AW A6M2 skinpacks 1.1

[UncleTgt]

UncleTgt submitted a new resource:

AW A6M2 skinpack1 - Some repaints for Acwai's A6M2 Zero. These are for the first 4 carriers of the Kido Butai.

Acwai A6M2 Zero Skinpack 1 for CFS2 by UncleTgt

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This is a collection of repaints for the A6M2 Zero made by Acwai for CFS 2. They depict aircraft used by the first 4 carriers of the Kido Butai.

The textures are:

AI-102 Based on HMJS Akagi, December 7th 1941. Pilot was Lt Saburo Shindo.

AII-106 Based on HMJS Kaga, but operating ashore at Kisarazu, Japan whilst her parent ship was undergoing repairs at Sasebo.

BI-151 Based on HMJS Soryu...

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[Ludo]

Thank you for these really nice looking skins UncleTgt, the A6M2 is such a beauty

 

[msfossey]

Thank you Uncle Tgt.

 

[beepee]

Thank you UncleTgt for these A6M2 nice looking skins
Cheers
Beepee

 

[stuart277]

Hi UncleTgt
Looking good.

Cheers
Stuart

 

[skylane]

They look really nice, John, thank you!

 

[UncleTgt]

UncleTgt updated AW A6M2 skinpack1 with a new update entry:

Updated aircraft.cfg for Kaga re[aint

A small update to correct the error in the Kaga repaint's aircraft.cfg

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[UncleTgt]

UncleTgt submitted a new resource:

AW A6M2 skinpack 2 - A selection of repaints for AW A6M2 Zero from the carriers Shokaku & Zuikaku

Acwai A6M2 Zero Skinpack 2 for CFS2 by UncleTgt

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This is a collection of repaints for the A6M2 Zero made by Acwai for CFS 2. They depict aircraft used by the "junior" carriers of the Kido Butai, Shokaku & Zuikaku.

The textures are:

EI-127 Based on HMJS Shokaku, May 1942. Pilot was P01c Yukuo Hanzawa.

EI-111 Based on HMJS Shokaku, October 1942. Pilot was Lt. Hideki Shingo.

EII-102 Based on HMJS Zuikaku, April 1942. Pilot was P01c Tetsuzo...

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[Ludo]

Thank you for this nice skinpack as well UncleTgt, it's a nice touch to have some skins from before/after the yellow leading edge IFF stripes order. Also the EI-111 is really interesting, from what I read Hideki Shingo was the fighter squadron leader of Shokaku, I guess the yellow spinner is for identification purpose. That's really nice, thank you again UncleTgt

 

[UncleTgt]

Some pics from pack 2






By the time of Santa Cruz, both Zuikaku & Shokaku were carrying mainly A6M3 type 22's, but a few A6M2 type 21's still remained...

I struggled to find photos that confirm that Shingo was still flying the "old" type 21 by this time, but an Eduard profile showed it as such. I suspect it might be based on the common photo of EI-111 landing aboard Shokaku during Coral Sea, but I went with it anyway, as it's something different looking for the carrier-based A6M2 post-Midway...