O.K. folks, I got a decision to make about a sheet of decals I've got and what to put them on.
The decals are from Belcher Bits, Canadian markings for Monogram's 1/48 F-101 Voodoo. I'm about ready to give up on the Monogram kit, sadly, and was thinking the decals shouldn't be wasted, and a hypothetical project would be a good use for them.
The dilema? I can't quite decide what to slap them on, here's some ideas I had:
1: Short nose F-4 Phantom II. Spey engine version if I can find one, D version if not. I thought I might put it in bare metal or aluminum overspray and use the decal sheet's Red Ensign flag on its tail, making it date from the early-mid 60s. I also though of painting it in the overall grey the Voodoos had in the 70s with the current Canadian flag on the tail.
2 : F-111 Aardvark with longer span wings (like the C version) I can't quite picture a paint scheme for it though.
3 : F-105D Thunderchief. I'd do it either in bare metal or some European camoflage and have it represent a German based one from when Canada still had bases there.
4 : SAAB Viggen. Probably paint it up just like the Voodoos of the 70's in the gloss air defence grey.
Those are my initial ideas, I'm jus looking at something to put a paint job on and get the decals on, no major butchering, as straight from the box as I can make it.
What do you folks think of those ideas? The Phantom is the most developed of my ideas so far, What might some of the rest of you do?