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I am currently updating my images starting at page 1. Getting rid of the old Photobucket images and also updating the graphic design of my original posts. They will still have 'the look' of the originals, but I may re-imagine the colours of some of them and add the graphic design elements of 2022 into the 2015+ images. Just for a bit of fun I'm also going to be adding classic Star Wars vehicles/ships etc into the backgrounds as faded silhouettes The first two AT-ST's have been completed. ✔️ Cheers Richard.

Absolutely! I've got the Revell snaptite kit and two of the smaller Bandai kits for future builds. So eventually a profile of the AT-M6 will appear here too!

Yes. I'm just playing around with all sorts of combinations until I find something I like.

Yeah I remember that day, I was about 15, my jaw dropped! I'd never seen until then, nor since, a science fiction based fighting machine as cool looking as the AT-AT! 😍 As for "Navy" I'm not sure. I guess they deploy from a space-ship so the Naval theme is already there?

Here's a slight variation on the previous one.

I see I have a lot of links I need to fix-up! Thanks Photobucket! I'll get to them, in time. In the mean time here's the first for 2022!

For those unaware, over on Shapeways, there is a store owned by Antonio Regidor otherwise known as "308 bits". He is currently working on several new 3D printed additions to the Revell Razor Crest. His Mando and child looks very nice indeed! https://www.shapeways.com/shops/308bits?section=Razor+Mando+Rebell&s=0 Cheers Richard.

Final two for this series. Cheers Richard.

I hope you don't mind Andy? But seeing as this is most probably going to be Britmodeller's go-to reference page for the Revell Razor Crest, I thought I might drop in some reference images sourced from one of the attached YouTube videos. Let's face it, the weathering of this kit is going to be the main focus of most modeller's interests and images like this are not all that readily available atm. My all time Star Wars hero and inspiration, Doug Chiang, hard at work doing his thing! Note the Pantone swatch colour for the striping. Pantone 7409C. So for those few of you who have a Pantone swatch book, you can accurately match the colour if not using the supplied decals. Cheers Richard.

The next batch! Next a rough version of what it'll look like on the Su-33. This is the scheme I've decided to go with. A Syrian scheme! I may go with this for the GWH Su-35S kit. Cheers Richard.

Some variations. Cheers Richard.

In the next series of top views I'm reviewing contrast in a couple of them. Having exhausted the initial pattern I test a new one, which I ultimately reject as being too boring and begin an entirely new pattern, then variations of. Cheers Richard.

A bit more contrast to the previous one. And with the second, introducing a baby blue. Cheers Richard.

Cheers Alan!

USAFAC (United States Air Force Africa Command) decided to move a Squadron of A-10C+ aircraft to FOB (Forward Operating Base) Bousaya in Northern Cameroon to assist in possible strikes against SAM batteries and mining operations in Southern Niger. A Chinese WZ-7 Soar Dragon, High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) type unmanned aerial vehicle detected this movement as soon as it began. CMHCA (Chinese Military High Command Africa) decided it prudent to eliminate this new threat before any American missions could be conducted. The early morning mission consisted of five Su-33 and four J-10C strike aircraft both types carrying KAB-1500Kr Guided bombs and Kh-59ME TV-guided cruise missiles. All guided in by either designators on the attacking jets or by the WZ-7 Soar Dragon drone. Targeting both the new runway and the A-10 aircraft. The mission was a complete success destroying six A-10's, the runway and taxi ways. Two USAFA F-16C CAP aircraft were also shot down. One by an Su-33, the other by a high flying J-20 Mighty Dragon, both using a PL-15 active radar-guided long range air-to-air missiles. Two days later both Niger and US forces tried unsuccessfully to re-establish the FOB at Bousaya. As seen by the kill markings on this Su-33 both an actual Niger Air Force C-130H Hercules and a USAFA A-10C were shot down. In a desperate attempt to disrupt the Chinese mining operations in Southern Niger USAFAC (United States Air Force Africa Command) decided to launch a combined US Army Delta Force and Australian Army Special Air Service Regiment force directly into Southern Niger. However the two MH-47G Chinook helicopters with the Special Forces troops onboard was detected by PLAAF drones flying very low over North Eastern Nigeria. Two Su-33's were dispatched. While one of the Su-33's flew high, the other dove down firing one PL-10 short-range, infrared-homing air-to-air missile, then another. Both tracked to their respective targets. Four J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighters flew high above the Su-33's as protection, but weren't needed as the two Chinook's had no escorts. Cheers Richard.

Note the kill markings, as displayed under the text, is an indication of the types flown by the US Navy and USAFA and the intensity of the limited air war over Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon during 2023. Bomb log / mission markings for this jet include: 4 x Kh-59ME Russian TV-guided cruise missile strikes. One AC-130J Ghostrider One USAF F-16C One USN F-18E Super Hornet One USN F-18E Super Hornet kill Two USAFA F-16C kills and one USN E-2D Hawkeye. The US Navy F-18E Super Hornet seen in the initial post is shown with one PLAAF J-10C and one GJ-11 Sharp Sword kill and four AGM-84H SLAM-ER mission markings in support of SEAD operations in Southern Niger. Cheers Richard.

Hi guys, so this will eventually be the spot where you'll be able to follow-on with me while I build my Kinetic Su-33 + Quinta cockpit detail set. But that won't be for a couple of months as I have another "What if" in the pipeline atm (RAF Skyhawk). The very basic background story to this build is, 20 ex-Russian Navy Su-33 fighters were bought cheap (engines and spares included) by the People's Liberation Army Air Force and put into service in Niger, Africa. Serving as part of a forward deployed unit (Su-33, J-20 and J-10) protecting precious mineral mining operations in the South of Niger. With the United States Government desperate to holt even more advancements in Chinese computer chip technology a U.S. Military Special Forces detachment (Delta Force) was forward deployed to Cameroon to try and get close to the mining operations to see if it could be sabotaged. In support of the Special Forces detachment was a mixed squadron of US Navy F-18E Super Hornets and one squadron of USAFA (United States Air Force Africa) F-16's. It was decided to camouflage the jets as Cameroon Air Force aircraft to alleviate any Chinese suspicions about their intentions in the region. With Cameroon politicians sufficiently convinced (bribed ) into believing this move would be a beneficial one for the country the way was set for the building of the base of operations in the north of the country. Things turned hot one day as a hotshot Navy pilot got a bit too close and was shot down by a Chinese S-400 SAM system. The subsequent rescue operation for the ejected Hornet pilot was a complete failure with the Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan rescue helicopter being shot down along with its onboard SAS rescue team. Following SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) operations lead by USAF F-16's were neutralised by J-20's and Su-33's. The camouflage scheme for the US Navy F-18E Super Hornets looks like this. (I intend building the Meng kit for this with a Reedoak sitting pilot figure in the cockpit, probably late 2022 ) As I haven't drawn-up an Su-33 profile yet I'll be using top and eventually side views of an Su-35 so I can get an idea of what sort of camouflage scheme I'm going to settle on for this build, and I'll be bringing you along on this journey of discovery so you can see how things evolve as the project moves forward. For those of you that are familiar with my work you'll know that I love "What if?" desert schemes more than anything else. And this hypothetical story lends itself to a lot of possibilities, both now and in the future as I could include not only a Super Hornet as seen above, but also the other aircraft types involved in the story as it too evolves along with the project. The PLAAF forward airbase at Kaadjia in Niger obviously doesn't actually exist. but looking on Google Earth the location does. The desert in this area looks very bizarre and has lots of variation in colour and texture. So, for me it's a Smörgåsbord of camouflage possibilities. I will spend some weeks messing about with various schemes until I decide on the definitive scheme. All of which I will share with you here. Cheers Richard.

Actually its a pretty involved process that can take days or weeks to complete. Not for the feint hearted. Here's a link that will help explain the process: http://www.rjlee.org/novice-avart-2.htm

I studied Fine Art and Graphic Design at College. There I was introduced to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Those two programs opened up a whole new world of creativity for me. I've always been into "What if?" alternate history sort of stories, even as a kid. So it didn't take long to use my new found skills and mix them with my stories to come up with many of my profiles that you'll come across here on Britmodeller. Due to Adobe's greedy subscription service I ditched Adobe and bought Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer to do the exact same thing at a fraction of the cost with a one time fee!

Maybe. When does it start and how long does it go for?

No. 92 Squadron. RAF Luqa 1979. 😎

Version 2

And here's something a bit different. Version 1.