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                        T-38 Thunderbirds scheme

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                        Toother1321
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        T-38 Thunderbirds scheme
                        Posted by Toother1321 on Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:23 AM
                        Well my 18 month old nephew is absolutely obsessed with aircraft. At the family reunion chinese auction there was an old Airfix T-38 he kept pointing at it all day so his mom kept putting tickets in the cup. You'd think he'd be dissapointed when he found out it wasnt a toy. But for the last few weeks hes been carrying around the box with the parts in it just pointing at the picture. I figured i would build it for him and i wanted to do it up in the bicentenial Thunderbirds scheme. I've found a bunch of pictures of them but i cant seem to find any of the underneath of the fuselage. I was wondering if anybody had any picturs of the bottom of the aircraft or even better a painting and decaling chart of one of the thunderbird T-38s and also color numbers for their Blue and red.

                        Thanks
                        Steve
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                        Dubau
                        • Member since
                          March 2006
                        • From: Boyertown, PA, USA
                        Posted by Dubau on Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:34 AM

                        18 month !!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW now that's starting Young Tongue [:P]

                        Good for Him. Maybe in another life he flew in one :)

                        Bud

                        " You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "
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                        Toother1321
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        Posted by Toother1321 on Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:38 AM
                        hes absolutely fascinated by airplanes. Runs to the window when they fly by. Cant even talk yet but as early as a year old he would point up at the sky when ever he saw one. His first audible noise that made any sense was trying to imitate the jet engine sound of the airliners that frequently fly over our house.

                        Steve
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                        rangerj
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                          March 2003
                        Posted by rangerj on Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:01 PM

                        Insignia White Federal Standard paint color number 17875, Insignia Blue FS # 15044, Insignia Red FS # 11136. These are gloss colors. Testors Model Masters paints have all three colors in gloss and matt. The matt numbers would be red 31136, blue 35044, and white 37875. If you use a matt paint you would have to gloss coat the model after the T-bird scheme is applied.

                        Google the USAF Thunderbirds T-38 and scads of pictures will become available.   

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                        Butz
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Saturday, August 12, 2006 4:56 PM

                         Wow, that is too cool. Thats how I got my neices and nephews into things with wings. Start them off early..Big Smile [:D]

                         

                        Flaps up, Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        Toother1321
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        Posted by Toother1321 on Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:01 PM
                        Thanks for the help guys. Unfortonately I've only been able to find one grainy picture of the bottom of the aircraft. There are tons of the upper surfaces. I'm a long way off from paint anyway.

                        Steve
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                        Cableguy9238
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: SW Ohio
                        Posted by Cableguy9238 on Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:32 AM

                        This first one is a bit small, but you can definately make out the paint demarcation lines.  I believe that this is actually a civilian-owned T-38 that is painted in the Thunderbirds' scheme.

                        http://mk23.image.pbase.com/u35/marauder61/small/40447507.resizeIMG_3639.jpg

                        The next picture may do you more good than the first one.  I posted the website that I got the pic from below, as it has multiple angle shots of the Thunderbird T-38's that may come in handy..

                        http://www.vaq136.com/owatonna/index.html

                         

                        ****  You know what?  I just noticed that there is a difference between the paint scheme in the first photo and the paint scheme in the bottom photo(s).  Now I am wondering which one is correct!  ****

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                        Toother1321
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                          June 2005
                        Posted by Toother1321 on Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:05 AM
                        Yeah i noticed that too from the one picture i could find. I would say the ones on the monument are probobally incorrect. As far as being a civilian aircraft, I know Ross Perot's son has a T-38 painted up in T-bird colors that shows up every so often on the airshow tours.

                        Steve
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 13, 2006 12:14 PM
                        I wouldn't put too much effort into it because it won't last long. Even if you put it up he will eventually get his hands on it.  I speak from experience.
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