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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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RAZBAM A-7 Sitrep

As much as I love a dirty aircraft, I'm not a fan of the dark, uniform dirt along each and every panel line. I noticed IRIS went for this style quite a lot, and to me it ruins the illusion of a realistic paint. The fact is, not every panel line is going to be as dirty as the rest, and dirt will accumulate in other places other than where each panel joins up.

I realise it may still be a WIP, but I'd love to see that aspect reworked. More subtle, with concentration on 'hot spots' for dirt.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/LTV-TA-7C-Corsair/1664542/L/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A-7E_Corsair_II.JPEG
 
Tweek said:
As much as I love a dirty aircraft, I'm not a fan of the dark, uniform dirt along each and every panel line. I noticed IRIS went for this style quite a lot, and to me it ruins the illusion of a realistic paint. The fact is, not every panel line is going to be as dirty as the rest, and dirt will accumulate in other places other than where each panel joins up.

I realise it may still be a WIP, but I'd love to see that aspect reworked. More subtle, with concentration on 'hot spots' for dirt.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/LTV-TA-7C-Corsair/1664542/L/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A-7E_Corsair_II.JPEG
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What he said
 
Prowler1111 said:
VA-94 A-7E...

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Mr. "Prowler1111,"
Excellent! Looking forward to taking this to Mr. Javier's Boats.:jump:


Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."

Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
From,
James F. Chams
 
As much as I love a dirty aircraft, I'm not a fan of the dark, uniform dirt along each and every panel line. I noticed IRIS went for this style quite a lot, and to me it ruins the illusion of a realistic paint. The fact is, not every panel line is going to be as dirty as the rest, and dirt will accumulate in other places other than where each panel joins up.

I realise it may still be a WIP, but I'd love to see that aspect reworked. More subtle, with concentration on 'hot spots' for dirt.
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On some Navy aircraft, it's not dirt around the panel lines, it's a sealing compound. Which gets dirty and smudged everywhere.
That being said, over-weathering can be too easy to do on tex jobs. Same with plastic model kits.
 
I think this plane is a beauty! I'm not nit-picking when I say this, but didn't Navy pilots of that era have some pretty colorful helmets? Just an observation, I'm still going to buy the plane.
 
Bone said:
I think this plane is a beauty! I'm not nit-picking when I say this, but didn't Navy pilots of that era have some pretty colorful helmets? Just an observation, I'm still going to buy the plane.
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Well, from my experience with two navy squadrons, VA-94 and VFA-147 (A-7E and FA-18C), during day to day ops, the helmets were non-spectacular, more or less. There was some "decorations", but usually limited to squadron logo thingies and such. I saw lots of plain white helmets...
 
Hehe, maybe so! Those fighter jocks do need the Tom Cruise helmets, or they feel insecure... LOLOLOL.
 
PRB said:
Hehe, maybe so! Those fighter jocks do need the Tom Cruise helmets, or they feel insecure... LOLOLOL.
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Hey, I think the Razbam A-7 should have Mav's helmet. Iceman and Slider will die laughing when they see Mav fly by in an A-7...a fate worse than flying rubber dog Sh*t out of Hong Kong.
 
Bone said:
Hey, I think the Razbam A-7 should have Mav's helmet. Iceman and Slider will die laughing when they see Mav fly by in an A-7...a fate worse than flying rubber dog Sh*t out of Hong Kong.
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Well, just you wait a second. One day, in the spring of 1983, on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), in the North Pacific, the two A-7E squadrons, VA-22, "The Fighting Redcocks" and VA-94 "The Mighty Shrikes", provided 100% of the combat air patrol (CAP) duties for the Battle Group because the two fighter squadrons, VF-213, "The Black Lions", and VF-114, "The Fighting Ardvarks", were "down". That's right, there were ZERO airworthry Grumman F-14A Tomcats on the USS Enterprise, zip, none. So the lowly Vought SLUFs, armed with two AIM-9 Sidewinder missles and an M-61A1 20mm cannon, were the CAP for the day. It's a damn good thing the bad guys didn't choose that exact moment to attck us, to be sure, but we sure were proud SLUF people that day!
 
PRB said:
Well, just you wait a second. One day, in the spring of 1983, on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), in the North Pacific, the two A-7E squadrons, VA-22, "The Fighting Redcocks" and VA-94 "The MIghty Shrikes", provided 100% of the combat air patrol (CAP) duties for the Battle Group because the two fighter squadrons, VF-213, "The Black Lions", and VF-114, "The Fighting Ardvarks", were "down". That's right, there were ZERO airworthry Grumman F-14A Tomcats on the USS Enterprise, zip, none. So the lowly Vought SLUFs, armed with two AIM-9 Sidewinder missles and an M-61A1 20mm cannon, were the CAP for the day. It's a damn good thing the bad guys didn't choose that exact moment to attck us, to be sure, but we sure were proud SLUF people that day!
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LOL. I was just kidding, because there's kind of a story behind my words. I went to Norfolk, VA awhile back and had a B-767 guy on my jumpseat. (I'm not sure if you know this, but when the cabin is full pilots can get on the cockpit jumpseat...but anyway, this guy was commuting home after finishing his trip in Atlanta.) While we were enroute to Norfolk we were talking, and I told him that I remember him flying on my jumpseat from about a year ago, and I said "you were a Navy guy, right? You flew A-6's... I think that's what you told me the last time" He rose up a little bit in his seat with a look of consternation on his face, and said in a partially raised voice "I flew F-14's, I AM NOT AN ATTACK PILOT!" I died laughing, and then he cracked up too.
 
Bone said:
LOL. I was just kidding, because there's kind of a story behind my words. I went to Norfolk, VA awhile back and had a B-767 guy on my jumpseat. (I'm not sure if you know this, but when the cabin is full pilots can get on the cockpit jumpseat...but anyway, this guy was commuting home after finishing his trip in Atlanta.) While we were enroute to Norfolk we were talking, and I told him that I remember him flying on my jumpseat from about a year ago, and I said "you were a Navy guy, right? You flew A-6's... I think that's what you told me the last time" He rose up a little bit in his seat with a look of consternation on his face, and said in a partially raised voice "I flew F-14's, I AM NOT AN ATTACK PILOT!" I died laughing, and then he cracked up too.
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No worries, Bone. I knew you were kidding, as was I. It's all good. SLUFs, Turkeys, Whales, lets just not get started on P-3 types... LOLOL... Which, BTW, I love P-3s. We have them here at NAS Whidbey Island. Beautiful planes. They fly around the pattern in digified grace, while the EA-18Gs and EA-6Bs do carrier pattern style breaks all day long. :)
 
These pictures were just sent to me by my friend, Fred Sanders, who was a A-7 pilot with VA-46 (Clansmen).

Am having him contact his pilot buddies to see if they have any they can send me.

NC

GO NAVAIR!


 
This is a very nice plane,one of my favorite . Is there or maybe make a video of this bird in action .:salute:
 
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