Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Tupovlev Tu-95RT 'Bear-D' - Soviet Air Force, 1980

SOVIETTU-95RTBEAR01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETTU-95RTBEAR02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETTU-95RTBEAR03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETTU-95RTBEAR04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETTU-95RTBEAR05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETTU-95RTBEAR06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A slight problem here in that the 'Bear-D' was in service with Soviet Naval Aviation so this camo scheme isn't really appropriate... but it is quite effective over this arid desert terrain!

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Chance-Vought P-48C Corsair - No.5 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1945

RAAFP-48CCORSAIR01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFP-48CCORSAIR02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFP-48CCORSAIR03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I was going to do the F4U Corsair in Lozenge camo with German markings but the white tail reminded me that I've previously done an Aussie F4U in olive green with a white tail and thought I'd just place those very same decals on the new Lozenge camo. The P-48C reference is simply due to the USAAF having adopted the Corsair back in 1943!

USAAFP-48CCORSAIR02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Hawker Helios F.2A - No.92 Squadron, RAF Germany 1972

RAFMiG-15bisFAGOT01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-15bisFAGOT02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-15bisFAGOT03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-15bisFAGOT04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-15bisFAGOT05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-15bisFAGOT06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I've previously shown the MiG-15 in RAF British service as the Mikoyan-Guryevich-Hawker OKB Falchion F.1 (flashback below) but this version uses a lovely Bulgarian skin by 'Paulopanz' with some suitable decals by me and some stock Vampire serial numbers to mimic the Lightning RAFG scheme. If Britain had developed a swept-wing fighter in the same timeline as the MiG-15 I think that for it to be in front-line service in 1972 would be pushing it a bit (and, no, I'm not forgetting the Hunters of No.45 and No.58 squadrons) but I do like those 1970's tactical markings.

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr
Mikoyan-Guryevich-Hawker OKB Falchion F.1 - 5th Fighter Regiment, British Peoples' Republic Air Force, 1951

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis - Vietnam Peoples' Air Force, 1959

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Only a partial 'what if' as, apparently, the Vietnam Peoples' Air Force did operate the MiG-15bis and MiG-15UTI in a training role. I've made this one to populate my Vietnam install and provide some opposition in the 1954 to 1964 timeline. The lovely checkerboard rudder is from Paulopanz' Egyptian skin and the Vietnamese flag is used as a fin flash as a bit of artistic licence as regular viewers will know that I hate bare fins!

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis - Vietnam Peoples' Air Force, 1964

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

VPAFMiG-15bisFAGOT09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This is quite a simple one combining a North Korean skin (again, by Paulopanz) with the VPAF markings from the silver one - the only difference being I use a higher opacity on my decals.

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Mikoyan MiG-39 'Foxfang-A' - Soviet Air Force, 2022

SOVIETX-02WYVERN05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETX-02WYVERN06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETX-02WYVERN07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

SOVIETX-02WYVERN02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I'm not really into Ace Combat but this is the X-02 Wyvern and it's quite a striking looking machine. I've just overpainted the Erusean markings and added some Soviet markings to the wings and fins.

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Commonwealth Air Corporation CA-20 Eagle - No.5 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1944

RAAFS-9901 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFS-9902 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFS-9903 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFS-9904 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFS-9905 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This one hasn't quite worked out but this is the Avia S-99 (essentially a Me-109G-6) given a white Aussie tail but unfortunately some of the white paint is also present on the oil cooler. The last picture shows a 'panel finder' tool that you can normally use to track such things down but the oil cooler seems to cover quite a few areas and it's turned into a really niggly time-wasting exercise so I'll abandon this for now and crack open a beer!

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Commonwealth Air Corporation CA-22 Eagle - No.5 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1946

RAAFS-19901 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFS-19902 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAAFS-19903 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

I thought I'd get around the oil cooler problem by using the S-199 but the problem followed me from port to starboard. Oh well, worth a try.

Edit: We now have the tools to get around this!

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BAC Stiletto F.2A - No.19 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1974

RAFMiG-21BISFISHBED01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-21BISFISHBED02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-21BISFISHBED03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMiG-21BISFISHBED04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

As a contemporary of the Lightning I like to show the 'Fishbed' in RAF markings from time to time and this is the RAFG Lightning scheme from the early-mid 1970's. I might revisit this one in the future and show a lower demarcation line on a No.92 Squadron Fishbed. Perhaps 2 missiles might be better too!

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Short Stirling B.1 - No.99 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1943

RAFSTIRLINGB101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTIRLINGB102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTIRLINGB103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTIRLINGB104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A nice Short Stirling was released recently (normal RAF camo shown below) and I thought I'd simply overpaint the markings with SEAC markings and add a spurious letter and serial number based on a real world No.99 squadron Wellington. I had no idea Shorts had proposed a longer wing-span Centaurus powered version!

RAFSTIRLINGB1 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BTW screenshots at night don't generally come out so well so I take them in daylight and add a bluey-black layer and then set the opacity to suit, normally 25-50%. It's a fair compromise but does lack the stars which the game actually does very well (e.g. the constellations are all there and move across the sky if you advance the time).

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Gloster Grebe FGA.3 - No.17 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1954

RAFMIG-17FFRESCO01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17FFRESCO02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17FFRESCO03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17FFRESCO04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

More SEAC shenanigans with the MiG-17F masquerading as the Gloster Grebe! This uses an East German skin for the Lim-6 with extra pylons.

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Hawker Siddeley Grebe F.7 - No.5 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1982

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The MiG-17PF would have made a classic British interceptor as it's got a limited number of missiles and short range! To explain, the inner wing pylons cannot carry a missile as big as the Skyflash and moving them outboard displaces the 400-litre drop tanks. The pylons need to be a bit deeper too as the Skyflash fins are touching the Grebe's wings. It does look quite good though!

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Gloster Grebe FAW.2 - No.111 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1970

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO06 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO07 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO08 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO10 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO11 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

(That's 25p for younger readers... or those from the Her Majesty's colonies)

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Avro Manchester 1A - No.82 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, 1943

RAFMANCHESTERB1A01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMANCHESTERB1A02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMANCHESTERB1A03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMANCHESTERB1A04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Hot on the heels of the Stirling a very nice Manchester has been released in standard RAF Night Camo so SEAC markings have been added with the stock Vietnam terrain standing in for Burma.

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Gloster Grebe FAW.2 - No.72 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1964

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO12 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO13 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO14 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIG-17PMFRESCO15 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Finflash relocated and the AA-1 'Alkali' missiles have been given a new white skin with stencilling to turn them into proper 'Redfire' missiles. Oh, I've also taken the opportunity to use No.72 squadron markings a squadron I've neglected a bit.