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    F4F-3 Wildcat [Captain Kurt] - yellow wings package

    This post should be under hawk_sh identity but some kind of glitch did not let it show up to be transferred, so I have reposted it lest it get lost. All credit is hawk_sh


    hawk_sh


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    F4F-3 Wildcat [Captain Kurt] - yellow wings package

    A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FS 2004 Military skins - World War II and CFS2 Skins - American

    Description: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat "Yellow Wings" texture package

    for the Captain Kurt Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat

    This package includes 8 textures for the F4F-3 Wildcat in the colourful prewar paint schemes:

    - 4-F-2 VF-4 - 4-F-2 (BuNo 1848), USS Ranger, December 1940
    - 7-F-3 VF-7 - 7-F-3 (BuNo 1868), USS Wasp, early 1941
    - 41-F-1 VF-41 - 41-F-1 (BuNo 1865), USS Ranger, early 1941
    - 41-F-4 VF-41 - 41-F-4 (BuNo 1850), USS Ranger, early 1941
    - 41-F-7 VF-41 - 41-F-7, USS Ranger, early 1941
    - 42-F-8 VF-42 - 42-F-8 (BuNo 2527), Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, March 1940
    - 72-F-7 VF-72 - 72-F-7 (BuNo 3872), USS Wasp, early 1941, markings as on display in the Nation Museum of Naval Aviation Pensacola
    - 72-F-12 VF-72 - 72-F-12 (BuNo 1876), USS Wasp, early 1941

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    The textures are provided in 32bit format for best quality.


    Enjoy.
    Hartwig Ullrich
    October 2023

    To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit F4F-3 Wildcat [Captain Kurt] - yellow wings package
    The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

    CFS2 download link:
    https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=57&id=30333
    Cheers,

    Captain Kurt
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    "Fly, you fools!" Gandalf the Gray

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    Thank you hawk_sh for these prewar schemes and Captain for uploading them, I got curious about why they were this flashy, the nose ring, the stripes etc. Always nice to learn something new after all these years

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    Very nice, I love these colorful prewar paint schemes!

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    I am glad you enjoy the paints.

    Here is an explanation of the color codes:
    https://www.cybermodeler.com/color/usn_preww2.shtml
    Hartwig
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  5. #5
    Hi Hawk_SH
    Thanks for the great paintwork and for the information.
    Cheers
    Stuart

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    Interesting read about the prewar colors, thanks for the link

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