Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Rockwell B-1B - No.6 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1990

RAAFBONE11 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFBONE12 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFBONE13 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Can't think why I haven't thought of 'V-Bomber' Aussie markings before!

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Convair F-102A - EC2/11, "Vosges", Armée de l'air, 1962

ADLAF-102A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

From an idea by Jeffry Fontaine 

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Rockwell Valkyrie SR.1 - No.543 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1969

RAFVALKYRIESR101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVALKYRIESR102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVALKYRIESR103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVALKYRIESR104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVALKYRIESR105 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFVALKYRIESR106 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The XB-70 was released as a 'beta' recently and it is awesome. Now I'm not a fan of the larger aircraft in Strike Fighters (TSR.2/Vigilante is about the upper limit IMHO) but this is exceptional - it even includes a sonic boom effect as you slip past Mach One! The team who have created it have initially released the XB-70 and will progress on to operational variants so I'll revisit this in the future and you just know that No.617 squadron will be covered don't you?!

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Convair F-102A(FR) - EC2/11 "Vosges" Armee de l'air, 1963

ADLAF-102A06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADLAF-102A09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The SEA Camo is a nice find at Combat Ace (good work 331KillerBee) whilst the Air Defence 'Bleu' is by me and is a simple tinted version of the stock silver skin. I've never really raved about 'The Deuce' but it was an important type and looks cool at certain angles whereas the 'Six' was a stunner from every angle!

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BAe Systems Hawk FG.2 - No.16 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Operation Herrick 2011

RAFHAWKFG202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKFG201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKFG203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKFG204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKFG205 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A really nice single-seat Hawk 200 has been available for a while and it's a little gem. As the next RAF squadron on my decal upgrade programme is No.16 I thought I'd try them on a Desert Pink Hawk FG.2 operating in Afghanistan.

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BAe Hawk GR.4 - No.79 Squadron, RAF South Atlantic Command, 1995

RAFHAWKGR401 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKGR402 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKGR403 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKGR404 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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BAe Hawk GR.4 - No.11 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1996

RAFHAWKGR405 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKGR406 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFHAWKGR407 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

For BillSlim - best I can manage mate. It really needs a radar now! I managed to 'lift' some of the panel lines from the original Aussie grey camo skin and placed them onto a new grey skin with some blur added to the panel lines and some 'noise' added to the grey skin. It's nowhere near perfect but gives an impression of what a Hawk 127 would look like in RAF service.

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BAC Lightning F.1B - No.74 Squadron, RAF Middle East Command, 1969

In early 1966 and with Lightning F.6 production in full swing the RAF asked BAC to bring the remaining F.1 and F.1A aircraft up to a F.6 standards in a similar way that the F.2's were converted to F.2A's. Entering service in late 1967 the F.1B's served with No.56 and No.74 squadrons and were deployed to Saudi Arabia during the 1969 Kuwait Crisis.

RAFLIGHTNINGF1B08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGF1B02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGF1B03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 2 was released yesterday and adds the following aircraft;

    • Lightning F.1/1A/2/2A/3/6
    • Hunter F.1/2/4/5
    • F-100A/C Super Sabre
    • Yak-23 (AI only)
    • Canberra B.2/6 (AI only)

Fantastic!

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BAC Lightning F.1B - No.56 Squadron, RAF Middle East Command, Cyprus, 1974

RAFLIGHTNINGF1B04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGF1B06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGF1B07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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BAC CF-103 Lightning's - No.425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Europe, 1966

RCAFCF-103LIGHTNING01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RCAFCF-103LIGHTNING02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RCAFCF-103LIGHTNING03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RCAFCF-103LIGHTNING04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I like this one Cobra! Good call!

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Tupolev Tu-22M3 - MFG2, Marineflieger, West German Bundesmarine, 1987

MFGTu-22MBACKFIRE01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGTu-22MBACKFIRE02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGTu-22MBACKFIRE03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGTu-22MBACKFIRE04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGTu-22MBACKFIRE05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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BAC Lightning F.Mk.54's - MFG1 & MFG2, Marineflieger, West German Bundesmarine, 1970

The first rumours of an alleged bribery scandal surrounding the purchase of the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by the West German Government coincided with the ferociously high attrition rate of the Starfighter in Luftwaffe and Marineflieger service. With the end of Lightning production on the near horizon BAC submitted a brochure to the Bonn Government and Marineflieger Officials for a proposed multi-role Lightning based on the F.53 and this proposal was accepted leading to a modest production order for 60 Lightning F.54's which entered service in late 1968 with MFG1 and MFG2 before being retired in 1987.

MFGLIGHTNING01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGLIGHTNING02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGLIGHTNING03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGLIGHTNING04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGLIGHTNING05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGLIGHTNING08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

MFGLIGHTNING07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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BAC Lightning FG.7 - No.17 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1969

When BAC were finally allowed to develop the Lightning for multi-role use the 'export' F.53 suddenly became of interest to the RAF who felt they needed a supersonic tactical fighter-bomber resulting in modest orders for the Lightning FG.7 which entered service in 1969 but crucially allowed the production line to remain open into the early 1970's and pave the way for the later Rolls-Royce Sequanna RB.400 series turbofan powered F.8 interceptor version.

RAFLIGHTNINGFG701 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGFG702 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGFG703 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet - No.1 Squadron, Dhimari Air Force, 1990

DHIMARIF-18A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIF-18A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIF-18A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

DHIMARIF-18A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This excellent Kuwaiti skin by 'Mike1' is ideal for Dhimari markings.

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BAC Lightning FR.7 - No.2 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1968

RAFLIGHTNINGFG704 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGFG705 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFLIGHTNINGFG706 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Perhaps the ferry tanks could have been made suitable for combat (albeit non-jettisonable).