
The Miss America model of the beloved P-51 Mustang is one of the most recognisable tuned planes in the world, and this carefully crafted War Thunder skin does the stunt racer justice with an identical paint scheme, decal and calligraphy name.įinally, a suitable War Thunder skin for one of the game’s most devastating fighters. It might be covered in neutrality stripes, but as War Thunder skins only show up for the player using them, you’re just as likely to be gunned down with this skin equipped as you would without it. This War Thunder skin takes the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and repaints it as one of the Swiss-owned, neutral Messerschmitts bought from the Axis forces during the 1930s. The creator of this War Thunder skin has opted for aesthetics over supposed practicality or historical accuracy, painting the bottom of the aircraft in chrome – ideal for reflecting spotlights, not so much for staying hidden.

Spruce up the popular B-25J-20 Mitchell bomber with a lick of black and silver paint. In there you just need to select the Magic Wand button from the Skins box and your downloaded skin will appear as an option.

Make sure that you extract the download if it’s a zipped or compressed file format.įinally, when you’re in War Thunder, head into the Research section and locate the plane or tank you downloaded a skin for and head to its customization panel. If you’re using Steam then the directory will look something like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\War Thunder\UserSkins. You’ll then need to locate the War Thunder skin you downloaded and drop it into the UserSkins folder of the War Thunder main folder.

All you have to do is go to one of the many websites that creators upload their skins to, such as Nexus Mods or War Thunder Live, find the skin that you want and download it. If you’d like to get in on the following, but don’t know how, then not to worry because downloading and applying user skins in War Thunder is a pain-free endeavour. So in order to show you the true breadth of what’s out there, we’ve scoured the internet for the best War Thunder skins around, from historical paint schemes to pop culture nods. War Thunder skins essentially let you personalise your online armoury without ever having to pay for camouflage or rack up the huge number of kills needed to earn most of them.
