F-16 Weapons Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I had kicked around the idea of taking my EF-111A and painting it in the Israeli F-15/F-16 paint scheme of sand, brown and the light green. Put AGM-142's on the outboard pylons with the data link on one of the inboard pylons and a GBU-24 Paveway III on the other inboard for ballast. Just a thought. Pat, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcunny Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 (edited) Seeing Eddies's F-15 Blue Angles Aircraft, it got me thinking what would I like to do for a what if paint scheme. I just thought I would post it and see if you guys had any thoughts of what you would do. I do not have the net at home I can only use it at the library so I am going to think on this and post eary next week.Maybe we can make this a GB for the year of 2008. Start date of January 1st and ending on December 31st Have been debating F-22 in JASDF or IAF markings for some time now, but I do have enough stuff going on already. Would be nice if somebody did a resin cockpit that was GOOD for her, that just might turn up the heat on the back burner for me. Jarrod Cunningham Austin, Texas Edited October 20, 2007 by jcunny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 (edited) Don't know about the GB, but have this one I want to do at some point Edited April 24, 2008 by Andy Mullen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I'd put up a couple of what-if'd F-2s earlier in this thread ... here's a few more from a large thread over on What if modelers ... an aggressor F-2B based on F-15DJ 096 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 an F-2A aggressor based on F-15J aggressor 906 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 an F-2B Kai in APW markings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 and an XF-2D Kai in APW colors with a DSI inlet and LOAN exhaust among other mods :D Gary F Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imatt88 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Check out the RCAF F-106 Baby! :D Already on the workbench Here is the other one, a RAF F-106... I'm in for the "What-if" Group Build!! ;) Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark M. Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 and an XF-2D Kai in APW colors with a DSI inlet and LOAN exhaust among other mods Gary F That looks pretty effin' sweet, but you'd need CFTs to complete the package!! F16s don't go supersonic much due to lack of fuel, so the CFTs would allow better use of that DSI, eh? ;) (P.S. it would look frickin' cool, too!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Expat Tomcat Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 When we deployed for Desert Storm on JFK, both of our A-7 squadrons were yanked from the middle of their transition to F/A 18s to go to sea. They found out mid deployment they would be decommed rather than complete their transistion upon our return. There were squadron patches floating around with VFA-72 and VFA-46 on them. Those would make a couple of good 'What if" birds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Nice work on those F-2s! They look great! <_< Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waylandcool Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I'm not a big fan of modeling the demo teams, but here are some WhIf ideas from the past...Thunderbirds X-29 Thunderbirds F-86 Thunderbirds F-104 I have a Hase X-29 that I just may paint as a T-birds plane. I was also considering kit bashing it into an XF-29 fighter using some F-20 parts. I currently have an old Revell F-19 that I have plans to paint in a gray/black VX-9 paint job and a Hase F-20 that I want to build as a Mexican plane provided I can locate a flag decal from an F-5 for the tail. And my current project, a 2006 Monte Carlo stock car with #3 decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 When we deployed for Desert Storm on JFK, both of our A-7 squadrons were yanked from the middle of their transition to F/A 18s to go to sea. They found out mid deployment they would be decommed rather than complete their transistion upon our return. There were squadron patches floating around with VFA-72 and VFA-46 on them. Those would make a couple of good 'What if" birds. I always wanted to see a "Clansmen" Hornet ... I was bummed out when I learned they and VFA-132 Privateers were decommed .... Gregg PS ... Hey yeah, a VFA-132 Super Hornet ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Some more WhIfs... RAF Dart F.1/F.1A JASDF F-106J USAF (ANG) F-97 Lightnings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tran Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I was thinking of a South Vietnamese Air Force F-16, complete with yellow checkerboard fuselage band. If only Nixon hadn't gotten himself in trouble, it coulda happened... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SebastianP Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I've got some ideas myself that I've been saving up... - A stretch P-3 with C-130J engines (original idea was to do it up as a WWII bomber with B-29 turrets and invasion stripes...) - A US Army V-22 in CARC Green. - A USMC CH-47F, and a US Army CH-53E - A Swedish Air Force Typhoon - A production spec RAH-66 Comanche - An UH-72A with the inevitable hostile environment kit, including MWS/RWS, armor, machine guns/rockets, and permanently mounted FLIR - A B-52H with four high bypass ratio turbofans - a US Army UH-65D Dolphin, with a full set of lumps and bumps and the mast mounted sight from the Eurocopter Tiger UHT (config exists!) - a Swedish Defense Force Eurocopter Tiger A couple of armor ideas as well: - An APC/IFV in New York City Yellow Cab livery (Have an original Tamiya M2 Bradley on hand...) - An MBT done up in the local city bus livery (interlocking scheme of dark and light green arrows) (Both of the above come from conversations with bus drivers about horrific inner city traffic congestion and its effect on bus schedules... the idea being to use the cannon to make sure the cars stay put, then drive right over them to flatten the obstacle permanently.) Also, a 1/1 scale what-if: Remember when car alarms were new, and you'd put a little placard in the window to tell the thieves to stay away? Coming in 2010: "This car protected by Explosive Reactive Armor. Break in at your own risk." SP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Great stuff, Grant! Those USAF Lightnings are really cool! One question: Why F-97? <....>- a Swedish Defense Force Eurocopter Tiger <...> Oh, yeah, that could look nice! What about Swedish attack choppers? I believe they held some kind of competition a couple of years ago. Even including the Mi-28N. Did something ever come of it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I'm in for the "What-if" Group Build!! ;) I second that! Working on a IAF A-10I "Sandhog" ;) Steven L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Great stuff, Grant! ;) Those USAF Lightnings are really cool! One question: Why F-97? Danke schön! I pulled "F-97" out of a hat for it to fit within the USAF designation system and fill the gap between the F-94 and F-100. While the Lightning is a contemporary of the Century Series, all those numbers are already taken. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SebastianP Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 What about Swedish attack choppers? I believe they held some kind of competition a couple of years ago. Even including the Mi-28N. Did something ever come of it? ;) The Army decided that killing tanks was not part of their likely near-future duties with Russia regaining internal stability, and decided that money was best used on other projects. Said funds were then promptly stripped from them and diverted to non-defense expenditures. Business as usual. SP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imatt88 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Trigger, WAY COOL Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh1971 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Most of my modeling experience is "what if...", mostly in terms of weapon loads I did a Monogram UH-1C in Light ghost gray with USN markings. Made him from the USS Nimitz with little Jolly Roger flags (from a Blackbeard's ship kit), and dubbed him a "River Raider" for a Humans vs. the Living Dead theme, which most of my kits fall into. I had a disastrous attempt at a 1/72 Yak-38, which was supposed to replace the VTOL with a more conventional nozzle in the back, wingtip "Aphids", and a slightly larger wing area. Who knows what's next? Just the fact that my "air force" consists of aircraft from over a dozen nations from the 50s to the present is pretty "what if", eh? And in reference to the Navy A-10, I've still got my Monogram kit all ready to go to make my A-10M "Sea Hawg", which will have a pretty diverse loadout (including depth bombs from an S-3 kit, rockets, AIM-9, AGM-84, etc.) And it won't be Navy. Oh no.... it will be a USMC hawg, for certain. JB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I think about ukrainian F-18C, that came from Blue Angels,with overpainted yellow numbers with ukrainian markings, and R-73 on wings.....:-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 In the Boeing Frontiers magazine, they have done articles on upgrading B-52, B-1 and B-2s, the proposal for upgraded B-52s include 4 Hi-Bypass turbofans, they've included mock up artwork on occasion ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Grant, Great looking Schemes that you've added ! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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