F-86F Sabre Skins - Combined Threads

[Corrigan]

Looks amazing. Much love for Canada and for historically correct skins.

[jocko417]

Haven't decided yet if I'll release these separately, or as part of a 1 Air Division super-duper NATO skin pack... ;)

 

Most RCAF Sabre squadrons serving NATO in Europe and the U.K. arrived with pretty extravagant squadron markings. Just before the old Sabre Mk.2's and 4's were replaced overseas with the more potent Mk.5, the RCAF decided to standardize things a bit.

 

Each Fighter Wing was to be identified by coloured nose and tail stripes with a black border.

 

1 Wing = Red

2 Wing = Yellow

3 Wing = Blue

4 Wing = White

 

Individual squadron art would be in the form of a badge design on each side of the nose just aft of the gun blast pane.

 

Not long after the Mk.5 arrived in Europe a decision to camouflage the airplanes was made and the Wing ID stripes were dispensed with. Squadron art moved to the upper fin.

 

 

Sabre Mk.5 23058 of No. 421 "Red Indian" Squadron, 2 Fighter Wing, RCAF Station Gros Tenquin, France, circa 1954.

 

 

 

 

 

Sabre Mk.5 23132 of No. 427 "Lion" Squadron, 3 Fighter Wing, RCAF Station Zweibrücken, West Germany, circa 1954.

 

Edited August 25, 2014 by jocko417

[assafm25]

jocko417 looks amazing

 

thnks :)

[jocko417]

W.I.P...

 

 

[neoxman]

Any chance of doing a skin for one of the RAAF CAC-27 Sabre's?

 

Particularly the one in the link below as it still flies today at the Temora Aviation Museum.

 

A94-983

[Oesau]

Any chance of doing a skin for one of the RAAF CAC-27 Sabre's?

 

Particularly the one in the link below as it still flies today at the Temora Aviation Museum.

 

A94-983

 

 

Agree +1

 

Sabre by Oesau, on Flickr

 

 

CAC Sabre by Oesau, on Flickr

 

 

Sabre Flyby by Oesau, on Flickr

 

Sabre by Oesau, on Flickr

[crazyeddie]

Good luck with the nose number on A4-983, you are going to have to be one helluva artist to get a number onto that bit of skin !!! My attempts were a shambles !!!!

[NeilWillis]

Agree +1

 

I have to say Oesau, your photos are excellent. Is there any chance of getting copies strictly for my aviation library? Copyright would naturally be respected utterly.

[Corrigan]

One thing to keep in mind is that you lose the option of the default skin if you install new ones, since the default isn't actually an option in the menu, even when it's the only one available.

Fix is probably dead easy, someone know?

[SkateZilla]

One thing to keep in mind is that you lose the option of the default skin if you install new ones, since the default isn't actually an option in the menu, even when it's the only one available.

Fix is probably dead easy, someone know?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2144431&postcount=101

[Corrigan]

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2144431&postcount=101

 

Perfect, thanks.

[jocko417]

Just about done, just some small details to add/correct.

 

Will sure be nice to get the official template when available, there's a lot of small bits that are hard to find when I can't get the model viewer to work :-/

 

 

 

[jocko417]

411 Squadron RCAF Auxiliary skin now available here:

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/780767/

 

 

[jocko417]

Any chance of doing a skin for one of the RAAF CAC-27 Sabre's?

 

Particularly the one in the link below as it still flies today at the Temora Aviation Museum.

 

A94-983

 

 

I've always liked that scheme, of course the CAC-27 airframe is quite different than the one modelled.

[Midnight]

One I'm working on....

[Chief1942]

[ Crazyeddie, I know this is a big request, but could you possibly do a skin for the attached FJ4. This is VMA-343. It was the first squadron I was assigned to at MCAS El Toro in 1960. It was a "transitional" squadron, that's why it was so small. We were sending the FJ4's to the reserves at Olathe Kansas and when it was all done the squadron was again disbanded and we all went to other operating squadrons, most with A4D-2N Skyhawks. If it's not a task you want to take on. I understand, but it would make this old Marine's DCS involvement even that much more enjoyable. By the way, that's me 5th from the left 2nd row standing. Hard to believe I was once 18 years old:D Thanks.

Edited August 28, 2014 by Chief1942
Correct picture

[crazyeddie]

Chief

 

One old ex Marine cannot refuse another ... I think it's a rule ... or it should be !!!!

 

I am going away for a few days but will have a go at it when I get back, if you have any images post them for reference, and I will see what I can find as well.

 

The image you show is an F3-J Fury, is it the Fury you want, or an F4 Phantom. If it is the Phantom that might take a bit longer, I will have to find my old F4 stuff and recreate some of the templates I had when I did those.

 

Eddie

Edited August 27, 2014 by crazyeddie

[Chief1942]

Hey Semper FI! and thanks for the response. The plane in the pic I posted is an FJ4-B. If that one Marine's head wasn't in the way you could see that stenciled on the fuselage above the BuAIR Number on the aft fuselage under the "flying elevator". We had about thirty of those birds in VMA-343 and in the picture you can see the number of pilots we had (I recollect 10) in the squadron. We had pilots fly one plane, park it and simply walk to another and take it for a hop. The actual number of flying hours was important to those pilots and they availed themselves of the opportunity that came with being in VMA-343. I have a couple of our sqaudron patches around somewhere. You might want to use one as a "graphic" add-on to the fuselage although the aircraft in the photo is what they all looked like. Pretty plain and straight forward.

 

If you go here you can get more info on the plane plus some line drawings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury#Specifications_.28FJ-4.29

 

I appreciate whatever you can do with this in light of having to use the F-86F as a model, but with these old eyes if I squint real hard I can actually see the planes I crawled all over in my youth. The confusion between the F4 and FJ4 I've corrected. My fault. We did get F4 Phantoms while I was at El Toro. Massive aircraft! but I never was in one of those outfits. I await your return and look forward to your efforts.

Edited August 28, 2014 by Chief1942

[311Gryphon]

I made an unofficial layered template that should help until BST releases the official one.

 

Skate, I'm sure you've answered this many times but I'm having trouble finding it....how might one get a hold of your template? :D

[crazyeddie]

Hey Semper FI! and thanks for the response. The plane in the pic I posted is an FJ4-B. If that one Marine's head wasn't in the way you could see that stenciled on the fuselage above the BuAIR Number on the aft fuselage under the "flying elevator". We had about thirty of those birds in VMA-343 and in the picture you can see the number of pilots we had (I recollect 10) in the squadron. We had pilots fly one plane, park it and simply walk to another and take it for a hop. The actual number of flying hours was important to those pilots and they availed themselves of the opportunity that came with being in VMA-343. I have a couple of our sqaudron patches around somewhere. You might want to use one as a "graphic" add-on to the fuselage although the aircraft in the photo is what they all looked like. Pretty plain and straight forward.

 

If you go here you can get more info on the plane plus some line drawings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury#Specifications_.28FJ-4.29

 

I appreciate whatever you can do with this in light of having to use the F-86F as a model, but with these old eyes if I squint real hard I can actually see the planes I crawled all over in my youth. The confusion between the F4 and FJ4 I've corrected. My fault. We did get F4 Phantoms while I was at El Toro. Massive aircraft! but I never was in one of those outfits. I await your return and look forward to your efforts.

 

Chief

 

Okay mate, I can do this for you when I get back, wont take long. I might have to guess at a few things but overall the placing of letters etc was pretty standard. I could not find a single picture reference for VMA 343 apart from the image you already posted, but that will help.

 

Eddie

[Strut]

75 Squadron RAAF " Black Diamonds" work in progress, there seems a glitch in the skin because a "notching "effect occurrs on the belly band at the top of the fuselage. Not sure theres anything i can do for that at the moment, also numbering should be on the nose, very hard to locate the spot and set numbers neatly. The 'Diamond" tail insignia is valid , as also they had a "TopHat" as well.

 

Work in progress.

[SkateZilla]

Skate, I'm sure you've answered this many times but I'm having trouble finding it....how might one get a hold of your template? :D

 

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=128647

[jocko417]

75 Squadron RAAF " Black Diamonds" work in progress, there seems a glitch in the skin because a "notching "effect occurrs on the belly band at the top of the fuselage.

 

The "notching" might be how your stripe is mapped near the seam between the top fuselage strip and the fuselage sides. There is a gap between these textures, although it's hard to see on the default skin as it's all one colour. Same thing happens with the ailerons, flaps, and rudder. Makes camo patterns a bit... challenging. ;)

Edited August 28, 2014 by jocko417

[311Gryphon]

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=128647

 

Thank you, sir. I managed to find it in one of the other threads too. Many thanks and rep!

[Agg]

Will sure be nice to get the official template when available, there's a lot of small bits that are hard to find when I can't get the model viewer to work :-/

 

Agreed, Skatezilla did a fantastic job on the template, but I hope we get an official one with UVWs soon. Im working on some Norwegian skins and some of them have three different colors on the nose, which is a real pain to match up when you can't really see what you're painting over.