Niels Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Provided it's all dark marknigs on the Have Glas subjects, you could call it "Double Dark Vipers" 😜 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1/32 F-4J Naval test center. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YF65_CH53E Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 The AV-8B does not carry a 30mm gun. It has a 25mm gun in her pod. Ammo pod on one side gun pod on the other. Its the GAU-12. I agree it would be very difficult to nail a drone with 20mm, 25mm, 30mm from an aircraft platform. The 20mm CIWS is different as stated due to its ability to rapidly acquire a target as small as these drones. Good ol' air to air aerial gunnery from a CH-53E, CH-53K, or MH-60R/S would do the trick nicely. Especially MH-60R/S as we mounted the complete Common Defensive Weapons System (CDWS) on the Romeo and Sierra. It Consists of: GAU-21 .50 cal at 1100 - 1300 rpm. (this aint' your grandpas Ma-Duece 🤩) GAU-17 7.62mm gaitlin gun at 6,000 rpm M240D 7.62mm light machine gun at 850 - 950 rpm at gas setting (2) 2.75'' rockets To me this is the most combat effective choice for this threat. The most economical considering the cost of AIM-9L, AIM-9X, AIM-120 air to air systems. We shall see if any declassified "Lessons Learned" reports come out on how we are trying to defeat this new threat. Gunny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Are these drones capable of defensive maneuvers? If not then shooting one down would be a lot easier that a target that was twisting and turning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 On 2/13/2024 at 7:02 PM, thegoodsgt said: How about F-4Es of the 57th FIS? LINK Already decals available. 48-3 DECAL F-4E 57TH FIS, KEFLAVIK (bare-metal.com) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/20/2024 at 10:42 AM, Drifterdon said: Already decals available. 48-3 DECAL F-4E 57TH FIS, KEFLAVIK (bare-metal.com) Last time I used bare metal/expert choice decals, they exploded when they hit the water. I too would like to see the 57th get the Caracal/Cartograf treatment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy White Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Those markings already exists as in 1/48 Galaxy G48063 and Fab FA48071D.... and I feel like there's one more that I'm forgetting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dafixer Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Interesting, thanks for that. The only one I was aware of was the Two Bobs version and that's sold out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Arrowhead Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Baby seal, anyone ? …. Now that I got the ref…;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Only if you post a pic or a link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Arrowhead Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 5 hours ago, Dutch said: Only if you post a pic or a link. Ok so that’s one down and two still running loose. If my bookkeeping is right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ViperDoc Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Here’s a question. Are you considering a Part 2 to your 1/48 RF-4C? Hopefully the Desert Storm or late 80s/90s Grey Hill Scheme? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 2/24/2024 at 11:47 PM, ViperDoc said: Here’s a question. Are you considering a Part 2 to your 1/48 RF-4C? Hopefully the Desert Storm or late 80s/90s Grey Hill Scheme? Yes but not so soon after the first part - it will be coming sometime in the second half of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crash Test Dummy Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 ADFs in Foreign Service. Italy use to operate the type and had a couple specially marked planes. Jordan, Pakistan and Thailand currently have them in service. Pakistan uses a unique camouflage pattern. Jordan's went through the MLU program and can now use Sniper pods and LGBs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 13 hours ago, Crash Test Dummy said: ADFs in Foreign Service. Italy use to operate the type and had a couple specially marked planes. Jordan, Pakistan and Thailand currently have them in service. Pakistan uses a unique camouflage pattern. Jordan's went through the MLU program and can now use Sniper pods and LGBs. Italy had several specially marked ADFs some flamboyantly, some less gaudy. Hasegawa had a special double boxing issued with really nice (if somewhat thick) decals and also I believe Zotz came out with the Veltro pattern. We also had ADFs in Texas (not yet a foreign country though), I believe down at Ellington Field, between Houston and Galveston and Hasegawa again issued a very nice double boxing for those. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 What about "legacy pairs". Pairing a commemoratively market jet with its WWII or Korean War or Vietnam Conflict namesake. Passionate Patsy comes to mind as others before. Passionate Patsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, hemspilot said: What about "legacy pairs". Pairing a commemoratively market jet with its WWII or Korean War or Vietnam Conflict namesake. Passionate Patsy comes to mind as others before. Passionate Patsy That's a cool idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 The Zoukei-Mura late model F-4E is up for preorder. Might be a good time for an F-4E sheet. I would like to take this time to suggest NJ ANG F-4E’s from the 141st TFS, 108th TFW with the fantastic tiger art on the nose. There were multiple versions of the tiger art on mulitple aircraft. Maybe even enough for its own sheet. I have a ton of slides of aircraft from this unit. Let me know and I can bury you in reference! 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, Corey said: I would like to take this time to suggest NJ ANG F-4E’s from the 141st TFS, 108th TFW with the fantastic tiger art on the nose. Already done by SpeedHunter Graphics, although OOP Edited February 27 by Niels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Niels said: Already done by SpeedHunter Graphics, although OOP yeah, we’ve been over this before, only in two versions and the colors are off. And it’s out of production. Edited February 27 by Corey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 3 hours ago, Corey said: The Zoukei-Mura late model F-4E is up for preorder. Might be a good time for an F-4E sheet. I would like to take this time to suggest NJ ANG F-4E’s from the 141st TFS, 108th TFW with the fantastic tiger art on the nose. There were multiple versions of the tiger art on mulitple aircraft. Maybe even enough for its own sheet. I have a ton of slides of aircraft from this unit. Let me know and I can bury you in reference! 🙂 let’s do this - bring it on! You know the email addy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 5 hours ago, KursadA said: let’s do this - bring it on! You know the email addy. Awesome, I’ll start sending photos as soon as I can! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Don't get me wrong, I like the markings so will look forward to this. Throw in some F-4D's in SEA and you have a ball 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Niels said: Don't get me wrong, I like the markings so will look forward to this. Throw in some F-4D's in SEA and you have a ball 🙂 I got refs for some NJANG D’s too, I’ll include them as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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