The Phantoms that flew in the colors of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
It started back in April when I had just installed Ian Kirby's Ark Royal scenery and also written some flightplans to use AI aircraft as static scenery objects. So I tried to replace the Phantoms on the flight deck of the Ark Royal scenery with more detailed AI Phantom models made by Fernando Martinez. When browsing the popular file libraries I found a lot of AI Phantom repaints but none for the Royal Navy. At the same time I discovered the paintkit for Fernando Martinez' F-4C Phantom model.So I started my first ever attempt to create a repaint for a FS aircraft.
To cut a long story short I tried to add more and more details and at some point I had the ambition to not only do just one repaint but at least every squadron and finally every aircraft of each unit.
So here is the result:
Almost 150 textures for Fernando Martinez' excellent F-4B, F-4C and Phantom FGR.2 AI models.
Each set contains one texture for the F-4B model (which has folding wings and a suitable carrier FDE) and one texture for the F-4C model (early Phantom FG.1s) or the Phantom FGR.2 model for shore-based operations. There are also different weapon loadouts for each aircraft.
No. 700P Squadron (Intensive Flying Trials Unit)
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established 30 April 1968 at RNAS Yeovilton, disbanded 31 March 1969
6 aircraft, repaints for the F-4B and F-4C models
No. 767 Naval Air Squadron
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established 14 January 1969 at RNAS Yeovilton, disbanded 01 August 1972
10 aircraft, repaints for the F-4B and F-4C models
PPOCU - Phantom Training Flight (Phantom Post-Operational Conversion Unit)
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established 01 September 1972 at RAF Leuchars, disbanded 31 May 1978
5 aircraft, repaints for the F-4B and F-4C models
No. 892 Naval Air Squadron
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established 31 March 1969 at RNAS Yeovilton, transferred to RAF Leuchars on 17 July 1972, disbanded 15 December 1978
early 1970s
12 aircraft, repaints for the F-4B and F-4C models
1976 - White Ensign markings
12 aircraft, repaints for the F-4B and FGR.2 models
1977 - special markings for the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
13 aircraft + special livery Modex 014 "Red Thistle Flight" , repaints for the F-4B and FGR.2 models
1978 - special 892 NAS markings
12 aircraft + special liveries Modex 001 "Colonial Navy" and 007 "Fly Navy" , repaints for the F-4B and FGR.2 models
The repaints should be available in the following days...
Where will they be available from?
