MiG-29 (МиГ-29) "9-13" Fulcrum-C "01" of Historical 1992 "Ukrainian Tridents" Display Duo - Repaint by BAA (First Release) for IRIS MiG-29 FS2004 model (Mig_29_3.mdl 2006-09-01). After restoration of Ukraine Air Force (UAF) in 1992, experienced pilots in two Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft - "01" Fulcrum-C and "02" MiG-29UB (Fulcrum-B) "barnstormed" in Canada and US, visiting many aviation events with their memorable aerobatic displays. This was the first known use of (unofficial) UAF insignia after 1991's Independence of Ukraine. After one of the events the duo got its unofficial name "Ukrainian Tridents". This tour inspired later creation of "Ukrainian Falcons" display team with six Mig-29 aircraft debuting in spring 1997. Nice, simple but effective, distinct colorful aerobatic display livery. Based on photos and videos available online, such as https://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=6462791 While the colors in photos seem darker than repaint, in reality it depends on lighting conditions and many other factors eg. camera, film; I picked colors from photos and tried to keep the lightness ratio between them. The bottom of the model is substantially lighter than the photos because of lighting algorithms in FS and I don't like "fake" shadows, especially considering that this aerobatic plane did quite a lot of inverted flights. Includes distinct textures ONLY - needs original IRIS model and common textures: https://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&filename=Y&keywords=irismig29.zip Great thanks to IRIS for making their high quality model freely available and to Simviation.com for the best kind of hosting they provide that makes this model and so many other aviation gems accessible online in a simple, friendly way. DISTRIBUTION: Freely available. Retain original file names and this readme file. TODO: - Vertical tail base inner-side paint scheme may (or may not) depart from original - I found no photos or videos where it shows up. - Find Mig-29UB Model to create "02" repaint (There's AI Mig-29 by sib that I already made repaint for but I'd like to see an IRIS class model). Is there a tool to modify IRIS model to make Mig-29UB? Can it then be freely distributed? - Quirks: due to model front landing gear bay doors peculiar texturing and animation I had to depart from original paint scheme - is it possible to fix the model? with what tool? Installation: 1. Place "texture.Ukraine-1992" folder into your IRIS Mig-29 folder. 2. If you don't keep common textures in a separate common folder (on FS2004 it is [FS2004-root]\Textures), copy files WITHOUT OVERWRITING into "texture.Ukraine-1992" from another texture folder that has a full set of your preferred textures. 3. Open Aircraft.cfg from IRIS Mig-29 folder in text editor and add the following lines after the last [fltsim. entry there, replacing X and X+1 in [fltsim.X] with consecutive numbers after the previous existing [fltsim. entry: //---------------------- [fltsim.X] title=Fulcrum Ukraine 1992 sim=MIG-29 model=3 panel= sound= texture=Ukraine-1992 atc_id=01 ui_manufacturer=IRIS Mig-29 Fulcrum ui_type=Ukraine Air Force //ui_manufacturer=Mig //ui_type=29 Fulcrum - IRIS ui_variation=01 MiG-29 of 1992 Ukrainian Display Duo description=MiG-29 (Fulcrum-C) "01" of 1992 "Ukrainian Tridents" Display Duo.\nRepaint by BAA (First Release) for model by IRIS. [fltsim.X+1] title=Fulcrum Ukraine 1992 AI sim=MIG-29 model=A panel= sound= texture=Ukraine-1992 atc_id=01 ui_manufacturer=IRIS Mig-29 Fulcrum ui_type=Ukraine Air Force //ui_manufacturer=Mig //ui_type=29 Fulcrum - IRIS ui_variation=01 MiG-29 of 1992 Ukrainian Display Duo - AI Aircraft' description=MiG-29 (Fulcrum-C) "01" of 1992 "Ukrainian Tridents" Display Duo.\nRepaint by BAA (First Release) for AI model by IRIS.