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That's a really cool plane.

What flight sims do you like?
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Octopus wrote:That's a really cool plane.

What flight sims do you like?
Oddly, I never really got into any flight sims. The only virtual flying I do is in BF1942/FH and BF2/FH2.

Here's a Finnish Air Force MiG-35, complete with nose art:

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Three People's Liberation Army Air Force 'Flatpacks:'

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A pair of South American MiG-35's:

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...and a pair of Slovakian MiG-35's:

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That's it for the MiG-35s. Going back to World War II, here's what the Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat might have looked like if used by the US Army Air Force:

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Royal Air Force Hellcat:

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One more Hellcat, from Taiwan:

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France considered purchasing McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets to replace their carrier-based F-8 Crusaders, but ended up going with a naval version of the Dassault Rafale. Here's how the F/A-18 might have looked in French markings:

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A couple of Royal Navy Hornets of 892 Squadron:

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looking good
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Thanks. I thought I posted these Luftwaffe Hornets, but I guess I didn't:

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Very nice job dude.

But no more A-10s ?
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No more A-10's. But, I have something else you might like. I took the CW-21B Demon, re-drew it in Autocad, then put on the nose/engine from a different aircraft (also a Curtiss, the P-37) - just to see what it would look like. The result probably wouldn't fly in real life, but I think it looks kind of cool. I painted up a few with homages to 1930's racers.

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These can be considered prototypes for the next version, which I decided to call the \"Demonhawk\" - basically a CW-21B with a P-40 nose/engine:

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A couple of Demonhawks in Crimson Skies-inspired livery:

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Department H V-22 Osprey as seen in \"Hulk vs. Wolverine\"

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Boeing Bird of Prey (I drew everything except the Boeing logo):

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\"Black\" color scheme:

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