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Aircraft repaint options
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:14 am
by pilotman
What aircraft do you think would offer the most in repaint options, not including any already produced 1/18 scale aircraft?
F-4 Phantom, USAF, USN, Edwards, RAF, RAAF, Israel, .....
A-4 Skyhawk
Mig 29
F-15
Mirage III
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:20 am
by aferguson
F-4 without a doubt
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:47 am
by ostketten
Would have to be a tossup... F-4 or A-4...take your pick, both were supplied to many nations. The Skyhawk was a smaller, much less complex AC than the Phantom, and offered lots of bang for the buck, therefore it was probably more attractive from a cost and maintenance perspective to many small and medium size nations.
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:06 am
by KAGNEW
the only major visible difference in F-4s is nose and engine nozzles
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:02 pm
by KWR190
ME110
FW190A
HE219
HS129
JU52
Kurt
Aircraft repaint
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:05 pm
by der Vogelfänger
F-4 Luftwaffe-types and USNavy!
dV
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:35 pm
by Tinman
F-4.
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:13 pm
by KAMIKAZE
F-4 then the Mirage III.
Mark
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:38 pm
by Morian Miner
MiG-21. Most planes, most users.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:10 am
by KAGNEW
Mig-21 & F-4 would be like F-86 & Mig-15, what a combo
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:50 am
by VMF115
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:17 am
by jeffrowse
KAGNEW wrote:the only major visible difference in F-4s is nose and engine nozzles
Depends on how closely you look
UK F4s had Rolls Royce Spey engines, which meant spoiling the (relatively!) sleek lines of the Phantom; whereas most of them had a nice "waisted" appearance, the Brits ('K and 'M) had considerably wider engine tunnels and bigger nozzles.
German F4s lacked Sparrow fittings so never flew with fuselage-mounted missiles; all they had was the nose-mounted gun and 'Winders under the wings.
Most people probably wouldn't notice these, but then the people on this forum are not most people!
(Nb: the only Brit Phantoms to retain the original appearance were the J-models purchased from US stocks following the Falklands conflict - these kept their original J79 smokers and were given the designation J-UK to explain to us poor Limeys why they looked different to the rest of our Rhinos.
Here endeth today's lecture - there may be a short quiz next period!
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:21 am
by jeffrowse
Buggrit, also meant to mention the number of "different" colour schemes you could get away with on such Western birds as Hunters or Mirages and practically any MiG, Sukhoi, Tupolev, Mil or Kamov bird - the (former) USSR had a very large number of purchasers...
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:54 am
by KAGNEW
I said major differences, was nozzles & noses,
and most Wally world paytrons wouldn't notice British waists
also Revell on their 1/32 German Phantoms gives you plugs for Sparrow slots.
but i think if we got a 1/18 Phantom they may complain only a little as they carry them home
even Hasegawa doesn't do recasts for British Phantoms, and they have some of the best Phantom kits out there
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:58 am
by Flytiger
Later version P-40's served in almost every Allied air arm all over the globe.
But for sheer numbers, it would indeed be hard to beat the Phantom II. Very few fighter aircraft can boast being used by the AF, USN and USMC.
The other advantage to the Phantom (from a marketing standpoint) is there are thousands of ex-Phantom drivers still around, many of whom have space at home or office for one in their markings.