dean spirkoff Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 are the fins on the missiles before they are loaded on the jet. Do a f-15 and f-16 bring load for a tiger meet flight.my sparrows have broken fins so I want to round off the missiles. can this be done and look right on a real flight line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Regards, Murph Edited August 25, 2013 by Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve jahn Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I was a weapons loader on f-15 Eagles. The lower two fins were installed after the missile was loaded on the on the plane. The missiles came to us on the trailer with out the fins installed. We would install the other three fins on after it was lifted off the trailer. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean spirkoff Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 thanks for the info guy that helps out a lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean spirkoff Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) thanks for the info guy that helps out a lot, the fins did not look black but a bare metal. what color should they be Edited August 27, 2013 by dean spirkoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve jahn Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 They were always bare metal. Never painted. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 thanks for the info guy that helps out a lot, the fins did not look black but a bare metal. what color should they be I use a gunmetal colour. Humbrol gunmetal enamel works well (H53 I think?); Tamiya metallic grey is close as well. It's a very dark steel-grey. Same colour as the forward fins on the AIM-9L and -9M. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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