Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator - Dhimari Air Force Coastal Command, 1949

DHIMARIPB4Y-101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIPB4Y-102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Fairchild Provider C.2 - No.48 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1967

RAFPROVIDERC202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPROVIDERC203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPROVIDERC201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Fairchild Provider C.1 - No.84 Squadron, RAF Transport Command, detached to Aden, 1957

RAFPROVIDERC102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPROVIDERC103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFPROVIDERC104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Chengdu/Shenyang J-20A Stealth Fighter - Parani Air Force, 2019

PARANIJ-2001 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANIJ-2002 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANIJ-2003 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANIJ-2004 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANIJ-2005 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANIJ-2006 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A smashing new release this over at Combat Ace by 'The Insky Group' a group of Chinese modders to which I've simply toned down some very bright white walkway markings and added Parani markings. A very nice aircraft!

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Tupolev Tu-16 'Badger-A' - No.8 Squadron, Parani Air Force, 1961

PARANITU-1601 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANITU-1602 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANITU-1603 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANITU-1604 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANITU-1605 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The stock (but non-flyable) Tu-16 comes with this nice silver 'Soviet' skin and it's a doddle to create a Parani Badger with decals. The nose needed something to break up all that bare metal so I designed some sort of Arabic style bomber patch. I quite like the Badger and it's certainly a graceful looking aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-16 - Grupo 1 de Bombardeo, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1966   

FAATU-1601 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAATU-1608 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAATU-1609 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAATU-1605 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This is the stock silver skin but I've tinted it grey and then screwed the specular, glossiness and reflection settings right down. I do like the Grupo 1 marking!

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Ilyushin IL-28 'Beagle' - Grupo 1 de Bombardeo, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1959

FAAIL-2801 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAIL-2804 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAIL-2802 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAIL-2803 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Perhaps Grupo 1 cut their teeth of this Soviet tactical bomber before progressing up to the Badger.

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Ilyushin IL-28 'Beagle' - Grupo 1 de Bombardeo, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1982

FAAIL-2810 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAIL-2809 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAIL-2807 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Bristol Vincentious B.1 - No.617 'The Dambusters' Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1957

The first British V-Bomber to enter service, and the only one to have defensive armament, was the Bristol Vincentius which entered service in 1955.

RAFVINCENTIUSB101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVINCENTIUSB102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVINCENTIUSB103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVINCENTIUSB104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've seen the 'Badger' being regarded as a contemporary of the Vickers Valiant so I thought I'd see just how it looks in Anti-Flash White and with pale markings... pretty darn good I think!!

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Convair Hustler B.1 - No.139 'Jamaica' Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1962

RAFHUSTLERB101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

N.B. The nose marking is a bit of 'artistic licence'.

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Convair Hustler B.1 - No. 100 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command 1965

Only two RAF squadrons were equipped with the Convair B-58 Hustler, No.100 and No.139 squadrons based at RAF Wittering.

RAFHUSTLERB105 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB106 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB107 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB108 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUSTLERB109 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SF2:Europe has some Alpine scenery (rarely seen in game but it is there) so it's nice to show an aircraft over a snowy terrain once in a while.

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Bristol Vincentius MR.3 - No.201 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1983

RAFVINCENTIUSMR301 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVINCENTIUSMR302 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Vickers Vengeance B.2 - No.617 'Dambusters' Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1965

RAFBLINDER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFBLINDER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFBLINDER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFBLINDER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFBLINDER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My recent experiments with 'tinting' the stock silver skins was probably always going to end up with a V-Force Blinder! It's OK but the stock 3D model has some of the windows painted on instead of proper transparancies (not a criticism as it's meant to be non-flyable 'target'). Anyway, I've gone for the Vickers Vengeance name and classic 617 Squadron markings!

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Vickers Vimy B.1 - No.10 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1956

RAFBEAR01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFBEAR02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFBEAR03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This add-on aircraft is by the prolific Veltro2K and he's also done the later Bear-H maritime recce aircraft and the four-jet Bison too! This is a big aircraft!

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Supermarine Syrena FGA.3 - No.6 and No.54 Squadrons, RAF 'Operation Desert Storm' 1991

RAFFITTERFGA302 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFFITTERFGA305 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFFITTERFGA303 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFFITTERFGA307 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFFITTERFGA306 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I was going to call this Fitter FGA.3 but suddenly hit upon the Supermarine Syrena name. I see this as, perhaps, a parallel programme to the Supermarine Type 545 studies eventually producing a supersonic Hunter replacement entering service in the early 1960's and finishing with a last hurrah in 'Desert Storm'. Nurse, my medicene please!