Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Ginetta G15 Girl said:
The Jaguar was XZ118 which was at St Athan for spares/disposal in 2005.
During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':
So why didn't they just take the painted panel off and keep it, and replace it with a plain one?During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':
Or did they?
EDITED to add: Nice panel line weathering reference for any modellers: they are very obviously visible there!
Edited by dr_gn on Monday 16th August 09:27
dr_gn said:
Nice panel line weathering reference for any modellers: they are very obviously visible there!
I was in Peru the other day and thought of this discussion - at Lima airport there are some old C130s that have obviously been there a while and every single panel line and rivet is enhanced as if someone had marked them out in black ink. Must be a desert thing.dr_gn said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
The Jaguar was XZ118 which was at St Athan for spares/disposal in 2005.
During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':
So why didn't they just take the painted panel off and keep it, and replace it with a plain one?During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':
Or did they?
EDITED to add: Nice panel line weathering reference for any modellers: they are very obviously visible there!
Edited by dr_gn on Monday 16th August 09:27
Looks almost like corrugated cardboard the way all the stripes go up and down (except smoother )
Doesn't high speed flight affect modern paints? Is it all down to REAL weather when standing around?
Well you have to wonder don't ya?
chuntington101 said:
dr_gn said:
What are the advantages to Mid engined aircraft like this?....Chris.
With the Bell Airacobra it was mainly to accomodate a large cannon in the nose, and I suppose it might give lower inertia for better handling. No idea what the idea was with the Eagle.
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