This fictional skin is a tribute to an Australian spitfire squadron that disbanded after Japan's surrender in 1945. The spitfires were painted with several distinguishing motifs including:
• "sharkmouth" under the nose
• "Grey Nurse" just forward of the cockpit
• "Ace of spades" on the rudder
The tribute includes a two-tone upper surface with subtle references to the unique details present on the spitfires.
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To install, extract the downloaded file into your %userprofile%\Saved Games\DCS\Liveries\FA-18C_hornet folder.
Special thanks to hughlb for use of assets from the RAAF Pack 2.0:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1994272/
=== Update Feb 2020 ===
• Incorporated https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301566/
• Incorporated feedback from hughlb:
• Aliasing on diagonal paint strokes
• Reduced dirt layer
• Paint deg
• "no step" line on H-stab too thick
• FS_36375 on V-stab lightened
• Reduced paint edge sharpness
• Darkened paint colour near paint edge
• Grey Nurse motif rasterised and enlarged
• Ace of spades enlarged on V-stab
• Reduced opacity of bort numbering
• Changed rendering style of several markings
• Reduced undercarriage dirtiness
