Jcarr162000 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) With the demise of the TSR.2 the British Government planned on buying the F-111, I am planning a What-if of an EF-111 in RAF Service. Here in lies a few questions with regards to this idea... Serials? Camouflage? (See Poll) Weapons Load? (if any) Edited May 17, 2012 by Jcarr162000 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Something like this one (reposted from the What-If thread)? I can't recall if I've posted this or not (apologies if I have). Merlin E.2 of 192 Squadron. In the 1980s the RAF got six of its Merlin GR.1s modified in the EF-111 program into E.2s, and this is what they looked like when deployed to the Gulf for the first little tiff over there in 1991... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jcarr162000 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Saw that just after I started this thread and I have to say it looks Fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Perhaps you can give it some ALARMs for that extra 'jamming' capability. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wrap-around grey and green - classic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wrap-around grey and green - classic! My thoughts as well. Also like the ALARM missile idea posted above.This is among my list of potential whiff projects as well. I also thought an F-111B in Royal Navy colors would be cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hemp over Light Aircraft Gray, with an allover red tail with yellow lightning bolt a la the Canberra T.17. Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jcarr162000 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well thanks go out to everyone as my Merlin FGR.2 has begun. I am building it in wraparound green/grey with an asymmetric wild weasel layout. A generic LGB, 2 AGM-88 1 AIM-9J Skyshadow ECM pod and a fuel tank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gmat Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I think that like the USAF, the EF-111Ks would have been too rare and valuable to risk using the HARMs, but it would sure look cool. They would probably have been paired with Tornados, Buccaneers or even FGR-2s. Would like to see the latter modified with LES and even wired for TISEOs. Sorry, just my two cents worth. Best wishes, Grant Well thanks go out to everyone as my Merlin FGR.2 has begun. I am building it in wraparound green/grey with an asymmetric wild weasel layout. A generic LGB, 2 AGM-88 1 AIM-9J Skyshadow ECM pod and a fuel tank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jcarr162000 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Given that mine will be carrying HARM missiles, should i maybe tint the canopy a la EA-6B, and if so how. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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