Spinners Posted April 13, 2011 Author Posted April 13, 2011 you do know your countrymen are about to kick your arse... Er, it was a fellow Brit who asked for it! (Adopts Huggy Bear voice) Mind you, word on the street is that he's as mad as a box of frogs. Quote
Spinners Posted April 13, 2011 Author Posted April 13, 2011 Couldn't resist doing a 'Desert' He.380 in service with 2./JG27, 1946 1 Quote
Spinners Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 The Tupovlev Tu-22M Backfire masquerading as the Junkers EF.145... Quote
Spinners Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 Timmy's 'Projekt Two' masquerading as.... The Lavochkin La-13 'Fireball' Even before the end of WW2 the Soviets were in a desperate rush to catch up with British and American technologies and particularly in military aviation. Almost all captured German designs were studied with several being pressed into service in the immediate post-war era including the Lavochkin La-13 'Fireball' jet fighter despite it being an essentially flawed design. Based on the Focke Wulf 'Projekt Two' the La-13 was powered by a Klimov RD-10A (a direct copy of the wartime Jumo 004A) and was little more than a FW-190 with an underslung jet engine kept clear of the runway by a stalky and fragile undercarriage. Whilst this crude 'modified piston-enginned fighter' configuration was also adopted by the MiG-9 'Fargo' and Yakovlev Yak-15 'Feather' the La-13 was heavier and had viscous handling qualities being initially rejected by the VVS evaluation team and heartily loathed by VVS service pilots. First displayed at the Tushino Aviation Day on 18 August 1946 the La-13 entered service in 1948 (later than its home-grown rivals) and was soon dumped on unsuspecting client states. It was later given the entirely appropriate NATO reporting codename of 'Fireball' which became the fate of many La-13's. Action has been slow in this thread so I've dredged this one up from the archives. Quote
Spinners Posted April 26, 2011 Author Posted April 26, 2011 The Saab J-29F masquerading as the Focke-Wulf Ta199... Quote
Spinners Posted May 11, 2011 Author Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) The Martin-Baker MB.5 masquerading as the Macchi M.C.250 'Athena'... Edited May 11, 2011 by Spinners Quote
Spinners Posted May 23, 2011 Author Posted May 23, 2011 The Fiat BR.20 masquerading as the Fairey Heron... Quote
Spinners Posted May 25, 2011 Author Posted May 25, 2011 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero masquerading as the Boulton-Paul Trident II... Quote
Spinners Posted July 3, 2011 Author Posted July 3, 2011 The Shenyang J-8 'Finback' masquerading as the... Supermarine Scarab F.1 - No.74 Squadron, 'The Tigers', RAF Fighter Command, 1961 During early 1955 the expected transition of the English Electric Lightning from research aircraft to front-line interceptor troubled senior RAF officials who urgently demanded an alternative design as insurance and to also take advantage of the early lessons learned from the P.1A which had first flown during the previous year. Despite the epic failure of their Swift design Supermarine were entrusted with this project as the Air Ministry were aware that they had been designing a supersonic interceptor as a follow-on to their submission to Specification F.4/48 and by March 1955 their Type 557 had evolved into a twin-engined tailed delta with a nose intake and translating shock cone housing a Ferranti AI.23 AIRPASS radar and fire-control system and Operational Requirement OR.333 was drafted around this design. Work on the new design progressed well at the Hursley Park design offices during 1955 and 1956 and soon metal was being cut at the South Marston works leading to a first flight in October 1957 which put the programme only about six months behind the P.1B Lightning. Powered by two Rolls-Royce RA.24R Avon engines rated at 11,250lb thrust dry and 14,500lb with reheat the Type 557 appeared at the 1958 Farnborough airshow where the rather unflattering name 'Scarab' was officially bestowed upon the type. Prototype and pre-production testing went well during 1958 and 1959 and by early 1960 Scarab F.1's were being delivered to Air Fighting Development Squadron before entering operational squadron service in June 1960 with No.74 squadron at Coltishall. This is, of course, the Shenyang J-8 'Finback' by Erwin_Hans in it's early nose intake configuration. Quote
Spinners Posted July 9, 2011 Author Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) The Shenyang F-8M Finback masquerading as the... British Aerospace Thunderstorm F.3 - No.92 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1987 Tracing it's ancestry back to the Supermarine Scarab design started in the mid-1950's the Thunderstorm F.3 was the final version of the Scarab/Thunderstorm family of interceptor-fighters and the last all-British combat aircraft. Scramble! Erwin_Hans lovely F-8M 'early' Edited July 10, 2011 by Spinners Quote
SayethWhaaaa Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 There is a tonne of stuff I want to add here, I just need to make some screenies! Quote
Spinners Posted July 19, 2011 Author Posted July 19, 2011 Great! This thread needs fresh input... Quote
Spinners Posted August 16, 2011 Author Posted August 16, 2011 The MiG-23ML masquerading as.... Republic F-7C Thunderstorm - 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Vietnam, 1968 Takhli RTAFB Quote
Spinners Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 The Gloser Meteor NF.14 masquerading as the Heinkel He P.1088 'Fledermaus' Quote
dsawan Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) were any of these what if jets released to the community? i esp like this one and the LUFT'46 meteors Yokosuka Ki-299 'Hunter' - Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, 1954 perfect additions for the what-if sf2 folder Edited January 23, 2012 by dsawan Quote
Spinners Posted January 31, 2012 Author Posted January 31, 2012 were any of these what if jets released to the community? Some were but, generally, I create my 'what ifs' simply to create screenshots for my long-running thread at the what if modellers website. Most of them are not to release standard and are regarded as disposable and do not remain on my hard drive. Quote
+Julhelm Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 I want to see a WW2 Luftwaffe F-105... Quote
Spinners Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) I want to see a WW2 Luftwaffe F-105... Heinkel P.105 - JG6, Luftwaffe, 1949 Edited February 2, 2012 by Spinners Quote
+allenjb42 Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Wow! It does look kind of Teutonic in that camo. Quote
Wrench Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 the splinter looks great on that Thud!!! Quote
Spinners Posted February 3, 2012 Author Posted February 3, 2012 The Republic F-105D Thunderchief masquerading as the Heinkel P.105 Zerstörer Quote
Spinners Posted March 3, 2012 Author Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) The Aeritalia G.222 masquerading as the Handley-Page Harris* C.1 *Named after the wartime AOC-in-C of Bomber Command. BTW Wrench's Desert Camo made this so easy! Edited March 4, 2012 by Spinners 2 Quote
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