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iniBuilds T-33 Jet Trainer Released
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mgr
SOH-CM-2026
Did take a peak, the pilot figured at model specific so no default avatar "node", so sadly can not be modified. Fear Dave has to do this.
Marcel
*NEW* - 21628 of No. 1 Fighter Wing, Canadian Forces Base Lahr, West Germany, circa 1969.
Aircraft carries the road runner character on the tail flash in keeping with the "flightless birds" motif that Canadian T-33s used in NATO Europe for a while.
Now... I have yet to find any pics of the left side of this aircraft during this period in RCAF T-33 history, so I've made a couple of assumptions based on other aircraft pictures from the same era. Namely, I've included the No. 1 Fighter Wing heraldic crest on the left side of the nose because I know T-33s based at Baden-Soellingen had their 4 Fighter Wing crest painted on. See my 4 Wing Instrument Flight livery as an example:
Also, the hawk-eyed among us may notice that the nationality markings on the road runner airplane look a little... off, this is intentional as the RL aircraft appeared to carry hybrid roundels, probably created by painting over the original leaf from the RCAF-style markings and replacing it with the leaf from the (then) new national flag. This was a short-lived practice in the mid-to-late 1960s until the new, official roundels were introduced, and resulted in some weird looking markings where the blue ring was too narrow or the leaf was too small, or both!
This one was fun to make. Coming soon.
Aircraft carries the road runner character on the tail flash in keeping with the "flightless birds" motif that Canadian T-33s used in NATO Europe for a while.
Now... I have yet to find any pics of the left side of this aircraft during this period in RCAF T-33 history, so I've made a couple of assumptions based on other aircraft pictures from the same era. Namely, I've included the No. 1 Fighter Wing heraldic crest on the left side of the nose because I know T-33s based at Baden-Soellingen had their 4 Fighter Wing crest painted on. See my 4 Wing Instrument Flight livery as an example:
Also, the hawk-eyed among us may notice that the nationality markings on the road runner airplane look a little... off, this is intentional as the RL aircraft appeared to carry hybrid roundels, probably created by painting over the original leaf from the RCAF-style markings and replacing it with the leaf from the (then) new national flag. This was a short-lived practice in the mid-to-late 1960s until the new, official roundels were introduced, and resulted in some weird looking markings where the blue ring was too narrow or the leaf was too small, or both!
This one was fun to make. Coming soon.
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delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
Love this CAF birds. Saw a few in my time during the 80s and 90s in both AETE CFB Cold Lake and 19 Wing Comox.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
My pleasure! Couple more CAF updates to come, first up is the Gimli bird, 21452 of No. 2 Flying Training School:
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delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
These look awesome. Any late (low-vis) planned? I can't recall if the paint kit allowed for it or not.
*NEW* - Another colourful one from the transitional markings phase during the late 1960s, T-Bird 21623 of No. 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (2 CFFTS), CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
I know I posted pics of this one months back, but it turns out I never actually uploaded it... so here it is.
Download HERE
I know I posted pics of this one months back, but it turns out I never actually uploaded it... so here it is.
Download HERE
Lo-vis are definitely coming! Just doing all the natural metal ones first as I have two sets of RCAF (and USAF) templates, "Painted" and "Metal".
DennyA
SOH-CM-2023
Yay. That's about my favorite combo -- RCAF (my Canadian veteran grandfather was annoyed that they'd dropped the R for a while), maple flag, and day-glo. Another beauty!
Ok, back to the 1950s... going over my earliest liveries and planning to release a "trilogy" of sorts, namely the paint schemes of the three Manitoba-based jet schools which used the T-33 - 2 Advanced Flying School (code letters PP), Portage la Prairie; 3 AFS (coded ML), Gimli; and 4 AFS (coded MH), MacDonald.
Classic 1950s silver and red jet trainer scheme with the big buzz numbers. Got to keep those kids in line
Classic 1950s silver and red jet trainer scheme with the big buzz numbers. Got to keep those kids in line
