Pyro's French flyers

[pyro-manic]

Ok, I have three builds on the go for France so far:

Vultee Vengeance dive bomber in service in Indo-China. (Special Hobby kit)
F-86F Sabre - in Suez stripes in place of the Thunderjet. (Hobby Boss kit)
F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Mirage F1 fails (prototype crashes, killing some important government and industry figures). (Italeri kit)

Pictures up soon if I can.

[oliv30330]

Ok, I have three builds on the go for France so far:

Vultee Vengeance dive bomber in service in Indo-China. (Special Hobby kit)
F-86F Sabre - in Suez stripes in place of the Thunderjet. (Hobby Boss kit)
F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Mirage F1 fails (prototype crashes, killing some important government and industry figures). (Italeri kit)

Pictures up soon if I can.

F-86F Sabre - in Suez stripes in place of the Thunderjet. (Hobby Boss kit) : GOOD  
F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Mirage F1 fails (prototype crashes, killing some important government and industry figures). (Italeri kit) : IMPOSSIBLE  

[Slerski]

Ok, I have three builds on the go for France so far:

Vultee Vengeance dive bomber in service in Indo-China. (Special Hobby kit)
F-86F Sabre - in Suez stripes in place of the Thunderjet. (Hobby Boss kit)
F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Mirage F1 fails (prototype crashes, killing some important government and industry figures). (Italeri kit)

Pictures up soon if I can.

F-86F Sabre - in Suez stripes in place of the Thunderjet. (Hobby Boss kit) : GOOD  
F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Mirage F1 fails (prototype crashes, killing some important government and industry figures). (Italeri kit) : IMPOSSIBLE  

IMPOSSIBLE is not french 

[pyro-manic]

Yes, it's unlikely. No, I don't care. The Viper will look good in Froggy camouflage, so that's what it's getting. Probably a pair of AS-30s from the new Airfix Cranberry as well as some R550s from the Academy F-8 Crusader as armament.

Pics of the basic builds attached.

[Slerski]

The Viper will look good in Froggy camouflage, so that's what it's getting.

Which camo ? Défense Aérienne (M2K like), MF1 old style (blue with alu underside), Tactical scheme (green-grey, wraparound or not) or... Vanilla-Chocolate  ?

[pyro-manic]

It'll be a mud-mover, with the AS-30s, so a tactical scheme. I'm not sure whether to do a grey/green, sand/brown or even the current dark grey.

[Taiidantomcat]

The probe on the viper really adds to it 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Very good ideas, all of them. Especially looking forward to the Vultee. How's your progress going, Pyro ??

Ian

[pyro-manic]

Getting there! Sabre's pretty much done, but the other two are still in primer.

[pyro-manic]

OK, finally got some photos of these. First up, the F-86F Sabre, 1950s. Painted with Citadel acrylics, markings from the kit and from a Heller F-84G and Revell P-47D.

[pyro-manic]

Next up, the Vultee Vengeance, in service in Indo-China against the Japanese (hence the special red-free SEA roundels, to avoid being shot down by trigger-happy fighter pilots! ). Special Hobby kit (rather nice!), painted with Citadel and Tamiya paints, and decals from the kit and from a kind donation by NARSES.  The canopy is atrociously painted, so I shall be re-doing it at some point, and I think it could do with being beaten up a bit - too clean for the jungle!

[pyro-manic]

Last, but not least, the F-16 on deployment to Africa. Boring old grey it is not! Italeri Night Falcon kit, with wingtip AAMs from an Academy F-8, and the AS-30s from the Airfix Cranberry B(I).8. The AAMs are ok, if a bit plain, but the AS-30s are pretty poor. Painted with Citadel, Tamiya and Xtracrylix paints, decals from the kit and a Heller Mirage F1.CR.

[GTX]

I take it that the French inspired the Royal Moroccan Air Force when they chose the scheme for their new F-16s:





Regards,

Greg

[Slerski]

The three builds are beautiful, but my favorite is the F-86 Sabre (but Tonton Marcel probably didn't like a such plane xD)

[pyro-manic]

Greg: You may be onto something there!

Slerski: Thanks! I think it's my favourite too. So much prettier than the Thunderjet.