Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Replica Collection

Mars-Bound Hokie · 2024-10-13T23:11:58Z

If you've followed my National Museum of the United States Air Force replica showcase, or are fortunate enough to have entered the museum itself, you might notice that a lot of the jet-powered aircraft on display are the same kind used in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Even if you've never even heard of or set foot in any aviation museum, those who have played and/or watched AC7 as well as Kerbal Space Program are bound to have come across replicas of those aircraft at least once. Some of them look like they can be done with pure stock parts and no DLCs, while others need mods that come with more parts.

So, I started this thread for everyone to showcase their replicas of craft that appear in AC7, both based on real life and original designs from the franchise. Just like my U.S. Air Force Museum replica thread, the guidelines for this showcase thread are simple:

You are free to use any and all parts necessary, including ones that come in DLCs and mods.
Vehicle has to be functional.
- Which means pictures/video of the craft in action.
- Similar performance stats are a plus, but not required.
- I'm positive everything on the checklist could move on their own.
Vehicle has to look as close as possible to whatever craft you're trying to copy.
- Therefore, it is highly recommended that you have photographs to reference.
Build something not yet claimed on the checklist (link below) first.
- EXCEPTION: for airframes that appear more than once in the game (such as the F-14 Tomcat, the F-15 Eagle, and the F/A-18 Super Hornet), you may only sign off on one of your craft's variants. Leave the rest of them for others to claim.
  - Example: I only do one F-15; the F-15C in the Base Game subcategory. Someone else gets the F-15E that's also in the Base Game subcategory and claims it on the log. A third person will get the F-15J.
  - Another example: I get the F-14D Super Tomcat in the Base Game, a second person gets the F-14A in the DLC subcategory, and a third gets the F-14A with the Top Gun: Maverick tag.
- If you want to show something that's already been showcased on this thread, fine - but you don't get credit for it.
- Just please don't hog all of the same airframe.
I don't care if you built the craft 10 minutes or 10 years ago, so long as it's yours.
- If you have an old stash of aircraft replicas that you're willing to showcase (and can work), great.
Weaponry (e.g. guns, bombs, missiles) not necessary, although I won't object to them either.
If the original aircraft was manned, so is your replica. If the original aircraft was unmanned (especially the UAVs), so is your replica.
- I won't object to a probe core for your manned aircraft if it doesn't deviate too much from the aesthetic, so long as you include the appropriate crew module/s.
You don't need to match the passenger/crew capacity of your original aircraft, so long as your replica comes close to looking like its real-life counterpart AND it's functional.
- Example: if you use Mk. 3 Passenger Modules for an A340 variant, as long as your aircraft makes a convincing replica I don't mind you exceeding or falling behind its real-life counterpart's passenger capacity.
If whatever you're trying to copy is very large, such as the Arsenal Bird, functional scale models are acceptable.
- This is mainly to reduce someone's computer crashing whenever s/he's trying to operate the Arsenal Bird or something like that. Of course, if you want to fry your own CPU making a full-sized replica, I won't say no to that.
  - I'd also think it's cute if you make a mini Arsenal Bird, for example.
- As long as the craft works and looks like whatever you're trying to copy, it's good.
Craft files a plus.

Below is the link for the replica checklist:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nJl2Ph5azsRydnpn97Kgn1SlAR7qBZLUXtigqkmRI3k/edit?usp=sharing

Here are the instructions on how to use it:

Pick an aircraft that has not already been built
- Like I said earlier, if you want to build something that's already been done here, don't steal credit from the original kerbalnaut.
  - And for duplicates, you can only claim one of the type.
Once you're done, write:
- Column D: Your KSP Forum name
- Column E: The link to the specific forum post showcasing your replica/s
  - It is acceptable to put more than one craft in the same post. Just leave a link for everyone to find it.
- Column F: Whatever DLCs you used to make the replica
  - If this doesn't apply to that specific craft, leave it blank
- Column G: Whatever (parts) mods you used to make the replica
  - If this doesn't apply to that specific craft, leave it blank
- Column H: (IF YOU WANT TO) Additional notes that other readers may find interesting
  - Please don't modify someone else's notes. If you want to debate/talk to someone about their craft, don't do it on the spreadsheet.

Source for my list: https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/Ace_Combat_7:_Skies_Unknown/Aircraft

Click here to see this thread's replicas assembled on KerbalX

To kick off the showcase, I've already got 11 entries down since they were also used in my U.S. Air Force Museum thread. As I specified in the guidelines, I don't care how long ago you built the craft (or what it was used for), as long as it's yours and it works. So, here we go.

Base Game:

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A-10 Warthog

F-104 Starfighter

F-16 Fighting Falcon

F-22 Raptor
- Action Shot 1
  - My best action shots of F-22 involved it catching fire while in supercruise, which would make recognizing it harder.
  - At least I included a picture of this craft in action.
- Action Shot 2

MiG-21 Fishbed
- Action Shot 1

YF-23 Black Widow II
- This was the best shot of the aircraft in flight and it was not on fire.
- It was sent to investigate an anomaly that its onboard Kerbnet detected, and the coordinates were logged after the flyover.

DLC:

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