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Title: Thunderbird and Blue Angels patterns?
Post by: anthonyp on August 29, 2009, 01:11:00 PM
Hoping someone can help me out here.  I got a bizarre idea for those two aerial teams, but I need patterns for how the markings are.  I'm just looking for the official patterns.  Scans of model instructions would be welcome.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Thunderbird and Blue Angels patterns?
Post by: jcf on August 29, 2009, 03:46:28 PM
They vary by aircraft type over the years, here are the current mounts:

Blue Angels F-18
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1999.co.jp%2Fitbig06%2F10066932t2.jpg&hash=2c4ffc5096f2de1d4f74d67afed3302a3f99aa03)

Thunderbirds F-16
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1999.co.jp%2Fitbig07%2F10070266t2.jpg&hash=70235397a2a907eb56cc4e85aef96b50a36dae29)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1999.co.jp%2Fitbig07%2F10070266t3.jpg&hash=5485ddd04a73951f97d8aad13d88ad6f0081d5a7)

Hobby 1999 is a good place to search as they have many of the instruction sheets scanned:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/plamo/

Jon
Title: Re: Thunderbird and Blue Angels patterns?
Post by: anthonyp on August 29, 2009, 04:17:21 PM
Awesome, thanks, Jon!!  Those are exactly what I was looking for.
Title: Re: Thunderbird and Blue Angels patterns?
Post by: jcf on August 29, 2009, 04:20:55 PM
Quote from: anthonyp on August 29, 2009, 04:17:21 PM
Awesome, thanks, Jon!!  Those are exactly what I was looking for.

De nada. Look forward to seeing the end result.
Title: Re: Thunderbird and Blue Angels patterns?
Post by: anthonyp on August 29, 2009, 08:42:47 PM
Gonna be a few months yet, but I got this particular idea while sitting around, wishing my back wasn't connected to my body...  it sucks getting old!  And I ain't old!!!