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Some aircraft profiles

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:17 pm
by Flatlander
These represent real aircraft, painted in realistic color schemes / markings, but the aircraft never actually existed in this form. Kind of a \"what-if\" scenario. Note: unless otherwise noted, I did not draw the line art - just colored/highlighted/shaded/edited/modified/etc.

The A-10B was a two-seat prototype, proposed to the USAF first as a trainer, then as a night/all-weather attack aircraft. Only one was built, but the USAF actually ordered a few, but then cancelled them. Had they been built, they might have looked like this.

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81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters, USAF s/n 82-0695, European I camo.

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510th FS, 52nd FW, Spangdahlem AB, USAF s/n 82-0700.

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Luftwaffe, JaboG 38.

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:44 pm
by Octopus
Those are some sweet colors.

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:15 am
by Flatlander
Thanks. Here's some more:

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917th Wing, Barksdale AFB, USAF s/n 82-0698; experimental desert camouflage.

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23rd Fighter Wing, England AFB, USAF s/n 82-0699, in commemorative Flying Tigers scheme.

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Hel HaAvir A-10I Ra'am, Patishim Squadron.

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:11 am
by MetalBeast
Hehe,

nice work, as usual :D

P.S. found this:

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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:27 am
by Octopus
Any one ever play A-10 Cuba? It's old school but fun.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:15 am
by Flatlander
Thanks. I remember A-10 Cuba, but never played it.

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Fuerza Aérea Argentina

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Fuerza Aérea de Honduras

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Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:38 am
by Octopus
Looking good!
Hey post the blank one, so that the whole class can play.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:52 pm
by Duper
I was glad to hear that the warthog got a reprieve and is getting the C upgrades! She'll be with us a While longer it looks like! :)

(single seater of course)

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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:17 pm
by Flatlander
Octopus wrote:Looking good!
Hey post the blank one, so that the whole class can play.
Here ya go, have fun
Duper wrote:I was glad to hear that the warthog got a reprieve and is getting the C upgrades! She'll be with us a While longer it looks like! :)

(single seater of course)
Yup, it's been a long time coming, they're also getting new wings. A-10s should be around for quite some time, current planning is until 2028.

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Força Aérea Brasileira

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336th FS, 4th TFW at Seymour Johnson AFB, USAF s/n 82-0705.

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Nigerian Air Force

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:01 pm
by Octopus
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It can hit womp rats.

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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:59 pm
by QuestionableChaos
Octopus wrote:Image
It can hit womp rats.

yeah they're not much bigger than two meters :P

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:17 am
by Flatlander
LOL nice :lol:

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:37 pm
by Octopus
Womp hog
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:27 pm
by Duper
QuestionableChaos wrote:
yeah they're not much bigger than two meters :P
uh.. you ever see a 6 FOOT rat!??!?? that's a small horse or a Subway delivery car! ;)

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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:59 pm
by Flatlander
Octopus wrote:Womp hog
Wow, trippy :shock:

A couple Polish hogs:

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Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej

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Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:24 pm
by Octopus
Wow! Looking good, man!
So you're looking at fighter jets that these countries have today and using that as reference? Or are you using a Code of Regulations
book to be 100% accurate?

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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:11 am
by Flatlander
Octopus wrote:Wow! Looking good, man!
So you're looking at fighter jets that these countries have today and using that as reference? Or are you using a Code of Regulations
book to be 100% accurate?
Mostly looking at existing aircraft - that last one is based on a Polish F-16, for example.

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:31 am
by Octopus
oh. Well my images are made using a Code of Regulations. :P

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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:51 pm
by Flatlander
Octopus wrote:oh. Well my images are made using a Code of Regulations. :P
Heh :)


Well, that's all my A-10B profiles. However, I'm not quite done with the A-10. As you can see by this photo that I took of an A-10 at an airshow earlier this year, it is common to paint "door art" on the inside of the door that covers the cockpit access ladder.

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So, I made my own A-10 door art template and created some fictional door art.

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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:03 pm
by Octopus
Nice work! And does that ladder extend out of the plane?

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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:10 pm
by Flatlander
Octopus wrote:Nice work! And does that ladder extend out of the plane?
Thanks.

Yes, the ladder extends out of the airplane. See http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/photo ... page6.html for some more A-10 door art pictures, one of which shows the door open with the ladder retracted.

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:34 pm
by Flatlander
Some more door art...

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:15 am
by DigiJo
very nice, i allways liked the a10. awesome and innovative airplane design. in the 90th i watched them doing targetruns in a nearby trainingyard here in northwest germany, the onboard cannon they have is a monster!

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:33 am
by Octopus
yup

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:52 pm
by Flatlander
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:26 pm
by Flatlander
That's it for the A-10. Next up I decided to do some fictional profiles of the Curtiss-Wright CW-21B Demon, a late 1930's fighter that was only used in small numbers by the Chinese and Dutch East Indies (basically, cannon fodder to the Japanese).

Supposing some of the aircraft were impounded by the US (which happened with some other aircraft, life the Vultee P-66 and North American P-64), they might have looked like this:

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And, if some had found their way to France, they might have looked something like this one in the markings of GC1/5:

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Again as with the A-10B profile, I did not draw the line art for this, just colored/highlighted/shaded/edited/modified/etc.

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:54 pm
by Flatlander
Royal Australian Air Force:

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Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force):

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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:28 pm
by Octopus
Very cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:00 pm
by Flatlander
Thanks!

An Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) CW-21B, in regular and winter camouflage:

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:21 pm
by Octopus
Looks good.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:30 pm
by Flatlander
Going back a few more years to the Great War...

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:)

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:43 pm
by Sedwick
As a longtime Peanuts fan, I must say: Kickass! Now do it in all red with widely spaced, hand-drawn horizontal pinstripes!

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:51 pm
by Octopus
I think this one is my favorite.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:13 am
by Flatlander
Thanks. Now, coming back to the present (or at least, the recent past) - here is the MiG 1.42 (aka 1.44), which at one point was referred to as the \"MiG-35.\" That designation has since been assigned to a development of the MiG-29M2. I'm keeping the MiG-35 designation for this what-if, and using the NATO reporting name of \"Flatpack.\"

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Indian Air Force

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(new) Iraqi Air Force

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Polish Air Force

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Sri Lanka Air Force

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:00 pm
by Octopus
That's cool.

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:58 am
by Flatlander
Three Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force 'Flatpacks':

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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:28 am
by Octopus
They need to go with fiber optic camouflage.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:24 am
by Top Gun
If they did that, everyone would simply shoot down the neon-green glowing jet. :P

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:33 am
by Octopus
Then we need to pollute till our air is neon-green and glowing.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:12 am
by Flatlander
A pair of Egyptian Air Force MiG-35's:

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