Nordic Skins
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Danish Draken -
I made some adjustments to skins . . . as I did more research and corrected a few mistakes. Also, I added one additional CT for the J-35J Draken for Sweden which is a grey/light grey scheme. Finally, I increased the number of skin sets for the Finnish and Swedish Drakens here is the final talley:
J-35S (Finland) 3 sets;
- Old Style Large Roundels “Kake”
- New Style Small Roundels “Kreivi von Rosen”
- New Style Small Roundels “Kreivi von Rosen” [this is a faded scheme]
J-35F IRST (Sweden) 4 sets which will include:
- F10 - Ängelholm-Barkåkra 1 Jaktflygdivision - “101st - Johan Röd (Ghost)”
- F10 - Ängelholm-Barkåkra 2 Jaktflygdivision - “102nd - Johan Blå (Winged Scull)”
- F10 - Ängelholm-Barkåkra 3 Jaktflygdivision - “103rd - Johan Gul (Swordfish)”
- F16 - Uppsala ? Jaktflygdivision - “16[?] - Petter ? (Mantaray)” [this is another faded scheme]
J-35J IRST (Sweden) 2 sets which will include:
- F10 - Ängelholm-Barkåkra 2 Jaktflygdivision - “102nd - Johan Blå (Winged Scull)”
- F10 - Ängelholm-Barkåkra 3 Jaktflygdivision - “103rd - Johan Gul (Swordfish)”
I wasn’t able to create an acceptable weathered paint scheme for the Danish Draken and will experiment with a few things later on and perhaps try my hand at that one again. So, there is only one scheme for the upgraded Danish version.
In V3 I hope to have issues sorted out with the J-39C enough to proceed with a high-res skin ~~for that model. Also, haven’t forgotten about the J-29 Tunnan - but for now V2 should have enough toys and candy to keep folks happy for a while.
Here is the faded version of the Brown/Blue-Black scheme used by Sweden Finland. This belongs to F16 based in Uppsala, not sure which Jaktflydivision.
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F 16 (Flygflottilj) in Uppsala is “Petter” as you correctly identified.
Each Wing (Flygflottilj) gets a callname based on the index in the alphabet, so #16 is P (and F 10 equals J named Johan in Svennska).
F 16 in Uppsala (op 1943 to 2003) had 4 divisions, Red, Blue, Yellow and Black numbered 161, 162 etc.
They also operated a squadron dedicated for Stockholm airdefence, “Huvudstadsjakten” inherited from F 1 in Västerås (which by this system had their divisions named Adam “color” numbered 11, 12 and 13)You have made a very well done research Ranger
Here is how they are stored in underground bunkers, notice the J 35 Draken behind that gloriuos J 29 Tunnan:
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Just a follow-up - I learned perhaps by accident that the numbers on the fuselage seem to correlate to the F division number so F10 = 10 on the fuselage, F16 = 16 on the fuselage. This wasn’t immediately apparent to me until had collected quite a few pictures. Also, I am not sure but I suspect that some of pictures were edited or retouched because found other photos of same a/c that would show the unit Jaktflygdivision crest and some that didnt. I got lucky with a couple of older photos that gave me the clue on the naming you have outlined as well as the number codes … unfortunately my research wasn’t very successful in turning up a lot of pics. What is in the skins represents a/c that I could positively identify both sides of aircraft, crests, numbers, etc. Perhaps, later on if I get more pics I will add more skins.
Also, the J-29 is on the list of skins to do . . . our model is low poly but I suspect it will look pretty nice in natural metal if done to a similar level of quality as the Draken, Lansen and SK60