Strut Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Aussie Sabre Skins remake / redo / repair The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flew the CAC Sabre Mk 32 "Avon Sabre" produced by the The Commonwealth Aviation Corporation (CAC). Australia never flew the North American Aviation F-86 that DCS has in the sim, at present. The most obvious physical difference between the NAA Sabre and the CAC Sabre Mk 32 is the Two 30mm ADEN cannon as opposed to the six .50 Cal and the bigger more powerful Rolls Royce jet engine. I have ( with a little bit of license) remade my original Sabre skins for the latest DCS World stable version, the Black Panther 76 Sqn RAAF, and the two Black Diamonds 75 Sqn RAAF skins are as authentic as i can get them, however the drop tanks are not chequered but striped - the main reason is that the tanks are a little mis-aligned in the skin and lining cheques up is a bit of a bum deal if you havnt got the patience, also i have seen the rarer striped tank version in pictures as well. So i took the easy , more aesthetic way out! I have also used a little bit of license in the pilots badges and insignia, they display contemporary, old and the traditional Sqn insignia of those units. The camo versions are fictitious for Australia and the SEA Cam skin which was first made by "Nuck", that he let me copy for Australia are great skins that i like to think we may have used if we had the Sabre in Vietnam and other places. HISTORY of the Australian CAC Sabre Mk 32 "Avon Sabre" The Commonwealth Aviation Corporation (CAC) Avon Sabre was a unique aircraft in Australian military aviation history. It was the first all metal jet fighter to be constructed in this country. The decision to produce the North American Aviation (NAA) F-86 Sabre, fitted with the Rolls-Royce Avon turbo-jet engine and upgraded armament in the form of two 30mm ADEN cannons, saw CAC embark upon a major re-design program. Because the Avon engine was lighter, shorter and of greater diameter than the General Electric J34 engine which powered the NAA Sabre, CAC incorporated major structural changes in the Sabre fuselage, resulting in a total redesign of almost 40% of the fuselage. The Avon Sabre gave sports car like performance as well as packing quite a punch. ln service the aircraft proved to be versatile and although no trainer variant was produced in Australia pilot conversion proceeded with reasonable speed. As NAA produced modifications to the basic design these were incorporated in CAC built aircraft. The slatted wing was replaced with the famous ‘six-three’ wing. Sidewinder missiles were fitted to the aircraft and even ground attack missions were incorporated within the aircraft’s repertoire. The Sabre served operationally with 3, 75, 76, 77 & 79 Squadrons RAAF, and 2 OTU & 3 OCU RAAF between 1953-68. They were based in Australia and overseas, serving in Ubon, Thailand and Butterworth, Malaysia under mutual defense treaties. The survivors were then refurbished and supplied to the Indonesian and Malaysian Air Forces. ( Copied from High Planes Models Saber brochure with gratitude) Download skins from here > https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1857232/ Installation: Recommended: Download and use JSGME from here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607 The pack comes in a ready made JSGME ready folder structure, most people i know use JSGME , and all you need to do is just unzip the pack and drop the "Mod" into JSGME and your ready to go. Not recommended : If you dont use JSGME, remove the skins folders individually and place them in your game at \DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\F-86\Liveries\f-86f sabre Grateful thanks to: SkateZilla's brilliant Templates, And Jocko417 for his black instrument panel which the Australian CAC Sabre did indeed have. Nuck for his South East Asia Skin (SEA) Hope they make the grade ! Enjoy Best regards Strut Edited April 14, 2016 by Strut updating to remodded / repaired skins for DCS World. 1 Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWillis Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Good work. Shouldn't the sky be at the bottom in Australian pictures though? :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Good work. Shouldn't the sky be at the bottom in Australian pictures though? :) :) :lol::lol: Neil, We have blue skys and beautiful weather, spunky woman, lovely beaches and plenty of cold beer, if ive been walking around on my head all my life then ive been having a great time doin it mate......:pilotfly: Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWillis Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Well said. Does make me wonder why we're all still up here in the Northern hemisphere. Civilisation in the sun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Great work mate! Keep them coming! I need some time to get back into skinning (have only done some car skins for GTR and WTCC etc) but until then, it is great that there are people willing to have a crack at some Aus skins. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 I have attached a link to the top of the First Post so you can download these Skins. Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thanks Wedge ! :thumbup: Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoxman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Unfortunately the link is now dead :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyBunny Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Mate, could you create another link. I really want these!:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 The skins broke quite a few patches ago, im working on them at the moment and will have them up ASAP. Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyBunny Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks mate. Love you're Mirage skins too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Bump - I have uploaded the remade skins https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1857232/ I have rewritten the first post of this thread with new pictures and info. Edited April 14, 2016 by Strut Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehouse Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Pretty sure they are already up and ready for d/l. Thanks Strut these (as did the original ones you did) look great and bring back a lot of air show memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegie Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Strut You PM'd me too, letting me know the skins were available. Wanted to say publicly that these skins are awesome & I thank you for taking the time. Now going hunting to find your Mirage skins that I didn't know about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 I must apologize to those who have downloaded the skins, Saber42 quite rightly informed me that there was a fault with the turbine producing a "clipping effect". I didnt notice it. Anyway i have rectified the problem and have uploaded the repaired skins. They are ready now. Once again my apologies for stuffing everyone around. Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I have removed these skins from User files to work on them and bring them up to date with 2.5 basically rebuild them and make them a bit more shiny, hope to have some done soon. Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merro Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 G'day, what happened to the files, can't find them anymore? I realise its a couple of years later, was hoping they were still around. Cheers Merro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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