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  1. its cool i wasnt talking completion date certain pic made me think of these
  2. read Wilches comment, then looked at the progress last pic definatly gives a "SUNDAY! SUN-DAY! SUN--DAAAY!" vibe
  3. just a simple shot taken on my new(ish) school laptop, in Win11

  4. Another Russian ship....

    daddyairplanes posted a topic in The Pub

  5. Dude, those are wicked. I especially like how youre keeping it to historical Mud Hen users so far (would that make a F-16E an "Dirty Bird"?) mandatory screenshots from down under

  6. IAI Lavi

    daddyairplanes replied to Stratos's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum

    might want to double check through his ship releases. i knew there were some extras in the andrea doria release, but it turned out to be a Sea Cougar and Black Hawk. not to say there isnt more in other releases
  7. he's having to take a break for now. i have a few wishes too, but health is abit more important

  8. F-15s in Europe: A Family Affair

    daddyairplanes posted a topic in The Pub

    https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/son-flies-last-f15-out-of-europe-father-flew-in-first?fbclid=IwAR1QY_TWIynkW88OpnqWGqSud3WT_-9HaH26BD8dWKZSp10jz8eIczbiygg
  9. 29 April 1975: VNAF C-130A takes off from Tan Son Nhut with 452 pax bound for Thailand
  10. off topic, whats on the ramp?
  11. wheres the aircraft from, and you got templates for the skin? i have an idea...
  12. or maybe a low speed, low altitude aircraft, with the hydrofoils as a fixed landing gear. make the max speed 2-3 knots over takeoff speed and in theory you dont have a gunboat cruising at 5000 ft agl but keeping it from flying away could be tricky, and it would jack up use of the guns for surface engagement iirc still, its a thought
  13. no doubt trotski, it is his world and a made up one too. divergence from the main timeline is fun. but in somethings, i think its best to keep as close to history as possible. first rule of alternate history: smallest possible divergence from real timeline, with hte butterfly effects it causes going down the line. back to Eagle114th, unless your timeline China ramped up nuke production in the 1960s, it would not have had enough to give more than 1 to Zafir. However, one is not practical. it can be taken out easy in a strike like you detail, plus after that one shot leaves Zafir open for massive retaliation (nuclear or non) by many parties in the world. 8-12 is a better number, although by 1975 IRL i dont think China would have spared that although if done before Sept 1976 Mao might have been willing to give some up. the big question; whats in it for China? long standing friendship isnt enough in the case of nukes, there should be some geopolitical goal that Zafir having nukes is assisted by. and IRL China in 1975 wasnt that big a player (see how their incursion in Vietnam in 1979 went, and that was a neighbor) hey, it is your world. just giving my two cents in on it as an amatuer historian
  14. ok, couple of nit picks here why did Zafir "invade" Israel? they are pretty far away unless Israel is in a different location in your world second, who gave Zafir a tactical nuclear warhead? by 1975, the US and USSR would be firmly against such activity. France and the UK would have no interest, and China and Israel would have too few to gift any. chemical warheads would be more realistic, and able to be created within Zafir changing these probably changes quite abit of the rest of the timeline
  15. you missed one along the front of the canopy seriously though, while it is awesome to see the end product, it is also cool to see the start of the journey too
  16. well, its been 30 years since the airlifts begans....
  17. good logic. but if the Raptor or Panther were to visually see a hostile Typhoon IRL, something has gone astray. the general idea these days is to zap them BVR and yes, we have heard this tune before. but since the late 90s we've had the instruments to play it better. no so much in Vietnam, a few years after the BVR song was first written (and the usual goto for arguing against BVR engagements) finally, with exception to the smaller users that will go to all F-35 fleets, its meant to be an attack aircraft first, fighter second. the F-22 was built to be a fighter first, and had to take on some attack roles second to justify costs on the ones that were built. comparing the dogfighting abilty of a F-35 is like comparing the dogfight abilty of an A-7 to a F-4. yeah it can do it in the right hands and circumstanses. but it wasnt really designed to do that, just protect itself on the way to the main target.
  18. awesome and huge project. especially across both TKs series, i havent heard of many huge mods for First Eagles take breaks as needed. people get burnt out working smaller projects, this one would rival most anything here currently when finally complete.

  19. USAF F-22 landing mishap

    daddyairplanes replied to GKABS's topic in The Pub

    i dunno. Raptor is a rare enough bird, they might put the money into patching her up. but if not then yeah, she'll live on in the rest of the fleet

  20. Sukhoi Su-25 hit by missile make it back home

    daddyairplanes replied to GKABS's topic in The Pub

    probably a mix of both, plus the Frogfoot isnt a featherweight either. later editions were developed with input from Soviet experience in Afghanistan (and in this case possibly Chechnya too)
  21. if he isnt interested, you should consider it, with heavy credit to him probably a third of what v2k has done the last couple years got released under my account (but his name in the title) because he did the model, then i skinned it and ini edited it. still your baby your choice. but im not the only one that thinks its primed for what if land
  22. if no one else can answer directly, heres a few places to look and especially this one

  23. Who likes books ?

    daddyairplanes replied to Sundowner's topic in The Pub

    very lucky indeed. i ordered 15 volumes of WAPJ when i got my tax return last month for $55 and he covered the shipping. seemed a really great deal.... until i got them and every last one had pictures cut out of them! to his credit, the seller was legitimately shocked to hear it was like that. he was clearing out something like 20 boxes of books that were his dads. when shown pics of how they were he gave me a full refund no fuss. it just doubly suxked because he originally had it posted as alomst the whole collection, but i already had the first half. he was very workable and agreed easily to sell the 15 out of 30 volumes i wanted. so right now its back to pairs at a time
  24. of course, all that work on the German Bugs, and they go and change their minds on you still good for a what if tho

  25. Who likes books ?

    daddyairplanes replied to Sundowner's topic in The Pub

    nice collections Sundowner, have you had the WAPJ* volumes since they each came out wayback when? im currently working on building up my collection on those, and about halfway through otherwise, ive had to go more to digital due to moves, kids, and other hardships. most of what i have still is either had since childhood, gifts from folks now gone or a few new additions. edit* World Air Power Journal, the blue issues
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