Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Chengdu Jian-7 - Peoples Republic of Paran Air Force, 2011

PARANF-7ME01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANF-7ME02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This 'double-delta' Xian F-7 was released recently so I thought I'd use it with Parani markings.

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BAe/Mitsubishi Stratos FG.3 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 2022

RNFA-27C03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNFA-27C01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNFA-27C02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A very simple grey Royal Navy skin (and suitable decals) by me for the splendid 'Yukikaze' design released recently at Combat Ace.

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BAC Thunderstrike GR.3 - No.41 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1974

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR301 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR302 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR303 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR304 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR305 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR306 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've been privileged by being allowed to have a play with a couple of modified TSR.2's for Strike Fighters and this is the first of the two. You'll note the cannons (ADEN's - what else?!) in a chin fairing under the nose and it also has wingtip AAM rails (not shown here).

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Spectrum Industries Angel Mark One - Clodbase (lol) 21st Century

SPECTRUMFA-2701 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPECTRUMFA-2702 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPECTRUMFA-2703 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SPECTRUMFA-2704 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Great idea Weaver and Overkiller  .

I've quickly knocked this up this VERY basic white skin (no time for panel lines) and Spectrum decals. Perhaps this was the forerunner to the more famous Angel Interceptor and Cloudbase was still a few decades away...

Edit: No ejection seat!!

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BAC Thunderstrike GR.2 - No.41 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1973

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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BAC Thunderstrike GR.3A - No.41 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1974

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR3A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR3A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFTHUNDERSTRIKEGR3A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Some pretty substantial computer problems (thankfully I was fully backed up) have affected me this past week. It really was very time-consuming, immensely frustrating and a bit demotivating but I'm slowly getting things back together. Anyway, 'second generation' TSR.2's have been released by fellow Brit 'sundowner' over at Combat Ace including one with a cracking USAFE scheme. Here's my take on that scheme but with RAF SEAC markings. Nice to be back - more TSR.2's will follow!

http://combatace.com/topic/70072-tsr2-for-sf2-series/

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Fairchild A-10K Thunderbolt II - No.75 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Vietnam 1979

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This Kiwi A-10K uses the superb stock USAF Euro 1 skin (lovely shark mouth) with some suitable decals by me. I'm slowly getting my PC to normal but I haven't got around to installing my backed-up stuff yet so I thought I'd have a play with this.

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Fairchild A-10K Thunderbolt II - No.75 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Vietnam 1984

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I can't remember who first came up with the idea of a SEAC Kiwi but it works a treat!

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Fairchild A-10K Thunderbolt II - No.14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1983

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNZAFA-10KTHUNDERBOLT10 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Last Kiwi 'Hog' for now and this is the stock USAF Grey skin with classic three-colour Kiwi roundels.

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Messerschmitt Me-262P - JG27 Luftwaffe '46

LUFTWAFFEME-262P01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEME-262P02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEME-262P03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEME-262P04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEME-262P05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I was going to do a much simpler Me-262 for Paran (the fictional 'red' state in the original Strike Fighters Project One) but the necessity to do some sort of template meant that a Desert Me-262 was only a bit more work and far more entertaining. I'm no Luftwaffe expert so forgive me for any horrible inaccuracies on the markings but it would look so bare without markings so something is better than nothing!

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Messerschmitt Me-262F-2/Trop - JG27 Luftwaffe '46

LUFTWAFFEME-262P06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEME-262P07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEME-262P08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This camo does seem to work!

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Heinkel He P.1088 'Fledermaus' - Luftwaffe, Tunisia, 1946

LUFTWAFFEFLEDERMAUS01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEFLEDERMAUS02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEFLEDERMAUS03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEFLEDERMAUS04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEFLEDERMAUS05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFEFLEDERMAUS06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My Me-262 in desert camo has inspired me to revisit the Gloster Meteor NF.14 and I reckon it makes a good fictional Luft'46 all-weather fighter. It seems to be Heinkel project to me and I've given it the name 'Fledermaus' (Bat).

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McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II - No.26 Sqd, PAF, 1973

In the immediate aftermath of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War the senior commanders of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ordered an urgent review of the substantial combat losses incurred during the short but brutal conflict and the resultant report highlighted the deficiencies in quantity and quality of the PAF and especially of the attack squadrons. The B-57's of No.7 and No.8 squadrons had performed heroically but losses had meant that No.8 Squadron had to be disbanded and it's surviving B-57's aircraft transferred to No.7 Squadron. Ideally, the PAF wanted a more modern long-range attack bomber with low-level penetrability and they put the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer at the top of their wish list but were given a polite rebuttal by the UK Government who were clearly determined not to actually let their ailing aircraft industry actually export something.

By March 1972, and primarily due to the slow drawdown in Vietnam, the United States Government were offering war weary early F-4C's to the Pakistan Government and an order was duly placed for a batch of 24 ex-USAF F-4C's which were delivered in June 1972 much to the consternation of the Indian Government who promptly ordered more MiG's from the Soviet Union. The 24 aircraft were initially very thinly spread between No.7 squadron, a re-activated No.8 squadron and No.26 squadron but peacetime attrition soon saw No.26 squadron disbanded in 1976 although they were subsequently re-formed in 1979 with F-4E's.

PAFF-4CPHANTOM01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PAFF-4CPHANTOM03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PAFF-4CPHANTOM02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PAFF-4CPHANTOM04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I thought I'd reuse my new PAF decals on something and the F-4C's grey skin reminded me of the PAF's B-57's.

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Heinkel P.105 - III/JG6, Welzow, Luftwaffe, 1949

LUFTWAFFETHUD04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFETHUD05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFETHUD06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LUFTWAFFETHUD03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've added some mottling and made the 'defence of the reich' bands a bit wider. The 3D model (not the stock F-105D) has a few tears in it which causes 'decal bleed' so I can only take screenshots from certain angles. All in all, I've enjoyed this one but feel I've taken it as far as I can but it's given me ideas for future Luftwaffe '46 (or 47, 48, 49, etc) 'what ifs'. BTW my starting point was the excellent Keith Fretwell Fw190D drawings from 'Warplanes of the Luftwaffe' by World Air Power Journal.

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North American Shark FGA.2 - No,20 Squadron, RAF Operation Granby, 1991

RAFSHARKFGA2F-100D01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSHARKFGA2F-100D02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSHARKFGA2F-100D03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSHARKFGA2F-100D05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSHARKFGA2F-100D04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSHARKFGA2F-100D12 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Highly unlikely I know but I thought I'd see what RAF Super Sabres would look like in Desert Pink!