F-8 What Ifs

[tigercat2]

Here are a few F-4s (great aircraft, it beat the USAF fighters at their own game in 1962).


Wes W.

[sideshowbob9]

Thanks. You have some corkers there.

If I may ask, what is the story of the Red Jolly Rogers tail? I've only ever seen VF-84 with black tails (when hi-viz that is).

[tigercat2]

Thanks. You have some corkers there.

If I may ask, what is the story of the Red Jolly Rogers tail? I've only ever seen VF-84 with black tails (when hi-viz that is).

Easy answer; I fully realize that the correct color (in the real world) is black, but in my What If world, I thought red would look better.  That is the basic rule I use for all my models; since it is a What if World, anything goes.  I also used RF-4B decals, very colorful, on an F-4E; the thought there was that the Marines and possibly the Navy finally woke up and realized they needed an F-4 version with an integral gun.

Wes W.

[sideshowbob9]

Cool. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't a real world scheme I missed, the humiliation would have been too much!

Have some gun-nosed Navy Phantoms planned myself!

[Sauragnmon]

Kudos for changing up the Jolly Ranchers - whiffing the markings of the most infamously overdone squadrons takes cojones, man.  Hat's off to you.