Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Hawker Harrier GR.1 - No.1 (Three Lions) Squadron, Royal Air Force of England, 1970

ENGLANDHARRIERGR101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDHARRIERGR102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDHARRIERGR103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDHARRIERGR104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDHARRIERGR105 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

For my first attempt at English Air Force markings I've gone for a Red Lion in the centre of a red and white roundel but I'm not too happy with it though and not just because it reminds of Middlesbrough FC! I'm willing to try the 'English' rose but it needs to be a simple rose shape and not a complex design like the 'Tudor Rose' emblem. Ideally, it should be one colour like the Aussie Roo or the Kiwi, er, Kiwi but a single colour rose might not be recognisable.

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English Electric Excalibur FGA.3 - No.56 Squadron, Royal Air Force of England, 1961

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDF-100DSUPERSABRE07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Looks like a sneak attack across Offa's Dyke!

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English Electric Lightning F.1B - No.64 Squadron, Royal Air Force of England, 1965

ENGLANDLIGHTNINGF1B01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDLIGHTNINGF1B02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDLIGHTNINGF1B03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDLIGHTNINGF1B04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDLIGHTNINGF1B05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDLIGHTNINGF1B06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My final English Air Force 'what if' with Crusade-ish national insignia - probably my favourite of the three. With St. George's Day coming up next month I'll revisit this theme. BTW the Lightning F.1B was a version of the Lightning issued to the former Javelin night-fighter squadrons.

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Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 - 1435 Flight, Royal Air Force of England, 2018

ENGLANDTYPHOONFGR401 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDTYPHOONFGR402 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDTYPHOONFGR403 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ENGLANDTYPHOONFGR404 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Positively, the final 'English Air Force' what if from me until April 23rd and I thought I'd try a lo-viz version of the previous insignia. I'm aware that my Typhoon lacks it's customary fuel tanks and needs more modern missiles but my install doesn't have them at the moment (I'm more of a last century man  ).

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Hawker Hunter F.5 - No.2 (Leinster) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1960

IACHUNTERF501 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF502 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF503 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF504 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all from the Emerald Isle!

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Lockheed F-24A Starlight - 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, USAFE deployed to South Korea, 2014

USAFMAKO02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

USAFMAKO03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

USAFMAKO01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This fictional aircraft was created by a Portugese 3D modeller named Cocas from a sketch by Bagera3005 although I'm not too sure if it is based on a real drawing board design. Anyway, it's a cracking little aircraft and I've substituted the excellent German skins that came with it for my Euro Splinter skin and some basic USAF markings.


http://combatace.com/topic/77578-eads-mako/

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Vought F-8R - No.1759 Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1970

IACF-8JCRUSADER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACF-8JCRUSADER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACF-8JCRUSADER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACF-8JCRUSADER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I have no templates for the Third Wire F-8's so have used the F-8J by "The Mirage Factory" but, personally, I think the classic French F-8EN scheme would look better.

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Lockheed F-24A Starlight - No.2 (Leinster) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 2018

IACF-24ASTARLIGHT01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACF-24ASTARLIGHT02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACF-24ASTARLIGHT03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A bit stuck for time tonight so I've just done a dark green skin on the 'Mako' (F-24A Starlight is out of me own head).

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Hawker Hunter F.6M - No.1 (Connacht) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1972

IACHUNTERF6M01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've been asked to release my Irish Hunters but have decided to use the Dutch F6 version as the Thirdwire 3D model has missile rails built in to it and I wanted to use Firestreak and RedTop missiles. Tomorrow night will involve me making 26 serial number decals  yawn.

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Hawker Hunter F.6M - No.4 (Ulster) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1973

IACHUNTERF6M05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My latest Irish markings finally cover Ulster, the fourth of the Irish provinces and unique in encompassing two countries as six of the nine counties of Ulster are in Northern Ireland (part of the UK).  Anyway, I've used the colours from the Ulster flag and the 'Red Hand' to form suitable heraldic insignia bars and nose bars. The Danish skin is OK but the green isn't as dark and glossy as the schemes seen on many IAC aircraft. BTW, in game, the Red Top is excellent and consistently brings down Soviet bombers whereas the Sidewinders will sometimes only damage them.

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Hawker Hunter F.6M - No.1 (Connacht) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1971

IACHUNTERF6M10 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M11 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHUNTERF6M12 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've added the licence-built 'Sleagh' (Javelin) missile to these Connacht Hunters in the green camo scheme.

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Canadair NF-5A - No.2 Squadron, Belgian Air Force, 1970

BAFNF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFNF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFNF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFNF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFNF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This 'what if' is more of a a 'nearly was' and was suggested by a Dutch friend over at Combat Ace who recently informed me that the Netherlands and Belgium had planned a joint purchase of the F-5A but that the Belgian's had stalled, cooled and eventually bailed out. I've never really liked the F-5 family but will do a few more 'Freedom Fighter Fantasies' in the next few days. Anyway, this is the F-5A with the F-5C Skoshi Tiger skin, stock Mirage 5BA codes and my own Belgian markings with a raked fin flash. Does anyone know whether the blue bordered roundel is used on the undersides? I've assumed so but I'm not too sure.

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Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter - Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes, Armée de l'Air, 1976

ADAF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADAF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADAF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

ADAF-5AFREEDOMFIGHTER04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The Greek F-5A comes with this lovely blue skin to make a lovely French bleu skin!

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Mikoyan MiG-21bis - Croatian Air Force, 2011

CROATIAMiG-21bis01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAMiG-21bis02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAMiG-21bis03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAMiG-21bis04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Only a partial 'what if' as Croatia operate the MiG-21 but this is a USAF Hill type scheme (slightly rough as I don't quite understand how the 3D model is mapped).

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McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom - Croatian Air Force, 1997

CROATIAF-4FPHANTOM01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAF-4FPHANTOM02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAF-4FPHANTOM03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAF-4FPHANTOM04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAF-4FPHANTOM05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

CROATIAF-4FPHANTOM06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Good call Geoff!!