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Thank you. I had a suspicion, but wasn't quite sure of the details. Cheers. Thank you.

This is good news, I'll have to keep an eye out for a couple. Is this the same mark of Kfir that the US Navy used as an aggressor in the mid 80's?

Voted. It seems to be going quite well. I haven't got a clue what to build 🥐

Hi @f5guy Nice to hear from you. Thanks for jumping in. Some great information in your post, there. I enjoyed reading it. I have quite an interest in the aggressors myself, and their many and various colour schemes from over the years. I was lucky enough to visit Alconbury (well, outside the fence) on a couple of occasions shortly after the F-5's had arrived. I've had a fascination for them ever since. This is why I'm particularly interested in the original delivery schemes. Not that I'm not interested in the later ones. They are just as fascinating. Its interesting to note how some machines moved between the various units, and how many different schemes the same aircraft have worn. Thanks again for your input.

@Sabrejet Thank you for taking the time to list those early aircraft. I managed to come up with the same serials, so I'm sure you are correct. Apparently they lost six to accidents. So far I have '34, '50, '55. I have '63, '66, '68, '69 as replacements. Thanks for posting those pictures. Your foray into photography pretty much appears to have mirrored mine. Kodak Brownie and then the good old Soviet Zenith E. I think you had some better subjects than me, and better exposure settings Those are so nice to see, and really set a scene now long since gone. Black 63 is interesting as it shows a replacement aircraft, and it is obviously in the original style scheme with 'stars and bars'. The last two, Blue 43 and Red 56 are repainted from the original schemes they wore. A useful modelling note; they have been fitted with that 'flat' antenna on the tip of the tail. Blue 43 is on Microscale 72-312, so it's on the to do list Cheers.

I found a second hand copy online and snapped it up. Should prove very useful for future projects. Thank you, Giorgio. It's been quite a productive day on the Aggressor front Cheers.

That's amazing, thank you. I found most of those pictures, which were very helpful. For some reason '55 was missing. Now I believe I have linked up most if not all, of the early schemes. 'Old Lizard' is I think, what I would think of as just 'Lizard. The schemes also seem to be applied to blocks of consecutive serials ie. '51, 52, 53, 54, Snake. Which is kind of helpful/interesting. A great help. Cheers.

Thank you, Giorgio. I will have a look for that. I have made some progress, just 'googling' for images etc. Several (6) were lost in accidents, so some confusion exists regarding 'early' and replacement aircraft/schemes. 74-1555 was lost early on in the deployment. 1976 or 77? Can't find anything about the colour scheme yet.................

@Richard E Yes, those Two Bobs sheets look really nice. By the way, what is a Gomer? ( I guess an F-5, but Gomer? ) Unfortunately I'm a 1/72 guy myself, so never bought those sets. They did promise a 1/72 Alconbury Aggressor sheet in 1/72. I'm still waiting..... I guess my request is twofold. I would like to model one each of the early schemes, but my inner geek would also like a full list of all the squadron aircraft and the serial/scheme tie ups. I think there were maybe 20 aircraft? I think the schemes were something like: Lizard Snake Ghost Silver Grape? Light grey overall came later, maybe? Thank you.

@iainpeden I think that will probably be the way to go. I was just hoping there was already a list out there somewhere, before I get halfway through it, and then find out There have been a few decal sheets, but surprisingly not much for the Alconbury jets. There are a couple of old Micro/Superscale sheets that have a couple of options. @Creepy Pete That's awesome, thank you. So 48, 49, 50 were Silver jets. I didn't imagine it! I think the scheme was quite short lived. I did find a few pictures, but not as good as those, I thought they might be grey, but those are definitely Silver. That site looks like it will be a great resource for tracking down the other jets. Thanks again. I can get Silver, Red 50 from this: http://scalemates.com/kits/microscale-72-312-usaf-and-usn-f-5es-and-t-38-aggresors--588702

I am trying to tie up a list of serials to the various camouflage schemes worn by the 527th Aggressors from their early days at Alconbury. I think they arrived in 1976, when they wore full colour stars and bars, and solid black serials and lettering. So pre the stencil styles. Some of these aircraft were later re painted in different schemes, I believe. So I'm particularly interested in the first scheme these would have worn. Also, I seem to recall at least one or two of these early aircraft wore an overall silver, with red/yellow code numbers on the nose. Or am I just imagining that? Pictures of the silver scheme are nigh on impossible to find. I know some later aircraft wore an overall grey, but I don't think that's the one I recall. If anyone can help with this, or provide a link to a site that has this info, I'd be most grateful. I realise this is a perennial favorite subject, so apologies if I'm going over an already covered subject. I picked up an old Airfix F-5E from a charity shop today, and it's set me off on a mission. I've been on the interweb all afternoon/evening and not really getting anywhere. Cheers.

There are some amazing things going on with this 3D printing lark.

My thoughts too. Maybe that's why the Americans put the cap on the top. Now you can get more in 😁

Nice. But unfortunately not quite the deployment we were hoping for 😕 I trust they had a pleasant and enjoyable weekend stopover.

That's great. I love the headsets hanging up in the cockpit. Very nice work.