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USN Retro Colors...

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Jschmus

#30
January 19, 2011, 03:19:06 AM Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 08:41:05 PM by Jschmus
After more than a week of scanning the web for new shots, I find that they've started paint jobs on at least two P-3s.  The first one is getting the classic maritime patrol scheme of white on top, "seaplane gray"on the bottom.
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Taiidantomcat

#31
January 19, 2011, 04:19:12 PM
That is very very exciting  :thumbsup:
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Jschmus

#32
January 19, 2011, 05:26:32 PM Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 08:41:15 PM by Jschmus
The Prowler is out of the paint shop.  1942 markings, circa the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Taiidantomcat

#33
January 19, 2011, 07:47:07 PM
Really can't thank you enough for these  :bow:  :bow:
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"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

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Litvyak

#34
January 19, 2011, 09:06:18 PM
WOW!!!

I love each and every one of these! I really don't like modern solid grey with grey markings... these schemes really bring the airframes to life! :)
C-A-NZ-UK!

Stargazer

#35
January 20, 2011, 01:16:59 AM
Quote from: Litvyak on January 19, 2011, 09:06:18 PM
I really don't like modern solid grey with grey markings... these schemes really bring the airframes to life! :)

Couldn't agree more!!!  :thumbsup:

Jschmus

#36
January 20, 2011, 02:27:45 AM
Quote from: Litvyak on January 19, 2011, 09:06:18 PM
WOW!!!

I love each and every one of these! I really don't like modern solid grey with grey markings... these schemes really bring the airframes to life! :)

I've heard the suggestion, repeatedly now, that some of these retro-schemed birds be sent to one of the Red Flag meets to see how the colors work in a modern combat environment, compared with the current "low vis" schemes.
"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."-Alan Moore

Taiidantomcat

#37
January 20, 2011, 09:07:52 AM
why not? plus there are lots of photographers there :thumbsup:
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Jschmus

#38
January 20, 2011, 06:15:58 PM Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 08:41:28 PM by Jschmus
Here's that Growler from a couple of weeks ago, outside.  I still think the blues are a little bright, but it looks good.  Assigned to VAQ-129 at NAS Whidbey Island, but painted in Air Group 85 markings off USS Shangri-La.
"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."-Alan Moore

Litvyak

#39
January 20, 2011, 08:24:32 PM
If blue worked well for Navy birds in WW2 I don't see why it shouldn't work nowadays, especially if the modus operandi is to stay as BVR as possible... the sea hasn't changed (much) since 1945!

(By the same token I still think that the old USAF Air Superiority Blue scheme would be a lot better than this stupid grey...)
C-A-NZ-UK!

philp

#40
January 21, 2011, 09:45:31 AM
Phil Peterson

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Jschmus

#41
January 22, 2011, 06:50:55 AM Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 08:41:39 PM by Jschmus
Here's a fan picture entitled "What might have been".
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pyro-manic

#42
January 23, 2011, 03:06:04 PM
Good stuff. Any sign of a Superbug yet? I'm still hoping for a 50s/60s Crusader or Phantom scheme on something.
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Jschmus

#43
January 26, 2011, 07:42:56 AM Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 08:41:51 PM by Jschmus
I haven't seen what's become of the first P-3 to go into the shop, but the second is already out.  It's a P-3C assigned to NAS Jacksonville, painted in the markings of an aircraft of VP-44 which spotted the Japanese fleet off Midway in 1942.
"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."-Alan Moore

Stargazer

#44
January 26, 2011, 07:46:33 AM
Quote from: Jschmus on January 26, 2011, 07:42:56 AM
I haven't seen what's become of the first P-3 to go into the shop, but the second is already out.  It's a P-3C assigned to NAS Jacksonville, painted in the markings of an aircraft of VP-44 which spotted the Japanese fleet off Midway in 1942.

And that must have been a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon.
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