Looks good, i think your ok because the decals are out of a different box

looks great Gam !! very sweet !!

I'm still in... have begun my F-15.. just no pics yet..

that looks great gamera! 

Cool, thanks! Although I um violated the spirit of the GB- I didn't notice that you wanted 50% or less decals from the box

Still I'm happy to have her done!

That came out awesome.  I'm still working on the F102.  I just have a couple of high priority builds to complete first.

Wow, am I the only one left in this GB!?!

Anyway here she is.....

Fun build, great kit, great decals, everything went off by the numbers.

Ok, what I've gotten done so far on the RAF Bf109E:

Dark grey areas on the wing undersides are from where the French (who originally captured the aircraft) painted over the German crosses.

Owl: Cool, didn't know Hasegawa did a boxing of the 'George Preddy' blue-nose Virginia Air National Guard F-16. Being from Virginia myself I picked up a set of decals from Two Bobs to do that aircraft. Someday I'll have the time...

Scorpiomikey

 

CallSignOWL:

 

thanks for the complements, guys! I like the paint scheme too! Makes me wonder what other planes deserve vintage camo.

 

 

F-18 painted like a hellcat.

F-16 painted like a mustang (NMF with bright tail and nose or OD and Grey)

F-15 painted like a thunderbolt.

EA-6B painted like a piper cub spotter.

Just a few ideas.

I think that F-16 has been done before, though not in NMF. An NMF f-16 would be awesome though. During an A-10 search , I found a pic of one of the prototypes (i think) that was left in its bare metal. A shiny a-10? Heck yes!!!

CallSignOWL

thanks for the complements, guys! I like the paint scheme too! Makes me wonder what other planes deserve vintage camo.

F-18 painted like a hellcat.

F-16 painted like a mustang (NMF with bright tail and nose or OD and Grey)

F-15 painted like a thunderbolt.

EA-6B painted like a piper cub spotter.

Just a few ideas.

thanks for the complements, guys! I like the paint scheme too! Makes me wonder what other planes deserve vintage camo.

Stu: Love the splinter camo on the F-117. It's stealth because it makes my eyes hurt to look at it and I have to look away

Owl: Love the scheme on the A-10. There should be an anniversery edition painted up like that!

Stu: Love the splinter camo on the F-117. It's stealth because it makes my eyes hurt to look at it and I have to look away

Great Job Owl!!  I love these old markings and newer aircraft combos.  LOL  Someone should do an F22 in WWI German colors or something. lol

Rich

the A-10 is finished! ITs not in as wild markings as DiscoStu's f117, but you don't see A-10s in USAAF colors very often!

OWL

CallSignOwl that A-10 is coming along nicely for sure, cant wait to see the decals go on it.

Disco Stu WOW !!!! That is one wild paint job. Looking great man

Here's shot #2, straight from the drying rack with the black dazzle camo.  The plan was to have primarily white on one side and black on the other.  I think this does a great job breaking up the outline of the stealth and really has a neat affect on the odd contours and angles.  I have a few touch ups to do but am making progress.

the second coat (neutral grey) has been applied. I did less fading on the bottom figuring it didn't see much sun!

OWL

Everyone's projects are coming out awesome.  I have a bit more assembly and then it's painting time.

Nice progress Owl and Stu.

Started decaling the Bf109 this weekend, will post photos when done.

Here's a shot of my F-117 at stage 1 of the Dazzle camoflage scheme.

I was finally able to get some painting done on the Warthog. I'll be painting this one in a USAAF scheme with a shark mouth. Here is the first color: Olive Drab

OWL

I'll be posting pics shortly when the paint drys.  I've got on the drying rack what would appear to be a photo-negative of an F-117.  To start the splinter camo scheme that was experimental with the early P-51s I put down several coats of MM semi-gloss white over the course of this week.  I did add some panel line pre-shading even though most of the finished aircraft will be black.  I wanted a little depth and am debating whether or not to put a filter on after I apply the decals.  I have an awesome skunkworks logo decal that will go on the belly of the Splealth that in my mind is going to look great with the black and white splinters.  Not finished yet but it looks great in my mind.......

I did think about a tigermeet scheme, my dad has a 72nd F-5 from revel in tigermeet colors which i can use as an example.

Seriously, your finishing skills are much better than mine and I have been doing this since 1968... LOL

CallSignOWL

aw, shucks guys, I just have really good examples to work towards!    Thank you for the compliments, they really do mean a lot!!

That sounds cool.  Yes, something that big I would consider to fit the rules.  Hey how about doing a tigermeet scheme in blue or some other color? :)

Scorpiomikey

Hey rich, Ive got a 32nd scale F-5E tiger i was going to do in RNZAF markings, and i kept looking at the RNZAF aircraft through history and im thinking of doing a wild paint scheme on it. Possibly a tigermeet aircraft in RNZAF style. or paint it up as a spotted kiwi. whatever i do with it the only markings will be RNZAF roundels and a serial number.

One thing im seriously thinking about doing is putting a giant 75sqn logo on the belly.

Green tiki, yellow hammers, red and yellow diamonds.

In the rules you say 50% of the markings should be custom. does one big marking that has more surface area than all the standard markings combined count as more than 50%?

Nice Job Owl !!

Kudos Owl! Great idea and excellent job on carrying it out. The yellow is certainly eye-catching. One day I'll have to do a F9F Panther in black and gold for my old college team the Ferrum Panthers....

Mike: Sounds like a cool idea to me.

aw, shucks guys, I just have really good examples to work towards!    Thank you for the compliments, they really do mean a lot!!