"Official" F-4E Livery Discussion

[Northstar98]

49 minutes ago, Biggus said:

Just out of interest, if I were to delete a fictional skin, what skin does the E default to?

Unless the fictional livery is at the top of the list there should be no change.

However, in the description.lua for each livery, it is possible to specify where in the list that livery should be simply by adding "order = x", replacing x with whatever number you desire.

Of course it would be nice if there was an official livery manager as this is a change you will have to keep making every time the game is updated or repaired, unless of course you place the modified files in your saved games folder and just delete the duplicates in the CoreMods folder (I personally keep a copy in my user files allowing me to just drag and drop them in).

Hopefully that makes sense.

Edited May 18, 2024 by Northstar98

[ouky1991]

Is there gonna be a skin template availible at release?

[Iaincoe]

On 5/14/2024 at 8:20 AM, bfr said:

RAF never operated the F-4E. British Phantom variants were all derived from the navalised F-4J I think (which I believe Heatblur will be doing next). Although no doubt an RAF themed scheme will turn up for the -E at some point.

Yes they were indeed naval derivatives, one of the leuchars hangars was named ark royal. Thanks for that and yes would be great trying to land it on a carrier one day. They had extra long nose gear I’ve seen in some photos must have been quite a challenge landing on ground with the nose blocking your view ! Thanks for the answer 

Edited May 18, 2024 by Iaincoe
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[G.J.S]

1 hour ago, Iaincoe said:

 must have been quite a challenge landing on ground with the nose blocking your view !  

 

The extension was only used upon takeoff on a Cat stroke. Not for landing.

[bfr]

2 hours ago, Iaincoe said:

Yes they were indeed naval derivatives, one of the leuchars hangars was named ark royal. Thanks for that and yes would be great trying to land it on a carrier one day. They had extra long nose gear I’ve seen in some photos must have been quite a challenge landing on ground with the nose blocking your view ! Thanks for the answer 

 

The longer nose wheel strut was a variable thing needed for higher AoA off the smaller (than US) RN carriers when we still had ones with catapults, rather than it always being at its most exaggerated extension. They also swapped out the J79 engines for the RR Spey on the F-4K (not sure if the later lot of ex-USN F-4Js they bought for the RAF were re-engined).

[Biggus]

5 hours ago, bfr said:

The longer nose wheel strut was a variable thing needed for higher AoA off the smaller (than US) RN carriers when we still had ones with catapults, rather than it always being at its most exaggerated extension. They also swapped out the J79 engines for the RR Spey on the F-4K (not sure if the later lot of ex-USN F-4Js they bought for the RAF were re-engined).

The F-4J (UK) variants retained the J79s.  They did have some RAF-specific equipment but they weren't terribly different from the early unslatted S rebuilds.

[jaguara5]

My favourite  skin, that i've requested early in this thread,  made it in the game. Thx Heatblur! 

[ProGtoekie]

Hi there is one livery of the RF-4e that i love and havent seen it on this site jet

the germans called it the : schwarze panther (black panther)

Squadron AG 52

(dont think they'll ever add this since its a RF-4E but in war thunder there is a camo of the f-4f)

Edited May 20, 2024 by ProGtoekie

[Toga10]

Very happy to see this scheme! cant wait to take this bird out on the Falklands to defend His Majestys rock collection

[R. Winters]

[bfr]

14 hours ago, Toga10 said:

Very happy to see this scheme! cant wait to take this bird out on the Falklands to defend His Majestys rock collection

And the penguins. Don't forget them.

[Toga10]

3 hours ago, bfr said:

And the penguins. Don't forget them.

I shall defend those islands, whatever the cost may be. 

[bfr]

5 minutes ago, Toga10 said:

I shall defend those islands, whatever the cost may be. 

[filthymanc]

16 hours ago, R. Winters said:

Where do you get these Hobby master livery sheets from? 

[R. Winters]

3 hours ago, filthymanc said:

Where do you get these Hobby master livery sheets from? 

I found it after doing some scrolling on Google.

 

Here is the Hobby Master model that inspired me to search for some pictures (which led me to the sheet)

Hobby Master 1:72 F-4E Phantom II Luftwaffe JG 71 Richthofen Wolkenmaus | eBay

[DaWu]

where do I find the paintkit?

 

[ben_der]

19 minutes ago, DaWu said:

where do I find the paintkit?

 

It's not ready just yet. It'll come in the coming weeks. We want to get it out there for you of course as well.

[Northstar98]

Regarding the liveries - would it be possible to have these sorted by country (fairly easy to do with minor edits to the description.lua). Obviously everything should be available for CJTF blue/red but IMO, for everything else, they should be sorted by country.

[Gritbob]

I hope someone will make a Seymour-Johnson AFB F-4E skin for this wonderful aircraft! I spent a few weeks there with Civil Air Patrol while they were operating the F-4E, and would love to see the 334th, 335th, and 336th of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing represented. 

[LanceCriminal86]

3 hours ago, Gritbob said:

I hope someone will make a Seymour-Johnson AFB F-4E skin for this wonderful aircraft! I spent a few weeks there with Civil Air Patrol while they were operating the F-4E, and would love to see the 334th, 335th, and 336th of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing represented. 

SJ were 99% DMAS jets, we'll of course be bringing plenty of them in when it's that time

[Gritbob]

1 hour ago, LanceCriminal86 said:

SJ were 99% DMAS jets, we'll of course be bringing plenty of them in when it's that time

Awesome. I understand now. Can’t wait. Thanks. 

[Tomcatter87]

Just wanted to give a huge thanks for all the skin makers involved in creating this incredible number of skins from different eras and nations. Each of those skins looks wonderful, it was such a hard choice which one to pick for my first flights.

[aztec01]

Please consider a Phantom livery from the 32nd TFS "Wolfhounds" which operated out of Soesterberg NL from from 1969-1978

[Nielis]

What a great module the F-4 is!! well done Heatblur!! I also love the fact that from the start there are a lot of liveries available!! But if possible I really would like to have some more:

- Luftwaffe F-4F ICE Norm 90J, with the beige nose cone instead of the black one 
- Luftwaffe F-4F HO coded scheme operated by the 49th TFW at Holloman
- Luftwaffe F-4F 50 yrs WTD61 orange special
- Luftwaffe F-4F 50 yrs JG71
- USAFE 32nd FS SEA scheme
- USAFE 81st TFS EUR ONE scheme
- more USAFE schemes/units in general in case we get an european cold war map
- PN coded F-4E in SEA and grey scheme


Keep up the great work!
 

[Nealius]

Request for OD ALQ-131 color to go with JASDF skins, as JASDF service jammers are/were OD and not white.