Vive la France! ... Voilà le GB!

ysi_maniac · September 25, 2008, 04:58:50 AM

^^^^^^^^ Of course

, but ... which camo?

Jeffry Fontaine · September 25, 2008, 10:16:17 AM

Quote from: ysi_maniac on September 25, 2008, 04:58:50 AM^^^^^^^^ Of course , but ... which camo?

Wrap around camouflage of course with green and gray as seen on the Mirage IV or maybe the middle east/central asia scheme as found on the Mirage III stationed in Djibouti.

ysi_maniac · September 25, 2008, 10:50:54 AM

^^^^^
I like your idea, above all the desert in Djibouti,

but do not discard the scheme described below.

Quote from: ysi_maniac on August 05, 2008, 12:01:29 PM
So a hunter in french roundels, yellow/black stripes and that frech tactical camo scheme used in SMB2 and described as: green, chesnut and dark stone will be just perfect.

BTW, Ian, can you throw some light on the mentioned scheme? I am not sure about colours.

Thanks,
Carlos.

ysi_maniac · October 08, 2008, 06:29:35 AM

This is a RW project that is posted here just for inspiration.
IMO The French camo in early WWII is cool, but the Vichy high visibility additions are something that must be done

This plane is deployed in Syria.

NARSES2 · October 11, 2008, 01:49:19 AM

I'm up for this - give me an excuse to do my F.105 in Djibuti scheme

Brian da Basher · October 11, 2008, 02:00:54 PM

Absolutely gorgeous, Carlos! You've captured the look perfectly, especially that tough-to-get-right AdA camo!

Brian da Basher

ysi_maniac · October 17, 2008, 06:02:10 AM

What if Dassault did not know about Fairey Delta studies? Swept wing Mirage?

Supertom · October 22, 2008, 10:18:33 AM

Quote from: nev on September 12, 2008, 09:10:01 AM
Vercingetorix?

Haha, nice!

OK, we could call it....Francorama? France-O-Rama? Gaul-O-Rama?

nev · October 23, 2008, 08:43:12 AM

I wondered who would pick up on that

Archibald · November 14, 2008, 01:05:34 AM

Love the title of this thread.

Don't forget Joan of Arc, crashed down in flames... and Ravaillac, who lost its wings and tail in midair.

F-105 in Djibouti scheme... love this idea. Obviously the next step after the F-100. Browse "Michel Crocci " paint sheme on Google : he turned its F-100 into a "shark" in 1978.

What about a space shuttle in AdA markings, in a Moonraker alt-timeline ?

Jeffry Fontaine · November 14, 2008, 01:49:53 AM

Quote from: ysi_maniac on October 17, 2008, 06:02:10 AMWhat if Dassault did not know about Fairey Delta studies? Swept wing Mirage?

Swept wing Mirage? Can you say Entendard IV and Super Entendard?

ysi_maniac · November 14, 2008, 05:14:16 AM

^^^^^
No. She will be as beautiful (or even more) and as supersonic as Mirage-III

Ian the Kiwi Herder · April 23, 2010, 11:45:15 AM

Just gone back through this thread, and I'm really wrestling with all the possibilities I could build out of my stash. It would be one of the hardest modelling choices I would ever make..... Out of all the Rafales, SM2's, Mirages, which one would I build..... Ahh what's the point, I'll build them all.... eventually !!

Ian
(Hmmmm, Haven't mentioned Audrey Tautou for a while..... Oh there y'go, I just did ! )

Weaver · April 23, 2010, 02:19:40 PM

One of my pet ideas has the Panavia nations buying Mirage 2000/4000s to variously replace Starfighters or instead of Tornado F.3s, the other half of the deal being that France buys the Tornado. To compensate for the disparity in numbers (800+ Mirages going one way vs 200 Tornados going the other), the Mirages have lots of local content and specific national systems/weapons, but the French Tornados are pretty much off the shelf.

Should fit right into this GB....

ChernayaAkula · April 24, 2010, 06:09:18 AM

"Allons enfants de la Patrie!"

Some inspiration. Not actually French, but from an anime. As Greg noted, the camo looks decidedly French, though. So how about un dragon français pour le GB?

More pics of the Area 88 Draken >>HERE<<.