[VC-81_BOLTER]

I have made six different skins from the USN, USMC, The Blue Angels and a post Korean War scheme. Each is historically accurate from the photos I had available to work from. No I did not do the aircraft from the movie "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" because apparently several others have done that already.

Two are different numbers from the same squadron if you want to fly wing with someone. I have the template made and a mission for you to use with the catapult mod. Here are the screen shots to whet your appetite. Download links at the end of the posting.



From 1953 on the US Navy began giving up on the gloss sea blue paint jobs. F9F Panther's finished their careers this way.



The USMC flew their Panthers from shipboard as well as runways. They brought their own mechanics to sea also.



First of a pair of skins from VF-51 while it served aboard the USS Valley Forge from 1950 through 1951.



Second of the pair. Each has a slightly different tint to the gloss sea blue to simulate time at sea exposed to the corrosive salt and sun.



Occasionally an F9F-2B would have the wing area closest to the wing roots painted with the same anti-fouling paint as the leading edge surfaces. Here is this VF-24 example from 1952 resplendent in new shiny paint.



The Blue Angels switched over from their prop driven F8F-2 Bearcats to the new F9F-2 Panther jets.


Feel free to comment and make suggestions. I will likely be adding to this collection as I said in my posts in the BETA New Aircraft section. This is my own personal favorite aircraft of all time so I am VERY PLEASED that someone made the new model. I plan on contributing as much as I can to it and the coming Korea package.


(The link is inoperative)

(The link is inoperative)

(The link is inoperative)



ENJOY!