Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Lockheed Starfighter F.2A - No.19 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1972

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Another 'cut and shut' skin made by combining the stock RCAF green skin with the stock silver skin for the undersides. Definite shades of the RAFG Lightnings!

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Canadair Starfighter F.2A - No.92 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1974

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A10 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

For gentlemen of a certain age like me, some RAF squadrons just have to be twinned another and No.19 and No.92 squadrons were paired for quite some time so I just had to do a 'Cobra' squadron Zipper with my own variation of their tail marking. Apart from a few tweaks to my 'cut and shut' skin I've had a play with adding specular mapping which means that areas that are meant to be shiny shine and areas that are not supposed to be shiny don't shine. As I wanted to make my RAFG Zippers with silver undersides like the Lightning F.2A's I've had to make specular maps and it has worked reasonably well as shown in the last shot. BTW I had to use the CF-104 3D model so my RAF Zippers are now built by Canadair 

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Canadair Starfighter F.2 - No.19 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1968

RAFSTARFIGHTERF201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Wing-tip Firestreaks look pretty cool on the Zipper. One of my pet hates on US aircraft is the red engine line and whilst I've removed it from the fuselage I can see that there's a bit left on the fin fillet.

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Canadair Starfighter F.3 - No.5 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1986

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A11 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A12 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A13 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A14 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERF2A15 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This uses the stock silver skin but with the specular and reflection settings screwed down to give a flat grey colour and then the uppersurfaces are lightly tinted.

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McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 - No.19 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1977

RAFPHANTOMFGR201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR205 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR206 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

'What If' when the Lightning F.2A's were retired by RAFG their replacement Phantoms wore a similar scheme?

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McDonnell Douglas FGR.5 - No.92 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1978

RAFPHANTOMFGR501 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR502 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR503 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR504 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR505 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR506 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Oooh, I really like this one myself! I've been lucky enough to have been given the F-4E/Spey hybrid with a smashing 'sundowner' template making it pretty easy to knock up my 1970's dream aircraft.

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McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.5 - No.19 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1977

RAFPHANTOMFGR507 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR508 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR509 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR510 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

An itch that I just had to scratch...

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Northrop/Mitsubishi F-20J 'Tigershark' - 203rd Hikotai, Japanese Air Self Defence Forces, 1991

JASDFF-20JTIGERSHARK01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

JASDFF-20JTIGERSHARK02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

JASDFF-20JTIGERSHARK03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

JASDFF-20JTIGERSHARK04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This fictional derivative of the F-20 was released recently (as the MiG-28M!!) by 'Cocas' but I've put it into JASDF service, with stock F-4EJ codes, as a licence-built export version of the F-20 with Mitsubishi changing the tail.

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McDonnell Douglas Phantom F.3 - 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Royal United States Air Force, 1976

RUSAFPHANTOMF-4J01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RUSAFPHANTOMF-4J02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RUSAFPHANTOMF-4J03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RUSAFPHANTOMF-4J04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RUSAFPHANTOMF-4J05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A slightly modified FGR.2 skin wrapped around the F-4J with my RUSAF 'Eagle' markings and 57th FIS checkers and patch.

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Northrop F-20D Tigershark - Esk 726, Royal Danish Air Force, 1992

RDAFF-20DTIGERSHARK01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-20DTIGERSHARK02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-20DTIGERSHARK03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-20DTIGERSHARK04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A simple RDAF Green skin by me on the modified Tigershark. As this is derived from a Soviet Tigershark then it has 'Odd Rod' aerials and MiG-21 tanks. I'll come back to this one again and again as it does look so good and the lightweight nature should translate into export sales... 

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Lockheed F-104F Starfighter - EC 1/10 "Valois", Armée de l'Air, 1975

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ALAF-104CSTARFIGHTER07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Marcel Dassault would not approve and probably neither would Tanguy & Laverdure! I don't dislike the Zipper but I do prefer the Mirage!

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Republic Aviation F-105D Thunderchief - Esk 726, Royal Danish Air Force, 1978

RDAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RDAFF-105DTHUNDERCHIEF05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A very good F-105D template by 'ludo.m54' and a single colour camo makes this 'RDAF Green' Thud quite easy to do. I think it looks great in this scheme!

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Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star - Royal Norwegian Air Force, 1952

RNoAFF-80CSHOOTINGSTAR01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNoAFF-80CSHOOTINGSTAR02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNoAFF-80CSHOOTINGSTAR03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNoAFF-80CSHOOTINGSTAR04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNoAFF-80CSHOOTINGSTAR05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNoAFF-80CSHOOTINGSTAR06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The Airfix F-80 Shooting Star was one of the first models I bought (I'm sure it was back in 1973 so probably for 25p  ) and I loved the 'Saggin Dragon' nose markings. This F-80C is a cracking 3D model although I've had to use a skin meant for the two-seater so there is a minor mapping issue. I've chosen to use the Norwegian flag as a fin flash as I don't like the bare look seen on some RNoAF jets.

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McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 - No. 6 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1991

RAFPHANTOMFGR301 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR302 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPHANTOMFGR303 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Only slightly 'whiffy' as, of course, No.6 Squadron really did operate the FGR.2 but only for a few years from 1969 until they switched to Jaguars in 1974. No input from me except for taking the screenshots as this superb skin is by 'sundowner' who has envisaged the FGR.2 soldiering on for quite some time past a 1995 upgrade and, indeed, many people think that they went a bit too soon.

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Eurofighter Typhoon FRS.5 - Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 2013

RNTYPHOONFRS501 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNTYPHOONFRS502 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNTYPHOONFRS503 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNTYPHOONFRS504 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNTYPHOONFRS505 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

More ready made 'what ifs' as these skins are all by 'sundowner' and represent a fictional 'Sea Typhoon'. Sigh, if only...

Nice section on Navalised Tiffies here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon_variants