Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Henschel Hs P.92 - Luftwaffe, 1949

LUFTWAFFELIGHTNINGF2A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFELIGHTNINGF2A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFELIGHTNINGF2A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I'm not really into WW2 Luftwaffe camouflage and markings but, with limited time at the moment, I think it's quite passable.

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Republic F-105D Thunderchief - No.83 Squadron, Royal Saudi Air Force, 1978

RSAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RSAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RSAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RSAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RSAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RSAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A cracking USAF Desert skin for the 'Thud' was released quite a while ago and I've never got around to doing anything with it but decided to use Saudi markings. The double Matra pods are, of course, a Lightning Mk.53 weapon fit (although not quite the same configuration) and look quite cool on the 'Thud' (one of the best stock aircraft in Strike Fighters).

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Saab-BAe Griffon GR.4 - No.20 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 2010

RAFJAS39FGRIPEN01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFJAS39FGRIPEN02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFJAS39FGRIPEN03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFJAS39FGRIPEN04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFJAS39FGRIPEN05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFJAS39FGRIPEN06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A simple 'Desert Pink' scheme for this RAF Gripen with some recycled serial numbers from another 'what if' and not quite contemporaneous with this lovely little aircraft. Similarly, I'm not really genned up on modern weapons and hope they match.

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Hispano HA-200E Super Saetta -Spanish Republican Air Force, 1967

SPREPHA-200ESUPERSAETTA01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPHA-200ESUPERSAETTA02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPHA-200ESUPERSAETTA03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPHA-200ESUPERSAETTA04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPHA-200ESUPERSAETTA05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Real life has got in the way over the past few days so it's nice to post an update. This is a HA-200E Super Saetta with a new green skin by me with the red bands and colourful rudder markings plus 'Red Brigade' pilots. I've just called the manufacturer 'Hispano' as the real manufacturers (Hispano Aviación) emerged from a Nationalist area of Spain following the SCW so, as always, just hand your brain into reception and collect it on your way out...

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Heinkel He-417 'Zyklon' - Spanish Nationalist Air Force, 1962

SPNATTU-22BLINDER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATTU-22BLINDER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATTU-22BLINDER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATTU-22BLINDER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATTU-22BLINDER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATTU-22BLINDER06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr
(You can see what a poor aimer I am)

I'm painfully aware that I've been doing more SCW Republican aircraft than SCW Nationalist aircraft so I hope this redresses the balance... a bit! The 'leafy splinter' camo is a very simple clip art leaf repeatedly pasted onto a grey background and then done again with 45^o rotation both ways and then repeating the process twice more but using different colours. It's worked out better than I thought so I'll probably do it again on another aircraft. BTW I decided to make the Blinder a Heinkel product just to fit in a little bit better - lol.

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Tupolev Tu-22 - Suomen Kansanvaltaisen Tasavallan Ilmavoimat, 1972

KOMFINLANDTU-22BLINDER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

KOMFINLANDTU-22BLINDER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

KOMFINLANDTU-22BLINDER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

KOMFINLANDTU-22BLINDER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

KOMFINLANDTU-22BLINDER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've repeated the Finnish Star on the fuselage as it was looking a wee bit bare and for speed I've the stock blue 'bort' numbers.

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Messerschmitt Me-262 'Schwalbe' - Spanish Nationalist Air Force, 1946

SPNATME-26201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATME-26202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATME-26203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATME-26204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Another attempt at a 'leafy splinter' but unfortunately it's not turned out as good as on the Tu-22. Worth a try though and I know what to do next time.

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General Dynamics F-22 'ATF' - Condor Legion, 2006

SPNATGD_ATF01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATGD_ATF02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATGD_ATF03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATGD_ATF04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPNATGD_ATF05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Very short of time tonight (so excuse the JASDF F-4E codes!!) but our fellow 'What If Modelers' website member 'Julhelm' is the creator of the 3D model of GD's ATF submission and has asked me to do a leafy camo pattern for it.

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English Electric Canberra B.Mk.59 - Esk 726, Royal Danish Air Force, 1960

RDAFCANBERRAB601 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFCANBERRAB602 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFCANBERRAB603 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFCANBERRAB604 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFCANBERRAB605 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Desperately short of time tonight but this is the Third Wire Canberra B.6 with a simple RDAF Green camo skin by me (thankfully a great template exists) and new RDAF national markings by me. For sheer speed I've had to use stock RDAF Hunter decals and before I had time to take a decent side view a flippin' Fishbed finished me off...

Edited to add two more shots.

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English Electric Canberra B.6 - 'Castille Wing' Spanish Republican Air Force, 1958

SPREPCANBERRAB601 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPCANBERRAB602 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPCANBERRAB603 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPCANBERRAB604 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPCANBERRAB605 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPREPCANBERRAB606 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My RDAF Canberra was merely a stepping stone towards this Spanish Republican Air Force Canberra. BTW I'm still on the lookout for a more suitable font!

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Bristol Balmoral MkII - No.9 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1937

RAFMB21001 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMB21002 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMB21003 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMB21004 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMB21005 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This is the, er, distinctive Bloch MB.210 masquerading as the Bristol Balmoral. The Armée de l'air skin needed a small amount of work to overpaint the French tricolour rudder and was already in an approximation of the NIVO green seen on many pre-war RAF bombers and I've added B-type roundels, serial numbers and a No.9 squadron bat.

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Douglas A-26B Invader - 2-VLG-V, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, 1947

NEIAFA-26BINVADER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFA-26BINVADER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFA-26BINVADER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFA-26BINVADER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFA-26BINVADER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFA-26BINVADER06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I'm very impressed with the high quality of the 3D model of the A-26B - it really is top drawer stuff. The stock silver skin just needed some USAAF starbars overpainted and then I added some NEI markings, an orange rudder, a 2-VLG-V 'Rhino' and some generic code numbers.

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Supermarine Spitfire IXe - 2-VLG-V, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, 1949

NEIAFSPITFIRE9E01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFSPITFIRE9E02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFSPITFIRE9E03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

NEIAFSPITFIRE9E04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A very comprehensive skinpack was released recently for the IXC and IXE and this skin was perfect for a Dutch East Indies Spitfire IXE.

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Curtiss P-40N Warhawk - Vichy French Air Force, 1946

VICHYP-40NWARHAWK01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VICHYP-40NWARHAWK02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VICHYP-40NWARHAWK03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VICHYP-40NWARHAWK04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

First attempt at a Vichy French 'what if' and the P-40N seemed as good a place to start as any! I'd have liked to have done more stripes on the tail and further forward but didn't know the mapping of the 3D model well enough to attempt it. The nose turned out well though...

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.10 - Sikh Air Force, 1947

SIKKBEAUFIGHTER1001 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SIKKBEAUFIGHTER1002 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SIKKBEAUFIGHTER1003 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SIKKBEAUFIGHTER1004 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SIKKBEAUFIGHTER1005 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My first attempt at a Sikh 'what if' and I think it's also my first Beaufighter 'what if' which is odd because it's one of my favourite aircraft and I've made both the Airfix and Matchbox Beau's in my youth. I fancy doing a classic cold war era jet now with Sikh markings but would this be US, Soviet, British or French?