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Hey there, I found some decalsheets with stencils, but I don't understand them and they are for F-15, so they aren't of much help. I compiled a list (Excel 2003) of the stencils used on US and some foreign Scooters for a translation. It seems though, that not all of them were used on IDF planes and I guess the wording may be different here and there. Nevertheless if someone who is fluent in hebrew can help me out here with a translation of the attached list would be a big help! Thanks. SkyhawkMaintenanceStencils.7z

Danke für die neue(re) P-3C. Sieht gut aus. :)

Hat keine Top Priorität. Außerdem kann mans dann ja wieder anpassen. Ich dacht halt, dass man da mehr rausholen kann, als die Skins, die bei dem Pack von Wrench mal dabei waren. :)

Ich bastel immer mal an nem Template für die P-3C. Fehlt zwar das eine oder andere noch (Rivets, Weathering,...), aber wenn du dir das Skin selbst bauen willst, kann ich dir das derzeitige Template schicken.

I guess, he wants to say, that he likes flying recon-missions with the OH-6 (Loach/Little Bird) helicopters and asks if there's a dedicated campaign for it. :)

Playing around with Florians P-3 Orion:

Good info, thanks for the clarification!

I think the one used on Skyhawks is the Douglas D-704. This one has rougly the shape of the 400gal centerline tank. The BDOUG ingame is shorter and I guess could be the one used on French Etendards on the centerline. I don't know though, if there's another pod available. I just know the BDOUG from the pack.

There's one in Killerbees Ordnance Shop II. Foldername is "BDOUG". But I think this one is intended for another plane...the shape is different from the one used on Skyhawks.

looks interesting, but should be posted in what-if section...Interflug never used Ka-29 or Ka-32 helicopters :)

I did some tests...seems like you have to set up a node for them to move at all. The problem then is, that you don't have something in the right place to get the exact movement. You can only use the inner pylons as node, but the distance the inner pylons moves is rather small...I think that's the reason why the outer pylons move only about half the distance they should (look at the picture). You would need something near the new outer pylons, to use as node. Try "SlatR" and "SlatL" for example....the center of gravity of them is farther outside and you get some more movement, yet still not enough.

I did a quick test and I think it solved the shadow issue! Never thought of that. You learn something new every day. Thanks a lot!

Hey there, is it possible to make a rocketpod non-jettisonable? I searched the forum, but couln't find anything regarding rocketpods...just fueltanks. As a workaround I have to set up some missile as 1-shot rocketpods (Sidewinder, Shrike, Bullpup and Maverick), which works so far. My only problem here is, that these can be jettisoned, but shouldn't.

I tried that, but it didn't work. Like Gunrunner said...the problem was the spelling mistake....NoJettision=TRUE works fine! Still trying to figure out the optimal setup for the new Skyhawk Pylons/Rails.....6 weaponstationgroups are definitely to few :P Thanks guys!

Hey mue, first of all, let me thank you for a priceless and well-thought tool, that saved a lot of time for me and others! While working with it, 4 small things came to mind, which may be useful additions. - background color of the mainwindow changeable. If the loaded model's skin is of bright or white-color it is sometimes difficult to see things on the white background. - rotation by 180deg for the 3 "View .. Plane"-buttons, maybe by holding a key while clicking on it. ATM there is top-, back and right side-view, So bottom-, frontal- and left-side view would be added by that. - sortable MaterialID-table (left side, middle) by clicking on the columnheader, either sorted by MaterialID or by Filename. This would make it easier to find the files a model uses if 2 or more MaterialIDs use the same file. - a 2nd Reload-button on the toolbar. I often use a higher zoomvalue to paint details and in that case I hide the 3 left side windows (Nodes, Materials, Animations), to get a bigger mainwindow. But for reloading, to see the changes, I have to unhide the left side, to reach the reload-button. None of these ideas are essential, but more of a nice to have. So if considered not useful or to difficult to implement....no problem at all! You're still a hero for many people, including myself! :)

Hey there, I lately played around with EODisplayFLags and did a small list of the effects/displays for myself , but certain values are still missing or I didn't find any obvious effect for them. So to not reinvent the wheel...is there a list available that has information about the different values usable? If not, I can post the infos I gathered so far.

Good work, thanks!

Some more Mikes 1971: first A-4Ms delivered to VMA-324 Devildogs 1979: some HighVis VMA-211 Wake Island Avengers 1980: early LowVis camo from VMA-214 Black Sheep new ARBS-Nose

Hey there, as seen in the Screenshots-Thread I'm currently working on a USMC A-4M skyhawk II pack, based on dtmdragons unreleased Skyhawk II pack. Since finding all needed information about details like colors for markings, patches and so on is often timeconsuming and difficult, maybe some of you can help me out here with information. I started with low-vis skins for several squadrons and at the moment there are: - VMA-131 Diamondbacks (1990) - VMA-142 Flying Gators (1990) - VMA-211 Wake Island Avengers (1988) - VMA-214 Black Sheep (1986) - VMA-214 Black Sheep (1988) - VMA-311 Tomcats (1987) - VMA-223 Bulldogs (ca. 1982-84) Progress goes well, but it seems to be rather difficult to find sources/pictures for the "low-vis" years in general. The above are more or less ok, with many missing BuNos filled in with ones from different years. I would like to add some more skins, so if any of you has information about the following, please contact me. - How many planes had all these squadrons? - Atm I have 21 for each, except 15 for VMA-131 - I simply didn't find more fitting BuNos. - VMA-331 Bumblebees - I only found 1 picture from 1982 which shows a low-vis scooter, all others (even from 1982, if correct) show HighVis colors. Since VMA-331 used A-4Ms until 1983, were all planes repainted before the end of usage or just some? - VMA-223 Bulldogs had some sort of patch just aft of the Intake-Warning in white or light gray. Has anyone a picture of it? My mainsources for information are A4skyhawk.org and goNavy.jp-Websites, Naval Fighters 55 book by Steve Ginter and the Scooter!-Book, aswell as Google in general. Thanks! P.S. I also take all information available for HighVis camos aswell!

I'm not fully understanding your issue, but you can open .eml-files with notepad to find the actual content of the email (somewhere in the middle). Otherwise Windows Live Mail opens them too (At least on Windows 7). If nothing works for you, I guess finding a person you trust, that uses a Microsoft email program could import it and then resent/print it for you.

Sorry to revive this old thread, but seems like, the weight for your LAU-10 twin pods is wrong. Currently it's the same as the weight for the triple-pods.

Thanks for your help. The first link is a very nice source for information in general! I found another picture of VMA-331 with the first version of low-vis camo (with big insignia). Just 1 plane so far, but I think, I'll include it.

Good work, thanks! All files are working for me with Photoshop CC 2015.