Gray Pride Parade

[gooberliberation]

aka Grey Pride Parade

Im sorry about the title, I just couldn't help myself

You know how most modern warplanes come in plain ol' lo-vis gray? Well everyone knows that said airplanes always look better in camoflage. What isn't fully appreciated is the fact that planes that've never appeared in overall grey also look awesome when they go low-vis(an expample would be gekko's ww2 planes done up in modern USAF colors.)

So here's the idea,

Paint up planes that have always(or usually) been in color into modern low-vis greys.
Example: Spitfire, Sabre, Frogfoot, Sturmovik, Bearcat, Liberator etc

-=*(OR)*=-

Paint up a normally boring-grey plane into a colorful scheme!
Example: SEA F-15. BoB era camoflage on a Eurofighter, Glossy blue Tomcats, OD/Neutral gray F-16s...

[Brian da Basher]

I like this idea Goober! I think it's got a lot of potential and if it gets off the ground you can count me in.

That SE-5 idea really has me thinking...

Brian da Basher

[AeroplaneDriver]

I'd be up for it!  I actually like gray warplanes.  I just get tired of seeing the SAME gray airplanes all the time.  This might be a good excuse to do a Fujimi Phantom FG.1 in late 90s SHAR colors.

...or a Gunship Gray F-105...

...or a Hellcat in current USN colors...

...or another updated RAF Hunter (1/48 this time)...

...or...

[BlackOps]

This one sounds fun too!

[anthonyp]

...or a Gunship Gray F-105...

Ya know, I can't find it at the moment, but I've got a pic somewhere on my hard drive of a Gunship Grey F-105 Gate Guard.  It's got the same black stencil national insignia as F-15's.  Looked pretty cool to me!

EDIT:  FOUND IT!  Ok, so it isn't gunship grey (rather light ghost grey), but you get the right idea:

[GTX]

Hmmm - something from WW1 in greys...

Regards,

Greg

[AeroplaneDriver]

Hmmm - something from WW1 in greys...

Regards,

Greg

This one really does seem to offer something for everyone (except those who just hate grey, obviously).

[Brian da Basher]

I like the flip side of this idea, putting colorful schemes on otherwise dull aircraft.

Brian da Basher

[jcf]

Y'all mean like these profiles created by our own Jennings Heilig?









or



From Madoc's Gallery of Jennings and J.P. Santiago profiles.
http://www.madoc.us/profiles.html

Jon

[gooberliberation]

Y'all mean like these profiles created by our own Jennings Heilig?

Yep, him too. Gekko did gray B-29s and -36s right?

[lancer]

Sounds like a good idea to me, count me in

[Blacklion213]

Im in by defualt since out of my entire stash only one plane is getting its realworld scheme (Tuskegee F-16C)

other than that every thing e;se get what ever twisted camo i can come up with

[Mossie]

For inspiration, here's a link to my USAF Tornado Profile thread.  The Tonka has been seen in some fairly colourful schemes, but these several of these schemes could be used for the F-15, F-16 & other USAF BOG aircraft.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,18043.0.html

[GTX]

funnily enough, I think a P-51D would look cool in the standard USAF F-16 scheme.

Regards,

Greg

[lancer]

I'm assuming that this isn't just going to be US machines is it?? I've had a few ideas for a couple of mix and match schemes and I'd like to try them out.