Super Hornet What If

[retro_seventies]

Texas?

sounds just fine to me Greg - with you, eddie, me, and the rest, we should just about keep the sanity levels DOWN a bit.

Hope you feel better soon!  


Eddie - quick question...what carriers did you serve on (i have a navy friend that was on the Midway in Vietnam, and i was just wondering)?

[Eddie M.]

Eddie - quick question...what carriers did you serve on (i have a navy friend that was on the Midway in Vietnam, and i was just wondering)?

I was on the Midway(87-89) and Ranger(89-91). Pass this link along. He might enjoy it.
http://midwaysailor.com/
  Eddie  

[retro_seventies]

Thanks Eddie, i'll email the link to my friend Felix right way!      

[Eddie M.]

A little taste of what the markings will look like. VFA-1 lives!  
  Eddie

[Shasper]

Whot, no hi-vis CAG bird?


Looks good never the less!
Shas B)

[Eddie M.]

Whot, no hi-vis CAG bird?


Looks good never the less!
Shas B)

The reason I'm using these decals on this bird is that I want to wait and use CAG colors on my other Tomcat. I want both of mine in CAG colors to represent the 2 F-14 squadrons on the Ranger. Here is my VF-1 bird I finished not too long ago.


Here's where I am thus far. I'm doing a bit of weathering and sometimes I get stains where I don't want them. I use a little bitty ball of 0000 fine steel wool and scrub the spots away. On USN birds, it gives a bit of the corrosion control paint pattern. This time, I'm going to try and accent the patterns with pastels to bring it out a bit more(these seem to disappear under the flat coat) Here's to trying something new!
 Eddie

[Rafael]

Wonderful detail, Eddie!!

And the markings are cool

Rafa

[Shasper]

Right, understandible mate

Shas (who thinks CAG Vf-1 mks look good on almost anything) B)

[elmayerle]

Texas?

sounds just fine to me Greg - with you, eddie, me, and the rest, we should just about keep the sanity levels DOWN a bit.

*chuckle* Well, with SC, myself, and, I believe, at least one other member in the DFW-Denton area, we could have quite an "All-Texas" get together some time.

Retro, given the "normal" behavior of the Texas Legislature and Texas government, can you *really* say there's much of a level of sanity here now?  Or is such behavior (which has been documented for years) just a side-effect of being in Austin?

[Shasper]

OT, But whats up w/Austin anyway?

Shas B)

[elmayerle]

OT, But whats up w/Austin anyway?

*shrug* I've no idea, but Texas government has been "colorful" for years (back in the 1960's, as a gag to prove how little his fellow legislators read things, one legislator got passed a resolution commending the Boston Strangler for his efforts in population control) and has produced some *very* colorful characters.  I blame it on the water there, myself.

[John Howling Mouse]

Wow, Eddie: that corrosion-paint weathering technique looks soooo much better than anything I've ever been able to pull off.

But, then again, you got to see the real thing up close for years!

Can't wait to see next progress pics.  This is coming along so well.

[Eddie M.]

Wow, Eddie: that corrosion-paint weathering technique looks soooo much better than anything I've ever been able to pull off.

But, then again, you got to see the real thing up close for years!

Can't wait to see next progress pics.  This is coming along so well.

Thank you. Living with jets  for a while does tend to etch things in your brain. Photos help too.   It has been mentioned that this is a gravity bomb, so using somemore of the goody bags of parts Jeffry sent me, I put a modern touch on it. I see this aircraft screaming in at high speed and then popping up and lobbing this weapon like a horseshop to it's intended target while it's being lased..... from space. (modern spy sats, don't ya know )
  Eddie

[GTX]

Excuse the dumb question, but why bother with laser guidance if it is a nuke?!

Also, what is that other aircraft in the picture?

regards,

Greg

[elmayerle]

Excuse the dumb question, but why bother with laser guidance if it is a nuke?!

Precision guidance allows you to get the desired results with a lower-yield weapon and reduce "collateral damage".