Gekko_1 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 After all of my requests that you've filled over the years it was a pleasure doing this one for you D Thanks Damian it looks fantastic! I really like the South African ones too. Now, as I have one of those Eduard Mirage 2000D/N kits just sitting waiting to be built, how about some profiles of the two seater in some of the schemes you've already done, oh, and some new schemes too! Cheers Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biscuit Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Really nice work on those profiles Damian, There's just something sexy about Mirages mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Why not some love for Tornado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Why not some love for Tornado? I'm busy with blanks for the F.3, GR.1 and GR.1A/GR.4 So stay tuned!!!1 D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Hi All!! With my stress levels being at an all time high I've not felt complled to get stuck into the structural work that is the SH-360. Perhaps once I have my exam results I'll continue the endevour. However this won't stop me from getting on with one of my 1/72 Hasegawa Macross wonder kits for a little stess relief Hence tonite we only have one (1) non sci-fi whiff. 1. I can finally unveil my AV-8B II +. I ended up using a Hasegawa instruction sheet to trace the nose of and then modified a suitable AV-8B blank I had. To get the GR.12 I deleted the US gun pod and added the RAF ones the should have been fitted. I also added the additional A2A missile rail that lies between the inner and middle pylons. She's in the colours of 41 Sqn RAF and is tooled up for some light hunting. 2. Here we have some re-painted X-Wings. I may be coming into a pair of X-Wings in the coming week (*squeal*). So I decided to come up with some family X-Wings. The first is my machine and is in my favorite colour BLUE. I found an Aurbesh font and have promoted myself to captain . The Crest displayed above the torpedo tube is that of the Manley family. The second X-Wing is my little bro's mount and is again in his favorite colours, again the Manley crest is displayed however in a different position. A. B. 3. Finally we come to the Macross goodies. I've found blanks for various Macross Veritechs, seeing as I have a VF-1 A/J in my stash and seeing as I've decided to build it as a stress releiver I went ahead and worked up some possible profiles using real world USN squadrons. A. VF-101 B. VF-14 C. VF-213 Well there you have it I hope you enjoy this little selection, its somewhat different seeing as we don't do much sci-fi in these here parts! Crits and comments always welcomed! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi Guys!! Damn is the silly (read stupid) season in effect here with Xmas day drawing ever closer!! Hmmm I can almost taste the lunch now YUM! Well I've done some more Macross/Robotech profiles, I've been a busy busy boy so you're in for a two part-er! PART I: 1. VF-101, "But Damian you already did this one?" Yes I did but the tail art I used was a colour shifted low-viz grey art from a decal scan. So its not the right one for a black tailed Reaper. I stumbled across some nice tails art while looking at boobs er...I mean...well... 2. VF-11. Nothing like a Ripper's machine. The engine pods are colour coded with the rest of the scheme and I think it ties it all together quite nicely. 3. VFA-75. The Sunday Punchers, now that is a cool name for an attack sqn. A little obscure as I think they were disbanded with their A-6s but I found a nice patch that screamed TAIL ART at me. Their A-6s were plain and so is this VF-1A. 4. VFA-25. One of my fav attack squadrons. This profile is quite different from all the others as I used it to play around with adding some grime, leaks and repaints to the airframe via different levels and blurs. I think it came out ok but some more work will need to be done... There ya go PART I is done. PART II coming soon! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 PART II: Here we go everyone. The AWESOME number of VF-1 requests (2) has been fulfilled with this post ;D 1. VF-31. The Tomcatters. 2. VF-111 A. B. Hope you like them all! I have some anthologies coming up (VF-41 and VF-154) as well as some VF-4s and 11s Comments and crits always welcomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Happy Ought 9 all! Now brace yourselves for a tripple, tripple play of Macross Zero machines!! Having been under the weather an unbable to fly I've had nothing else to do other than sit in front of the computer and be sick. Hence my sudden output of Macross malarky, it also has something to do with Sean (aka Talos) so you can blame him too First of the lot a three VF-101 VF-0Bs for you. As I've been working through the VF-1s and now the VF-0s I've come to like the Tomcat squadrons more and more... 1. A Low viz machine. 2. I saw a profile with an F-14 with all the red and thought it looked smashing so I replicated it 3. And the most cool of cool tail art...need to get decals for my VF-0B... There ya go! Let me know what you think! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I know some one will ask for VF-111, so here they are. I can't make up my mind which variation I like all I know is that with the VF-101 machine and Miss Molly I will need at least another VF-0B! Choices, choices!!! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Lastly, I come to VF-154 The Black Knights, and my VF-0B count goes up by one more to purchase *sigh* 1. A scheme worn by the units F-14s in the 80's 2. Something a little more recent 3. And with the cool knight on the tail... But wait THERE'S MORE!! I give you a VX-9 machine There all done! Well for now at least D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hi All! Taking a short break from Sci-Fi as I get Talos' VA and VE-3s ready for they paintshop So to fill the gap I have some F4Ds for you. The IDF idea came from Martin aka Hatchet who has recently gotten a Ford to build. I basically started with the P-51s camo and then went with the various schemes as worn by the Kfir. 1. 140 Sqn in the P-51's clothes. 2. 113 Sqn in early Kfir colours, the ID triangles were fun. Looks good I think. 3. X Sqn, the Guards of Arava, here Kfir greys abound 4. X Sqn, the Smashing Parrots, this is the last scheme worn by the Kfir. There ya go! I hope you enjoy them!! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchet Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Smashing D! I had kinda settled on the early (P-51) scheme, but now I'm not quite sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Hi All!!! I've been busy with Talos' VA-3 Invader profiles, man what alot of fun ESPECIALLY deleting my work the first time...duh... 1. First up is VA-115. Still stationed on Earth as home guard unit after Space War I. A. A retro colour scheme as worn by the units A-6s in the latter half of the 20th B. The all purpose low-viz as worn by the line craft. 2. SVA-35 is stationed aboard the Saratoga II a Guantanamo class stealth carrier which took over from the ARMD class carriers. Saratoga II is stationed at Mars to protect the Helderman research complex/colony. A. They too painted but the lead bird in a retro scheme initially. B. And again the all purpose low-viz scheme... 3. Can't not do some Marine birds now can I?? Both are variation worn by VMA(AW)-224. A. B. 4. Finaly I end with SVA-34 the Blue Blasters. They are stationed on the Independence which patrols out of the New Avalon system. A. The CAG bird. The tail art is a nod at the units first tail motif durning WW II. It was a pain to make but worth it in the end!!! B. A line bird... There you go I hope you enjoy these new addidtions! Any requests, hints or hatemail most welcome!!! D *EDIT: Screwed up the Panthers should be SVA-35 to 32 * Edited February 6, 2009 by damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi All!! Tonight just for John I have some more VFC-111 goodness. These are the other schemes worn in our world by the units F-5s. I hope you like them!! 1. 2. 3. Lemme know what you think! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) Now gentle readers we go back to the Independence in the New Avalon system. Stationed aboard is SVAQ-136 "The Gauntlets" who fly VE-3 Howlers which are tasked with ECM and ECCM support missions for the carrier and her variable fighters. Note must be made that the SVAQ VE-3s of most U.N. Spacy carrier wings do not mount the modualr radome of the VE-3 as this is usually used for long range sensing, a task which is left to the SVAW radar picket squadrons. 1. The CAG machine of SVAQ-136 has worn some interesting schemes. Two of which are illistrated below. A. Here is the tail is seen in a resplendid rising sun, paying homage to the units stationing in Japan in the late 20th to early 21st century. B. The second example of the CAG's tail art is a full colour rendition of the unit's insignia over the whole of the tail. 2. The line machines are usually for circumspect in their marking although an occasional full colour tail piece is seen in the rank and file. 3. However the majority of the unit's markings are of the more conventional low visibility variety. There ya go! I hope you enjoy them D Edited February 10, 2009 by damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) Hi All!!! I'm going no a liitle home country what-if session for the next few whiffs Hope you don't mind!! As the WW II progressed South Africa found a need to beef up her naval air power. The two Ranger class carriers purschased in the late 30's were not enough to meet the Union's comitment in the Atlantic nor the Pacific. To overcome this shortfall of power the Union entred into an agreement with the United States for the purchace of six of the newly launched Essex class carriers. Two where to based in Simonstown for duty in the Atlantic, two in Port Elizabeth for use in the Indian Ocean/Arabian Gulf (and by extension the Med) and two in Durban for deployment to the far east. The six ships where named for cities in the Union (note HMS during the war, SANS post WWII): CV-1 SANS Kaapstad CV-2 SANS Port Elizabeth CV-3 SANS East London CV-4 SANS Durban CV-5 SANS Pretoria CV-6 SANS Johannesburg After the war they were updated in line with their sister ships in the USN. The price of this continued support was the leasing of naval facilities around the country for use by the United Sates. With the Korean War starting to hot up the country's carriers found themselves getting ready for combat once again. Flying from their decks would be the last of the great piston types. The Corsair, the navy took delivery of 12 squadrons of aircraft in the beefed up version of the Corsair for the fighter/attack role. A version of this type would later be purchased by the USMC and France. In SANavy service it was known as the F4U-6. SANS Pretoria was the first of the SA's Essexes to serve in the Korean theater, 19 Squadron was one of the two Corsair Squadrons on board during the tour. The other being 17 Squadron. There you go Comments and crits most welcomed! With SANS East London's tour the Navy fielded a new variant of the F4U-6, the night fighter F4U-6N. The exhausts and cannon had flame suppressors to hide the aircraft's presence in the night skys of Korea. In line with this a new paint scheme was ordered. Gone was the white under surfaces and in the insginia. A 14 Squadron machine: And from the same cruise a 18 Squadron machine: Please note that the carriage of night fighting Corsairs meant that either the vanilla model was left at home or one squadron flew the standard Corsair but the ship then did not carry a Bearcat squadron. Next the attack wings! ps. Save for the first two planes posted from now on I'll be using RAF unit insignia for my speculative SA Naval aircraft. Yes I'm too lazy to make up my own stuffs First up tonites two machines Hi All!! What aircraft would be suitable attack aircraft for the South African Navy? Why the Able Dog of course!! Tonight I present to you the Attack wing of the Kaapstad 20 Sqn 21 Sqn And 22 Sqn The fighter sqadrons are just about to be equiped with jets so stay tuned D Well not Cougars but Panthers For tonight we're joining the fighter squadrons on board the SANS Port Elizabeth, South Africa's first carrier to launch jets into combat. 1. 1 Squadron "Prima Pugnatis" 2. 3 Squadron "The fighting cocks" aka "Yellow dicks" to others... 3. 7 Squadron "The Dogs of War" I hope you're not too disapointed Greg D Edited April 23, 2009 by damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi All!! Sideshowbob aka Matt asked about a SB2C Helldiver in my SAN day scheme. Here she is in 20 sqn markings: And the same aircraft in the little used "Atlantic" scheme: Comments and crits always welcomed!! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi All!! Only one for tonight/this morning I've been working on this profile blank this week as this airframe is one of my favorite varieties of my favorite prop plane. I give you the AD-5 aka A-1E in later life!!!! This is Yellow Rose flying off of the Port Elizabeth, she forms part of the 24th Attack Squadron: Hope you like her! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gekko_1 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yeah! Liking these SA NAVY profiles Damian! Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hi All!! Tonight we'll be looking at the roles the S-2 family played in the South African Navy. For an overview of the S-2 and related airframes one can see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-2_Tracker 1. First up is the ASW S-2E Tracker from 48 Sqn. This machine is the Sqn leader's bird which is reflected in the banding on the engine nacelles. 2. Next is E-1 Tracer from 41 Sqn. 3. Here we have a C-1 Trader COD plane. 4. Finaly we have have a TS-2A crew training plane. Note this is a C-1 conversion and is used for flight crew training. ASW crew members are trained on converted S-2A airframes which are designated TS-2B. Hope you enjoy them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Hi All!! Well, someone asked what those Tracer I did earlier were controlling. Well here they are F-8s!!! As the 60's started the South African Navy adopted a rationalised system in its squadron designation. Fighter squadrons became FS-XX, attack squadrons AS-XX etc etc. Individual aircraft in the squadron were allocated a 3 digit tail code which had the last two numbers repeated on the nose. Squadron lead aircraft where designated X00 each aircraft following there after. The colour scheme which had been upto now a unified RLM 62 grey was split into an Atlantic scheme of RLM 75 and and Indian scheme of medium sea grey. 1. FS-11 "Thunderbolts" off of the SANS Johannesburg, is an example of the Atlantic scheme: 2. FS-16 "The Vikings" is another Atlanitc schemed F-8E: 3. FS-7 formerly "The Dogs of War" now "The Wolves" shows off the Indian scheme. This aircraft being the squadron leader's machine is more embelished than a line machine: 4. FS-4 "The Dark Sheep". Another Indian scheme machine. The fighter squadrons stationed off of the SANS Durban decided to adopt the names and shield colours of Zulu warrior clans from the Kwazulu-Natal region. Hence the name and the tail colouration. Included is the shield on which it is based: There we go! Crits and comments always welcomed!!! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchet Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Those are great D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 3. FS-7 formerly "The Dogs of War" now "The Wolves" shows off the Indian scheme. This aircraft being the squadron leader's machine is more embelished than a line machine: There we go! Crits and comments always welcomed!!! D :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Hi All!! I'm warming up my A-4 profiles to plunge on with my SA Navy theme after my SAR-a-thon. But I thought I'd warm up with a non SAN bird. Something Danish This is for Martin. Its an A-4F from ESK 730... Enjoy! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Hi All!! Well the SAN A-4s will have to wait till another night I've been busy on RDAF, RAF and FAA A-4's. I hope you enjoy the following profiles! I'll start with the RDAF experimental schemes, this one was dreamed up by Martin aka Hathcet, basically one removes the light green from the Euro-1 scheme and replaces it with a brown: 1. Excammo 1: 2. Excammo 2: Gone with a darker brown on this one : 3. SEA styled camo. Why? Because it looks good on anything: You'll also notice I've changed the font and decreased the size of the unit emblem. Thanks to Martin for all of the above!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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