Irish Army Air Corps what-ifs???

[Nick]

Good luck with the Max Decals, they are the most fragile decals I have ever used.

I got the Irish Air Corps set for use on my Stingbat and Mil-17 helicopters and by god, they fall apart quicker than an Essex girls legs!

Nick B)  

[Davey B]

Right, as far as I'm aware, the IAC had Spits and even some early British jets like the Vampire.  How about replacing them with A-4's (the A-4I?) in the late 60s?

The Scooters are later upgraded and fitted with new radar in the early 1980s.  Not on a par with the A-4Kahu upgrade by the RNZAF, but maybe something like using Blue Fox radar, a Harrier-style RWR and carrying AIM-9L and Maverick, as well as maybe Sea Skua anti-ship missiles?

and look something like this:

[Spey_Phantom]

Nice, i like the idea of the A-4 in Irish air corps service, and ive been thinking, maybe to replace them (and provide them with a supersonic fighter) they could have bought 8 off my Mig-32 Flamers  

because there's no room for the traditional roundel on the fuselage, ive painted them on the tail, and a irish flag in the nose.  


i know it looks a little strange    

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Max Decals at Hannants

Thanx Nev.....

[lancer]

I do like Davey IAAC Scooters. My idea is for IAAC Hawk 200's as a cheap interceptor/dogfighter. BaE 146's for Maritime patrol and fisheries protection

[Spey_Phantom]

maybe these cessna C-172AN skyhawks (AN standing for Anti-Narcotics) for observation and light COIN tasks (not really a what iff, but a repaint and upgrade off the excisting 172's in service)
fitted with 1 FN-MAG machine gun on the door, 4 light 50lbs bombs and Chaff/Flare dispensers in the tail. in 2005, an additional 5 aircraft were bought for Coastal patrol duties  ^_^


not bad hey  

[Davey B]

Lance, in my own Little Twisted World™ the Hawks would be the replacement for the A-4, say around 1995?  Hawk 200s would provide fighter/attack while Hawk 100s would fly as trainers, Forward Air Control and general close air support with cluster bombs and either AS-30L or laser-guided Mavericks being designated by that FLIR/LRMTS thing in the nose.  MR/AEW would come from the Briten-Norman Maritime Defender and AEW Defender        

[lancer]

Lance, in my own Little Twisted World™ the Hawks would be the replacement for the A-4, say around 1995?  Hawk 200s would provide fighter/attack while Hawk 100s would fly as trainers, Forward Air Control and general close air support with cluster bombs and either AS-30L or laser-guided Mavericks being designated by that FLIR/LRMTS thing in the nose.  MR/AEW would come from the Briten-Norman Maritime Defender and AEW Defender      

We are thinking way to closely for comfort on this one Davey. I had ideas on similar lines

[Davey B]

and now I've uploaded a few 3-views onto what laughingly passes as my website (more an exercise in photo storage) here's the aforementioned Hawk 200:



Click here for a bigger view    

[lancer]

That Hawk is nice Davey...very bloody nice.

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

How about two overwater schemes for your Hawk 200.

One with darker blue-greys and grey-greens for working the East coast of the Irish Sea - EDSG/Dk Slate Grey/Ocean Grey, (you could put Emerald Green & Orange invasion stripes on it for the Manx Invasion Scenario that the voices in my head say I must write-up one day).

The West coast aircraft could be in a more blueish scheme - Ocean Grey/PRU Blue/Barley Grey.
Just a thought or two.

I H-G

[Davey B]

Well as I'm awaying myself to the cinema on Saturday to see Serenity (and maybe Wallace & Gromit too ) I'm sorely tempted to go early and hunt for a Hasegawa A-4F to butcher...

[SinUnNombre]

Sorry for the late post, but this was just running through my mind.

For the '50s I have them getting Hunters and Lansens. 60's would have F-5s and F-104's, maybe A-4's later. After that I'm stumped. Maybe Mirage 3's, Harriers, or Crusaders. And of course, somewhere in there I have to give them the ubiquitous Skyraider, just because I can!

Jon