Bowie Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago (edited) About That VMF-213/124 F4U-1D Livery... VMF-213 F4U-1D&Japan captured F4U Corsair VBF-83 -CV-9Essex- 1945 Air Group 4/USS Essex (CV-9)/01JAN45. (followed by CVG-83 in March) Debutante ball in the U-bird's naval career. First F4U's (combat deployed) on a carrier, as well as the first Marine Air Units combat deployed aboard. First quarter of 1945: Operations - GRATITUDE (South China Sea) JAMBOREE (Tokyo Raids) DETACHMENT (Iwo Jima) So this, and VBF-83, are pretty important liveries, and darn nice as is. Punch List: Tail 'Stripe' - not a 'Ribbon'. It's just occasional over-spray, past the masking line, and then mostly cleaned up. (noticed the clean-up from the old wing stripe - very nice detail, as is visible in the VMF-124 pic below) Numbers - are too small, w/ the smaller number (single) segmenting. Front Fuselage has a dull cowling ring, instead of just the flat top coating. Fixes: - Used the 'VBF10' codes with the 'VBF-83' side number font. (a little big, but of the right general size and type) - Used the 'VBF10' Fuselage_01. (, true}; -- , false};) Can't fix the vertical tail paint. This is a shot of VMF-124/213 Aboard. (notice the masked tail stripe and mostly cleaned up over-spray) This is a shot of VBF-83, w/ both clean tail markings and one w/ over-spray, masking tape still applied. This is VMF-124, aboard the USS Essex (CV-9), and the corrected 'VMF-213' Livery, below. On 11/12/2025 at 12:34 AM, tigershark1-1 said: Blimey! I happened to be browsing and saw a screenshot of my skin posted! The boat number for VBF-83 actually uses a different font. Consider a tune-up on these liveries, as they are massively important to this phase of the PTO. Great skins, both. @tigershark1-1 Bowie Edited 2 hours ago by Bowie 1
Bowie Posted 7 hours ago Author Posted 7 hours ago These are the updated 'description.lua' mods, if they are of any use. Lines 12-109 custom_args = { -- Aircraft Numbers .05 Increments [1000] = 0.00, -- Cowl [1001] = 0.05, -- 0.25, -- Fuse_01 (VBF10) [1002] = 0.00, -- Tail Fin [1003] = 0.00, -- Rudder [1004] = 0.05, -- 0.20, -- Fairings (Doors) (VBF10) -- Tires [1005] = 0.30, -- 0.00, -- 0.00 Firestone, 0.10 Dunlop, 0.20 Goodyear, 0.30 BF Goodrich (VBF-83) -- Tail Gear Doors [1007] = 0.00, -- TBA -- Antenna Mast [1008] = 0.00, -- TBA } -- Fuselage: 'Fus_01 & Fuse_01_RoughMet' (VBF10) livery = { {"F4U1D_FUSE_01", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01", true}; -- , false}; (VBF10) {"F4U1D_FUSE_01", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_FUSE_01", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_RoughMet", true}; -- , false}; (VBF10) {"F4U1D_FUSE_02", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_02", false}; {"F4U1D_FUSE_02", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_02_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_FUSE_02", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_02_RoughMet", false}; {"F4U1D_FUSE_03", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_03", false}; {"F4U1D_FUSE_03", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_03_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_FUSE_03", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_03_RoughMet", false}; {"F4U1D_WING_L", 0, "F4U-1D_Wing_L", false}; {"F4U1D_WING_L", 1, "F4U-1D_Wing_L_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_WING_L", 13, "F4U-1D_Wing_L_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_WING_R", 0, "F4U-1D_Wing_R", false}; {"F4U1D_WING_R", 1, "F4U-1D_Wing_R_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_WING_R", 13, "F4U-1D_Wing_R_RoughMet", true}; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Aircraft Numbers -- Replaced 'FUSE_L/R_VMF214' Section w/ 'FUSE_L/R_VBF10' + Font (VBF-83) {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_001", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_001", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_001", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_001", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v00", false}; -- , true}; + Font (VBF-83) {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_010", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_010", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_010", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_L_VBF10_010", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v00", false}; -- , true}; + Font (VBF-83) {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_001", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_001", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_001", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_001", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v00", false}; -- , true}; + Font (VBF-83) {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_010", 0, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_010", 1, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_010", 13, "F4U-1D_Fuse_01_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_FUSE_R_VBF10_010", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v00", false}; -- , true}; + Font (VBF-83) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Replaced 'DOOR_L/R_VMF214' Section w/ 'DOOR_L/R_VBF10' {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_001", 0, "F4U-1D_Wing_L", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_001", 1, "F4U-1D_Wing_L_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_001", 13, "F4U-1D_Wing_L_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_001", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v05", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_010", 0, "F4U-1D_Wing_L", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_010", 1, "F4U-1D_Wing_L_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_010", 13, "F4U-1D_Wing_L_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_L_VBF10_010", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v05", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_001", 0, "F4U-1D_Wing_R", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_001", 1, "F4U-1D_Wing_R_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_001", 13, "F4U-1D_Wing_R_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_001", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v05", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_010", 0, "F4U-1D_Wing_R", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_010", 1, "F4U-1D_Wing_R_NMp", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_010", 13, "F4U-1D_Wing_R_RoughMet", true}; {"F4U1D_NUM_DOOR_R_VBF10_010", 3, "F4U-1D_Numbers_US_v05", true}; } @tigershark1-1 Bowie
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