I have the same problem as other have reported that skins won't show in the viewer. I think this might be related to the fact that I can't get the game to work.
Before re-install - I mostly didn't have any skins/pilots etc. in the viewer. They few occasions I got the game to work the skins did show in the viewer.
[Before re-install I deleted absolutely everything from Steam and CloD from my comp'].
After my re-install there are no skins in the '1c soft club' folder, all sub-folders there are empty. I have a feeling I might need to copy them to there from the Steam/SteamApps/common/CloD folder, but would appreciate any advice.
Note: there are not skins for all aircraft in the SteamApps/common/CloD folder though I presume this might be because the default skins don't show (as in FB). Correct me please if this is a game fault.
Viewer, showing nothing:
Zero bytes in the 1C SoftClub folder:
How do I get skins to show in the viewer (and in the game, and hopefully get the game to work)?