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No changes from me since a similar post on the mainstream General Discussion last year. 1. Saunders-Roe SR.177 (jet/rocket powered fighter) 2. AFVG (Anglo-French Variable Geometry - a short-lived 1960's predecessor of the Tornado) 3. Hawker P.1121 (like a Thunderchief on steroids) How about you? Saunders-Roe SR.177 AFVG (Anglo-French Variable Geometry) Hawker P.1121

Great news that it has survived!

Well done Ed. Outstanding. Your best yet IMHO.

Veltro2k's brilliant eight-enginned Bell XF-109

Decades ago when I was in my early teens I bought a book called "A Pictorial History of the RAF - Volume 3 1945 to 1969" and perhaps my interest in 'what if's' can be found from within those pages. Page 82 refers to the 1950 RAF display at Farnborough, where the famous Amiens Jail raid was recreated and shows a delightful picture of six clipped-wing Spitfires in full WW2 Luftwaffe markings "masquerading as Messerschmitt Bf109's" - a lovely phrase don't you think? Anyway, this thread is for 'what if's' that use an aircraft to pretend to be an entirely different aircraft and probably from a different nation. This isn't just decals added to an F-14 to make an RAF Tomcat (guilty as charged!) but something entirely different like my Aero L.23 that is a Super Mystere masquerading as a fictional Cold War Czech fighter. A more recent example was my Lavochkin La-13 'Fibber' using the Focke-Wulf Ta-183 Wrench (the original 'what if' guru of this site) has done a couple of 'masquerades' and here is his Northrop F-79 Manta So, there you go. C'mon, give us your 'masquerades'! If you've done one before, repost it here. Give us your thoughts, give us some ideas and give us some pictures!

Obvious question. Does the tyre (tire) 'black' line up with the tyre black on the Third Wire F-4E you are trying to skin? To check, get the relevant Third Wire bitmap and re-size it to SD's 2048x2048 and see if it all lines up.

A Lavochkin La-13 'Fibber' of the Parani Air Force launches an AA-1 'Alkali' beam-riding air-to-air missile over the Bay of Basari.

Lavochkin La-13 'Fibber' - Vietnam Peoples Air Force, 1952 Edit: Forgot to paint the pylons! Grrrrrrr!!

Tails you lose...

Spot on.

A Soviet Lavochkin La-13 'Fibber' blasts open a USAF Mustang escort before climbing up to the B-29's attacking the Motherland.

@ PH. Great minds think alike! My skinning project yesterday was the Ta-183 dressed up an early Soviet jet fighter. Introducing the Lavochkin La-13 'Fibber' More piccies at my what if thread.

Boulton-Paul Defiant Mk.III's - Skadron Udara 7, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara, 1952

Boulton-Paul Defiant Mk.III - 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça, Força Aérea Brasileira, 1946

No it never really existed. But, of course, the F-117A did exist and should have used the F-19 designation. The configuration shown here was quite a popular artist's impression from the mid-1980's and was used on the Italeri F-19 plastic model kit too.

Great shot Kevin! Love the open canopy.

Nice little video Ed.

Just realised that one of Dave's wishes came true! (Page 1, Post 2). Lucky old Dave.

Impressive!

Did you read the small print sir?

Put F-84 into search downloads

Well, with less distractions from us lot we can surely expect the Tomcat to be unleashed earlier.... and don't call me Shirley.

Actually, the game generated them (as good old C-47's).

Yakovlev Yak-9U Really enjoying this golden oldie!