Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:25 pm
SHAEF1944 wrote:Hello from a new guy
love that Buffalo! Thanks!
Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:38 pm
lestweforget wrote:Anyone????
What's the story on that?
Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:00 pm
lestweforget wrote:Found this on the interweb. Seemingly VA-113 A-4C's aboard USS Kittyhawk. Anyone know the year or any more info?
lestweforget i ran your photo over at the AirWarriors site to get some info,scroll down to the A-4C photo
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showth ... 564&page=9
Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:13 pm
Wow, thanks. The pic of the Vigilante in camo on that site is awesome.
Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:36 pm
Lestweforget's dazzle Mustang got me to thinking.....what about the whole a/c painted in animal patterns?? Zebra, Giraffe, Leopard, Tiger...
Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:05 pm
Canso42 wrote:
How about polka dots? That would be really coooool!
Lestweforget's dazzle Mustang got me to thinking.....what about the whole a/c painted in animal patterns?? Zebra, Giraffe, Leopard, Tiger...
How about polka dots? That would be really coooool!
Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:08 pm
Light dots on dark background or the reverse?
Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:19 pm
Not exactly polka dots, but close.
I've had that photo around since the seventies, just waiting for a place to put it. I think Dana Bell had a write-up in Scale Modeler about this scheme, and I believe that is where the photo originated.
Scott
I've had that photo around since the seventies, just waiting for a place to put it. I think Dana Bell had a write-up in Scale Modeler about this scheme, and I believe that is where the photo originated.
Scott
Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:45 pm
Canso42 wrote:
Red dots on a white background.
Light dots on dark background or the reverse?
Red dots on a white background.
Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:47 pm
Canso42 wrote:Lestweforget's dazzle Mustang got me to thinking.....what about the whole a/c painted in animal patterns?? Zebra, Giraffe, Leopard, Tiger...
You rang?
Osa's Arks:
Zebra:
Giraffe:
Tiger:
There are LOADS of Tiger schemes, thanks to the NATO Tiger Squadron meets.
Can't think of a Leopard, but you can have Jaguar...
Jaguar:
Of course there aren't camouflage for disguise, but commemorative or promotional schemes.
Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:25 am
The Luftwaffe also painted the underside of one wing black on some of thier Bf-110 nightfighters as a recognition aid for German AA gunners.
SN
SN
Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:05 pm
James, those old Sikorskys are so cool.
SAF, is that supposed to be camo or the spray bomb touch up job from Hades?
Another wild camo job I saw some time ago on a.net. Taiwanese Grumman S-2's painted blue and green camo with big shark mouths. Wild.
I saw a magazine feature (or maybe a recent book) on the NATO Tiger meets. Paint shops in many nations had mucho fun with that one!
SAF, is that supposed to be camo or the spray bomb touch up job from Hades?
Another wild camo job I saw some time ago on a.net. Taiwanese Grumman S-2's painted blue and green camo with big shark mouths. Wild.
I saw a magazine feature (or maybe a recent book) on the NATO Tiger meets. Paint shops in many nations had mucho fun with that one!
Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:33 pm
Canso42 wrote:
SAF, is that supposed to be camo or the spray bomb touch up job from Hades?
Nope, that is an experimental paint scheme the USAF tried out in the late seventies. Here's another photo I found on one of my "miscellaneous aircraft" CDs of two Hogs at Nellis. Note that the base color is different on the two airplanes.
Scott
Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:36 pm
Another view of that dazzle Mustang
Interesting .... found some forums where there was discussion on this plane, about the whole scheme being unknown. Known that upper surfaces were flat OD, but undersides unknown. As seen in the view above post, it was OD on top wing surfaces and top of fuselage, and in this view it can be seen that the dazzle extended under the wings and fuselage. Mystery solved, I guess.
Interesting .... found some forums where there was discussion on this plane, about the whole scheme being unknown. Known that upper surfaces were flat OD, but undersides unknown. As seen in the view above post, it was OD on top wing surfaces and top of fuselage, and in this view it can be seen that the dazzle extended under the wings and fuselage. Mystery solved, I guess.