Portuguese F-86F skins

Should be finished with these after the weekend...

Forum member WARJUNIOR requested some FAP Sabre skins and it turned out to be a fun project! Thanks to WARJUNIOR for his help with the Portuguese stencils and personal photos :)

North American F-86F-35NA serial 53-1164, FAP serial 5357, of Esquadra 52 "Galos" (Roosters), based at BA5 (Base Aérea Nº 5), Monte Real, Portugal.

Aircraft finished in natural metal with red trim denoting Esq. 52.

North American F-86F-35NA serial 52-5242, FAP serial 5316, of Esquadra 51 "Falcões" (Falcons), based at BA5 (Base Aérea Nº 5), Monte Real, Portugal.

Esq. 51 flew the Sabre well into the 1980s, the aircraft were initially finished in natural metal before being painted in light grey, with only the tail pipe and gun blast panes remaining in natural metal.

'316 shows later marking scheme , which included NATO servicing symbols.

Both liveries will include authentic pilot figures with appropriate patches.

Coming soon...

Outstanding work jocko I love the detail on these skins. I'm glad you enjoyed working on these skins :)

Thanks a lot for posting them on the forums for the rest of the community and I hope they enjoy them too.

(Waiting for the release :smilewink:)

loved it........here those birds are now exposed at the entrance of airbases.....

in 1972 2 sabre birds were engaged actually in an ufo pursuit.....it happened near the border with spain

Awaiting approval

Uploaded and awaiting approval...

Some more pics:

5316, Esq. 51

5357, Esq. 52

I think I've finally got the spec files where I want them for natural metal effect, pics don't really show it, you have to see the aircraft moving to really catch the reflectivity/shine. :)

Made some small changes to the cockpit, FAP Sabre cockpits were actually very close to the default DCS Sabre, probably because they were the same model/block. Throttles and flap lever handles were grey, changed some push button colours, that's about it.

Awaiting approval

loved it........here those birds are now exposed at the entrance of airbases.....

 

in 1972 2 sabre birds were engaged actually in an ufo pursuit.....it happened near the border with spain

I also learned some of Portugal's Sabres saw real combat in Africa. Ground attack and close air support.

yap....guinea..... were made some bombing runs, and it happened a crash with one fully loaded with napalms, it was all a big coverup, because that time the birds belong to NATO, and we took them "borrowed", because of the UN embargo on us......so the ops were only at night, they never flew to angola or mozambique, we never had the logistics to such op......

i was leaving the sabre behind, but because of this my next buy, will be this analog bird, fully approved bro.......

Now available:

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1445932/

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1445931/

Now available:

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1445932/

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1445931/

Thanks alot for the skins jocko, I enjoyed alot working with you (I didn't really help that much xD). I will use them all the time.

If I see any error I will make sure to tell you but till now everything seems perfect.

Oh well I guess I will fly my new FAP Sabres :pilotfly:

:thumbup::thumbup: thanks a lot bro....

this work is beautiful....they are so shiny, and very realistically represented.....im imaging as soon i buy the sabre, a mission in the 60s with us fighting in guinea...... this war had a big impact in portuguese society and lives forever in us........we portuguese people were not made for war and killing, it was a useless bloodbath.......thanks jocko...........:lol:

Now available:

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1445932/

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1445931/