Vonrd

This is a submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. It includes two skins, one a detailed 'Texas Chubby' and one plain and without the distinguishing markings of 'Texas Chubby". It is a generic B-17G of the 322nd BG, 91st BS as specified in the competition rules. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. The detailed skin depicts Serial number 42-31634, a B-17G-25-DL, code: LG-O, nicknamed "Texas Chubby - The J'Ville Jolter". The plane flew 50 combat missions with the 322nd Bombardment Squadron of the 91st Bombardment Group. Attacked by German fighters on 16-Aug-44 while on a mission to bomb aircraft factories at Halle, Germany and blew up in mid-air. Crashed in the Forest of Mollenfelde at Eichenberg/Thurlingen, Germany with 5KIA and 4POW. Fate of the crew: Pilot 1Lt Halstead Sherrill (KIA) CoPpilot 2Lt Frank J. Gilligan (POW) Navigator 2Lt William M. Porter (POW) Bombardier 2Lt Nicholas J. Weber (KIA) Engineer/TTG Sgt Vernon E. Bauerline (KIA) Radio Operator SSgt Richard J. Munkwitz (POW) Ball Turret Enrique T. Perez (KIA) Waist SSgt Joseph R. Morrison (KIA) Tail Gun SSgt Chester W. Mis (POW). Submitted to User Files, Link Here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332350/

Minor fixes, mostly to F-15. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/170893-dcs-world-changelog-and-updates-of-open-beta/page/8/#comment-5266885

Corrected F-14 in User Files. Please download and make sure that I got it right. The UV map is a bit confusing. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3326727/

I thought I had done it... I'll check. Maybe I just didn't submit it.

Israelis finished as well. This is a submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. This includes two skins depicting S/Ns 44-83851 No. '23' and 44-83811 No. 21. Although these are beyond the dates specified in the competition, I thought that they may be useful for missions on the new Sinai map. The history and color schemes noted on the web vary quite a bit. Original photos of what I assume to be the delivery flight show them as being very heavily worn. Some accounts say that they were subsequently re-painted and I have decided to depict them freshly painted as shown on the accompanying profile picture. I did not include 'plain' versions since they both have only the small '21' and '23' individual distinguishing markings. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. All accounts agree that Israeli acquisition agents managed to purchase 4 surplus U.S. Air Force B-17s. One Fortress was seized on its way in Portugal and so only 3 arrived in Czechoslovakia. On the way home to Israel, one B-17 bombed Cairo and the other two bombed Egyptian forces in Gaza and Rafiah. 1956 saw growing diplomatic tensions in the Middle East, tensions that would soon culminate in the Suez Crisis. The B-17s began flying daylight operations and the squadron supported the Israeli push towards Sharm el Sheikh, on the southern tip of the Sinai. 69 Squadron was finally disbanded on March 1, 1957 and the B-17s placed in storage and were finally scrapped in 1958. No. 69 Squadron was reactivated at Ramat David on November 1, 1969 and is active to the present operating the F-15I Thunder out of Hatzerim. Submitted to User Files. Will post link once it's approved.

359th BS_303rd BG_BN-U_Thunderbird This is a submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. It includes two skins, one a detailed 'Thunderbird' and one plain and without the distinguishing markings of 'Thunderbird" as specified in the competition. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. The detailed skin depicts Serial number 42-38050, a B-17G-25-DL, code: BN U, nicknamed "Thunderbird". The plane flew 112 combat missions with the 359th Bombardment Squadron of the 303rd Bombardment Group. She reputedly was crewed by 538 different airmen, none of whom suffered an injury aboard Thunderbird. Returned to the United States after the war, she was sent to Kingman Army Airfield, Arizona, where she was scrapped. This plane is the subject of a large mural in the World War II Gallery of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., entitled "Fortresses Under Fire", completed 1975–1976. by Keith Ferris and depicts Thunderbird on her 70th mission to Wiesbaden. I spent quite a bit of time working on details and weathering and want to note some of them. 1)Overlay ("Scab") patches are placed as depicted on the original photo. Normal map modified to simulate the thickness of the overlaying patches. A flush patch is on the inboard #2 engine cowling.* Paint was worn, discolored and chipped as per the original photo. 2) Mud spatters added to areas of the landing gear bays and mud stains added to tires. 3) Actual photos of the turbo and exhaust piping overlayed to better simulate those areas. 4) As per the profile by Mark Styling the rudder is shown as re-coverd but in only silver dope. Also, the de-ice boots have been removed showing bare metal (I have real life experience removing boots and the toluene solvent used to loosen them and remove the adhesive would surely dissolve any zinc chromate primer and paint thus leaving bare metal). Special thanks to Warlord64 for showing how to keep the prop domes black with engines running! Submitted to User Files. Will post link once it's approved.

U-tube is your friend... I've seen some that give dimensions. Also, I think I've seen cutting lists in DCS forum as well as IL2 in the hardware / controllers sections.

I cobbed together a wooden mount. BTW, the extension makes a world of difference!

Read it years ago. Excellent book. Rings true.

Actually, I decided to add Bort numbers to the tail of the JF-17 since the nose ones are so small. The tail is also a bit small but I can only go with what's on the 3D model itself. I also made a gray "Q" model. East German JF-17.zip

I almost always have something in the pipeline 🥳 but currently nothing of consequence. Ideas / requests always welcome. I don't even remember what is waiting in the pipeline. Might as well post it?

Discord has started prompting me to change my name. I've been avoiding it in case something goes sideways... (how could that possibly happen? 🙄). Has anyone done it yet? Currently I'm JG1_Vonrd#9623. When I start the process, it doesn't allow me to use uppercase, e.g. jg1_vonrd. I guess it's not a big deal but I'd prefer to keep the uppercase as it is. Holding off for now.

Focke Wulf Fw-190A-6 of 1./JG1, White 9 flown by Heinz-Gunther Luck, W.Nr. 550375 at Schipol,Holland, September, 1943. Leutnant Heinz-Gunther Luck was originally assigned to I./JG 1 and spent a short time with II. /JG 1. By the end of WWII he had 6 aerial victories, all were B-17s. Five victories were earned with I./JG 1 and one with II./JG1. One of his I./JG 1 FW-190A-6 victories came at the expense of the B-17 “Flak Happy” from the 96th BG, 337th BS that was shot down on October 8, 1943 at Neuscharrel, Germany. Lt. Luck’s personal insignia displayed on the left side of the aircraft is his dog “Lucki”. Uploaded to DCS User Files.

Yep. managed to DL the Sanai map but log in failed after.

Looks like others are still getting error. Servers must be massively overloaded.

Seems to be fixed now.

Yes, got the same. Bignewey just said that the servers will be fixed momentarily but if you haven't started the update yet you might want to wait 'till later and keep checking here: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/327554-patch-notes-discussion-june-2023/page/4/#comment-5233272

Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-4, W.Nr. 5533 of 6./JG1 as flown by Oblt. Wolfgang Leonhardt; Woensdrecht, Netherlands, October 1942. Leonhardt scored five kills over the course of the War, before meeting his demise on February 4, 1943 whilst engaging an Allied bomber. I played with the tire_D and the tire normal files to bring out the lettering. I hadn't realized that they were Continentals. Submitted to User Files. Here's the link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3331242/

Mouce (Skrat) said he wanted an all red Fishbed. Here it is all shiny candy apple red 🥳 https://www.dropbox.com/s/epe2n5jmydiulau/v_!_JG1_MiG-21Bis_Red.zip?dl=0

@Klaiber Corrected https://www.dropbox.com/s/k98zoqbqv8bh10b/Corrected 29-33.zip?dl=0

oops

@JayMore Here you go Su-33 Volksmarine Fictional.zip

MiG-29's DDR Gray "Q" skins. I was going to do green as well but CHSubZero already made nice ones. Find them here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3322434/ My skins here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hzhqk5zerepwqzopy5nd5/h?dl=0&rlkey=nawxzaazrdhlhe3sjwtc2tfbi

Good idea. I'll work on it.