In collaboration with VFlip...
VF-32 Swordsmen's first CAG aircraft after transitioning from F-4 Phantoms, Bureau Number 159008. This skin is a portrayal of the mid-late 1976 Bicentennial scheme that was applied on VF-32 Swordsmen and VF-14 Tophatters.
Included:
- Livery of VF-32's first CAG F-14 Tomcat, Bureau Number 159008
- Custom AIM-7F Livery, in a bright white with golden-yellow & black stripes, intended to imitate a more time accurate AIM-7E4
- Custom AIM-54A Livery, intended to imitate a more period accurate AIM-54A Phoenix
- Custom helmets which are as close to VF-32's helmets during 1975-76, design fitted onto the HGU-33 as we do not have an APH-6(thanks a bunch to Shmoo42 for a clean helmet base and roughmets)
- Modified Roughmets to more closely represent the glossy finish, anti-glare stripe in front of the canopy, and various reflective Aluminum Corogard surfaces(thanks to Shmoo42 for helping make it not look like bare reflective polygons)
- Modified Normals of the vertical stabilizers, to more accurately represent the leading edges' shape(thanks again to Shmoo42 for vastly improving on my initial attempts)
Link to the rest of the VF-32 aircraft of the 1975-1976 Mediterranean Cruise on the USS John F. Kennedy is here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/wo18poppnnu8ek8/VF-32_Swordsmen_AB201_-_AB214%25281976%2529.zip/file
Big thanks to MikeJapan 2 for demoing the CAG prior to release, video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b10EtjXYFoU
NOTE(s):
- The package will not display correctly without the CAG aircraft, as the rest of the liveries pull from the CAG to reduce file size.
- Now making use of the compressed .zip format instead of uncompressed folders, extract the .zips of the aircraft skins to F-14A-135-GR[look for zips with the format of "VF-32 Swordsmen AB2xx (1976)"]
- Currently 159008 is only updated to the latest version on Open Beta. Once the Stable version has the updated VF-32 AB200, I will be updating the files to instead be the CO jet up for download with an adjustment to the full package on Mediafire as well. If on Stable, delete the old "VF-32 Swordsmen AB200 (1976)" and then insert the new one provided here.
I have made a Ko-Fi page! If anyone would like to donate so I can acquire more information and photos to deliver greater accuracy to my Tomcats, link provided just below.
https://ko-fi.com/yaesakura_dcs
If anything issues are found, such as texture misalignments or color differences, please do let me know. Feedback is accepted, let me know in the comments or via DM through Discord at "_yaezakura_"
