With the centenary of 85 Sqn coming up in August, I thought it would be fitting to do a "what if 85 were still operational, special scheme"?
Not normally my thing, as I hate ceremonial paint jobs, but 85 hold a special place in my heart. So, the obvious choice for a mount for them, were they still flying, would be the Tiffie.
Next job, design and paint a special scheme. I have, like many Typhoon schemes, kept it mostly to the tail.
First job was to assemble the fuselage and give the fin a coat of white, as a base, followed by red.
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I then ummed and ahhed for ages as to how to best do the chequerboard design. I decided on a 2 stage approach. First, mask off for one set of squares....
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And paint black....unmask...
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next job is to remask and paint the infill squares....
Sweeeeeeeeeet.... that's some choice masking work! I'll have to remember that pattern!
Impressive masking job :thumbsup:
That's looking good already !
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On with the show.....
I remasked and painted the remaining squares, to end up with this....
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Now the observant amongst you may have noticed this....
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Which is actually a bit of masking I did prior to the red and black, which when removed, reveals....
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85's signature hexagon.....
85sqn! Hell yes :thumbsup:
I may just have to borrow/steal your idea............... ;D
Nice! Tricky, but nice! :thumbsup:
I like that. Well done that man! ;D
I've always been perpetually planning to do a silver early mark of Supermarine Swift with a similar tail in black and yellow (63 squadron?) so it's nice to see how this has worked for some-one....I was planning to cheat and see if the black and yellow markings from the 1/48th scale Academy Hunter F.6 could be used
Very nice and great pics showing how to achieve this pattern. I will nick this idea for future use.
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now that is, clever and elegant :thumbsup: as as other have said, very nickable. thank you.
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Bra-vo!!! Very impressive work and a real eyecatcher!
Glad I could help! :thumbsup: