Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Grumman OV-1C Mohawk - Dhimari Air Force, 1977

DHIMARIMOHAWK01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIMOHAWK02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIMOHAWK03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIMOHAWK04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I'd never realised just how odd-looking this aircraft was until flying it in Strike Fighters!

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Hawker Hunter FGA.9D - No.6 Squadron, 'The Flying Tin-Openers', Royal Air Force, Operation Desert Fox, 1983

RAFHUNTERFGA9D01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA9D02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA9D03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA9D04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Highly unlikely I know but I just had to do it!

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Hawker Hunter FGA.9 - No.20 Squadron, RAF Middle East Command, 1961

RAFHUNTERFGA903 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA904 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA905 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Hawker Hunter FGR.9 - No.2 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1974

RAFHUNTERPR901 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERPR902 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERPR903 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERPR904 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A PRU Hunter was suggested to me so here it is. N.B. Pictures 1 and 2 have a nose camera photoshopped on whilst Picture 4 is a decal I created as a workaround solution.

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Hawker Hunter FR.13 - No.79 Squadron, RAF (detached to Norway) 1974

RAFHUNTERPR1301 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERPR1302 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERPR1303 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

There is no FR.10 in Strike Fighters so I've taken the first unused Hunter designation for this 'what if' conversion of an F.6 into a fighter-recce machine having oblique cameras (decal) but no forward facing camera. The serial number is a wee bit late but is the closest match for now just to get a picture up.

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Hawker Hunter FR.13 - No.208 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1972

RAFHUNTERPR1304 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERPR1305 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Hawker Hunter FGA.9A's - RAF Middle East Command, Kuwait Crisis, 1961

RAFHUNTERFGA9A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA9A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA9A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERFGA9A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've added some weathering on and some new drop-tanks for the Kuwait Emergency of 1961 that happened just a few weeks before I was born!

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Lockheed Starfighter T.2 - No.111 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1976

RAFSTARFIGHTERT201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERT202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERT203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTARFIGHTERT204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A really nice re-work of the TF-104G was released today and it comes with this NATO camo scheme to which I've added some 'Treble One' squadron markings.

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BAe Systems Harrier FG.6 - No.17 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1996

The success of the Harrier and, in particular, the Sea Harrier in the 1982 Falklands War led to several studies for more advanced versions leading to the Sea Harrier FRS.2 and the closely related FG.6 for the RAF.

RAFHARRIERFG601 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHARRIERFG602 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHARRIERFG603 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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McDonnell AV-8X 'Aguilucho' - No.3 Caza, Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina, 1999

COANSEAHARRIERFRS201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANSEAHARRIERFRS202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANSEAHARRIERFRS203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANSEAHARRIERFRS204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Hawker Hunter F.6A - No.1435 Flight, RAF Falkland Islands, 1961

Following the failed Argentinian invasion of 1959 the air defence of the Falkland Islands was entrusted to No.1435 flight, a detachment of Hunter F.6's.

RAFHUNTERF6A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERF6A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERF6A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHUNTERF6A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I decided to do a curvier version of the 1435 Flight fuselage bars to more accurately match the Falkland Isles Coat of Arms. This has been repeated on the nose bars but with the Maltese Cross and the Coat of Arms added as the centre.

And guess what turned up as the opposition....

FAAHUNTERF601 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 'Fargo' - Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1952   

'What If' Argentina had been gifted the MiG-9 instead of buying the Gloster Meteor F.4??

FAAMiG-901 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAMiG-902 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAMiG-903 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A revamp of the MiG-9 was released yesterday and I thought it would make an interesting adversary for the RAF in the South Atlantic in an early post-war Falkland Islands conflict.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 'Fargo' - Grupo de Caza 6, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1954

FAAMiG-904 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAMiG-905 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAMiG-906 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FAAMiG-907 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Dassault Hurricane FB.2 - No.1 Squadron, RAF South Atlantic Command, 1954

RAFOURAGANFB201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFOURAGANFB202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFOURAGANFB203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFOURAGANFB204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The first of Dassault's superb run of first-class combat aircraft, I really like the Ouragan!

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Dassault Hurricane FB.2 - No.2 Squadron, RAF Middle East Command

RAFOURAGANFB205 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFOURAGANFB206 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFOURAGANFB207 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFOURAGANFB208 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Just a quick knocked-up 'Desert Pink' skin (missed the airbrakes!) and more a canvas for my new No.2 Squadron decals. I'm on a programme to replace most of my RAF decals (about 640) with better 'hi-rez' versions - it'll take some time!