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A-7 Paint kit and repaints...

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Splendidly done, Zsolt.

Duckie - looking forward to the E Argonauts ... it's looking very, very good. I particularly like how the black glareshield trim is - on most of the hi-vis schemes, there a funny bit of black/white area right between the top of the radome and the front of the windscreen that is a bit off-putting. Going to black resolves it quite nicely. Well done!

dl
 
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BTW - Does anyone know if either of these VA-195 birds have been painted and freely available to the public? I know the Hi-Viz CAG bird is has been done.

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Duckie said:
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BTW - Does anyone know if either of these VA-195 birds have been painted and freely available to the public? I know the Hi-Viz CAG bird is has been done.


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Looks awesome Duckie - can't wait to get that E Argo.

I've not seen the TPS VA-195 anywhere - am 99% sure it's not been done. That funky "shadowed" area underneath the wings and horizontal stabilisers was (as I understand) not very common. Would be a very worthy choice of scheme. If a bit ratty/grimy, like the one in your screenshot, then even better! :encouragement:

dl
 
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BTW - Does anyone know if either of these VA-195 birds have been painted and freely available to the public? I know the Hi-Viz CAG bird is has been done.

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Yes the CAG bird was well done previously, but I have not seen either a high or low viz fleet bird done of VA-195. Would make a nice compliment to the CAG paint IMHO.

Eric
 
delta_lima said:
Looks awesome Duckie - can't wait to get that E Argo.

I've not seen the TPS VA-195 anywhere - am 99% sure it's not been done. That funky "shadowed" area underneath the wings and horizontal stabilisers was (as I understand) not very common. Would be a very worthy choice of scheme. If a bit ratty/grimy, like the one in your screenshot, then even better! :encouragement:

dl
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ejoiner said:
Yes the CAG bird was well done previously, but I have not seen either a high or low viz fleet bird done of VA-195. Would make a nice compliment to the CAG paint IMHO.

Eric
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Thanks guys. Then these two will be my next projects.
 
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Hi Steve, I happened to find BOTH of these in the SOH library already. Warhawk1130 did these in 2012 I believe. Might not be that exact lo Viz, but one close to it. The high viz fleet bird, he did already exactly.
 
Thanks Eric. I've never had any luck with the search engine here and now that the search by submitter doesn't work any more I really cant find anything, even just by scrolling!

Edit: OK. I figured out how to do a basic search again. Anyway, I'm too far along to quit now. We'll just have more Dambusters!
 
Steve,

I apologize for not finding the TPS paint (I looked again and I still can't find it) - but assuming it indeed was done, I apologize for stating I was quite sure it hadn't been done. I honestly had no knowledge of it. Looking forward to it, nevertheless, for sure!

Zsolt - great paint. The PMTC schemes are really smart, interesting alternatives to the mainstream schemes. The PMTC F-4s and F-14s looked great in it, and the A-7 is no different. Well done.

Thanks to you both.

dl
 
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Steve,

I apologize for not finding the TPS paint (I looked again and I still can't find it) - but assuming it indeed was done, I apologize for stating I was quite sure it hadn't been done. I honestly had no knowledge of it. Looking forward to it, nevertheless, for sure!

Zsolt - great paint. The PMTC schemes are really smart, interesting alternatives to the mainstream schemes. The PMTC F-4s and F-14s looked great in it, and the A-7 is no different. Well done.

Thanks to you both.

dl
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No worries dl. I searched and couldn't find anything either. I start off choosing subjects I like but I also try not to duplicate something that's already been done. In some cases I may duplicate something because I prefer my own version. Anyway, I do this for the fun of it and it's a bonus that some others may like what I do.

So, thank you for your willingness to help.

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"Z" -- I like that PMTC paint also. Nice job.
 
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I've seen the VA-195 birds on the Aerosoft Kitty Hawk deck. Might be nice to match up the repaint with that cruise.
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fsafranek said:
I've seen the VA-195 birds on the Aerosoft Kitty Hawk deck. Might be nice to match up the repaint with that cruise.
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Now that's a thought. Where might one get a peek at the paint schemes for these 195 birds?

Speaking of peeks, here's a peek of the TPS fuselage I just finished. Tail, wings and bottom yet to do, as well as the 2-tone bottom demark.

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Duckie said:
Now that's a thought. Where might one get a peek at the paint schemes for these 195 birds?

Speaking of peeks, here's a peek of the TPS fuselage I just finished. Tail, wings and bottom yet to do, as well as the 2-tone bottom demark.

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A pure joy to see your wonderful creations, Steve!

Power to your brush, Sir. :applause:
 
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