USAF service to be very specific. looking at 74th Fighter Squadron in 1994 and Arizona ANG (which hosts the Air Guards Viper School and so has more than one or two on hand) but went back and looked closer at the Poland F-16D. antennea removing trick works quite will on this (no gaping holes when its removed) skin could use some love, but hey, why would you think im asking? edit: if you got something ready to go it would be appreciated. the C models are using the Block 30 and 40s as used in the ODS release, but this model is going to need alotta love before releasing. and for probably 4 skins with 6 serials apiece The C models had much more planned.....
  3. yeah is seemng that way
  4. its cool i wasnt talking completion date certain pic made me think of these
  5. read Wilches comment, then looked at the progress last pic definatly gives a "SUNDAY! SUN-DAY! SUN--DAAAY!" vibe
  6. just a simple shot taken on my new(ish) school laptop, in Win11

  7. Another Russian ship....

    daddyairplanes posted a topic in The Pub

  8. Dude, those are wicked. I especially like how youre keeping it to historical Mud Hen users so far (would that make a F-16E an "Dirty Bird"?) mandatory screenshots from down under

  9. IAI Lavi

    daddyairplanes replied to Stratos's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum

    might want to double check through his ship releases. i knew there were some extras in the andrea doria release, but it turned out to be a Sea Cougar and Black Hawk. not to say there isnt more in other releases
  10. he's having to take a break for now. i have a few wishes too, but health is abit more important

  11. F-15s in Europe: A Family Affair

    daddyairplanes posted a topic in The Pub

    https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/son-flies-last-f15-out-of-europe-father-flew-in-first?fbclid=IwAR1QY_TWIynkW88OpnqWGqSud3WT_-9HaH26BD8dWKZSp10jz8eIczbiygg
  12. 29 April 1975: VNAF C-130A takes off from Tan Son Nhut with 452 pax bound for Thailand
  13. off topic, whats on the ramp?
  14. wheres the aircraft from, and you got templates for the skin? i have an idea...
  15. or maybe a low speed, low altitude aircraft, with the hydrofoils as a fixed landing gear. make the max speed 2-3 knots over takeoff speed and in theory you dont have a gunboat cruising at 5000 ft agl but keeping it from flying away could be tricky, and it would jack up use of the guns for surface engagement iirc still, its a thought
  16. no doubt trotski, it is his world and a made up one too. divergence from the main timeline is fun. but in somethings, i think its best to keep as close to history as possible. first rule of alternate history: smallest possible divergence from real timeline, with hte butterfly effects it causes going down the line. back to Eagle114th, unless your timeline China ramped up nuke production in the 1960s, it would not have had enough to give more than 1 to Zafir. However, one is not practical. it can be taken out easy in a strike like you detail, plus after that one shot leaves Zafir open for massive retaliation (nuclear or non) by many parties in the world. 8-12 is a better number, although by 1975 IRL i dont think China would have spared that although if done before Sept 1976 Mao might have been willing to give some up. the big question; whats in it for China? long standing friendship isnt enough in the case of nukes, there should be some geopolitical goal that Zafir having nukes is assisted by. and IRL China in 1975 wasnt that big a player (see how their incursion in Vietnam in 1979 went, and that was a neighbor) hey, it is your world. just giving my two cents in on it as an amatuer historian
  17. ok, couple of nit picks here why did Zafir "invade" Israel? they are pretty far away unless Israel is in a different location in your world second, who gave Zafir a tactical nuclear warhead? by 1975, the US and USSR would be firmly against such activity. France and the UK would have no interest, and China and Israel would have too few to gift any. chemical warheads would be more realistic, and able to be created within Zafir changing these probably changes quite abit of the rest of the timeline
  18. you missed one along the front of the canopy seriously though, while it is awesome to see the end product, it is also cool to see the start of the journey too
  19. well, its been 30 years since the airlifts begans....
  20. good logic. but if the Raptor or Panther were to visually see a hostile Typhoon IRL, something has gone astray. the general idea these days is to zap them BVR and yes, we have heard this tune before. but since the late 90s we've had the instruments to play it better. no so much in Vietnam, a few years after the BVR song was first written (and the usual goto for arguing against BVR engagements) finally, with exception to the smaller users that will go to all F-35 fleets, its meant to be an attack aircraft first, fighter second. the F-22 was built to be a fighter first, and had to take on some attack roles second to justify costs on the ones that were built. comparing the dogfighting abilty of a F-35 is like comparing the dogfight abilty of an A-7 to a F-4. yeah it can do it in the right hands and circumstanses. but it wasnt really designed to do that, just protect itself on the way to the main target.
  21. awesome and huge project. especially across both TKs series, i havent heard of many huge mods for First Eagles take breaks as needed. people get burnt out working smaller projects, this one would rival most anything here currently when finally complete.

  22. USAF F-22 landing mishap

    daddyairplanes replied to GKABS's topic in The Pub

    i dunno. Raptor is a rare enough bird, they might put the money into patching her up. but if not then yeah, she'll live on in the rest of the fleet

  23. Sukhoi Su-25 hit by missile make it back home

    daddyairplanes replied to GKABS's topic in The Pub

    probably a mix of both, plus the Frogfoot isnt a featherweight either. later editions were developed with input from Soviet experience in Afghanistan (and in this case possibly Chechnya too)
  24. if he isnt interested, you should consider it, with heavy credit to him probably a third of what v2k has done the last couple years got released under my account (but his name in the title) because he did the model, then i skinned it and ini edited it. still your baby your choice. but im not the only one that thinks its primed for what if land
  25. if no one else can answer directly, heres a few places to look and especially this one
×

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