Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom - 27 smaldeel, Belgian Air Force, 1981

BAFF-4EPHANTOM01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFF-4EPHANTOM02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFF-4EPHANTOM03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFF-4EPHANTOM04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

N.B. The serial numbers are from the stock Third Wire Mirage 5BA. I'd love to know what serial numbers a 'what if' Belgian Rhino would use. I'd also like to know the rules on the blue bordered roundel - i.e. when to use, when not to use.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom - 2 smaldeel, Belgian Air Force, 1988

BAFF-4EPHANTOM05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFF-4EPHANTOM06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFF-4EPHANTOM07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFF-4EPHANTOM08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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BAC Lightning F.57 - HävLLv 31, Ilmavoimat, 1983

ILMAVOIMATLIGHTNINGF2A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ILMAVOIMATLIGHTNINGF2A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ILMAVOIMATLIGHTNINGF2A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ILMAVOIMATLIGHTNINGF2A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ILMAVOIMATLIGHTNINGF2A05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This skin was created by 'tinting' the original stock NMF skin with an overlay of the splinter camo set at 70% opacity to allow some panel line detail to survive and with further 'parts' sections cut out. This avoids the extremely tedious work of drawing panel lines across the five bitmaps and gives a reasonably effective result with a lot less time and effort.

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Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle' - East German Air Force, 1980

LSKIL-28BEAGLE01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LSKIL-28BEAGLE02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LSKIL-28BEAGLE03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

LSKIL-28BEAGLE04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom - F21, Flygvapnet, 1979

FLYGVAPNETF-4MSPHANTOM01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETF-4MSPHANTOM02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETF-4MSPHANTOM03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETF-4MSPHANTOM04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETF-4MSPHANTOM05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETF-4MSPHANTOM06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've been meaning to do this ever since I created my quick and easy 'splinter on a roll' but this time I've rotated it by 45^o and think it looks a bit better. The green RB-71 Skyflash and RB-74 Sidewinder really add to the Swedish look!

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Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle - 42nd Attack Air Training Regiment, Black Sea Fleet Air Arm, Soviet Naval Aviation, 1981

SOVIETIL-28BEAGLE01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETIL-28BEAGLE02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETIL-28BEAGLE03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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McDonnell Douglas RF-4S Phantom - F7, Flygvapnet, 1982

FLYGVAPNETRF-4MSPHANTOM01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETRF-4MSPHANTOM02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETRF-4MSPHANTOM03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETRF-4MSPHANTOM04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

FLYGVAPNETRF-4MSPHANTOM05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A very rare bird this as this excellent 3D model of a Spey-engined RF-4 was never officially released but was kindly given to me to play with.

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LITTLESAINTNICK02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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MiG-31 'Firefox' - Ukrainian Air Force, 1996

UKRAINEMiG-XXFIREFOX01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

UKRAINEMiG-XXFIREFOX02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

UKRAINEMiG-XXFIREFOX03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

UKRAINEMiG-XXFIREFOX04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Saab-Hindustan J29H 'Gada' - No.1 Squadron, Indian Air Force, 1961

IAFJ-29HTUNNAN02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IAFJ-29HTUNNAN01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IAFJ-29HTUNNAN03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Douglas AD-7 Skyraider - 119 Squadron, Heyl Ha'Avir, 1958

Whilst the 1956 Suez war was viewed as a disaster for Britain and (to a lesser extent) France, Israel had conducted a brilliant military campaign and had emerged victorious and confident in the ability of it's armed forces. In the immediate aftermath of the conflict, Heyl Ha'Avir officials asked for the replacement of the remaining Mustang fighter-bombers and by early 1957 they had approached the Douglas Aircraft Company for a version of their Skyraider attack aircraft which was finally coming to the end of it's long production run. Douglas offered a minimum change version of the single-seat AD-7 version and in April 1957 the Israeli Government ordered 40 Skyraiders for the Heyl Ha'Avir which entered service later that same year and remained in front-line service until 1968.

IDFA-1HJSKYRAIDER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IDFA-1HJSKYRAIDER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IDFA-1HJSKYRAIDER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IDFA-1HJSKYRAIDER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IDFA-1HJSKYRAIDER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Yak-38 'Forger' - 1 Esc. Comando de Aviación Naval, 1982

COANYAK-38FORGER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The stock Third Wire 'Forger' is one of the non-flyable aircraft and comes in this blue/green skin to which I've added some COAN markings.

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Yak-38 'Forger' - 3 Esc. Comando de Aviación Navale, 1988

COANYAK-38FORGER06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

COANYAK-38FORGER09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Yak-23 'Flora' - 1st Fighter Regiment, Republic of Paran Air Force, 1950

In the aftermath of World War 2 Shah Mushani of Paran quickly allied his country to the Soviet Union who supported his country's long-standing claim for the Mazadran oil fields on the Dhimar-Paran border. During the late 1940's, Soviet equipment poured into Paran culminating with the delivery of the first jet aircraft into the region when the 1st Fighter Regiment re-equipped with the Yak-23 'Flora' in 1949.

PARANYAK-23FLORA01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANYAK-23FLORA02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

PARANYAK-23FLORA03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Dassault Mystère NG (Nouvelle Génération) EC 1/12 "Cambrésis, 1993

ADLASu-27FFLANKER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr