Anybody up for a couple more USN S-2s?

[Duckie]

Cleaning out my paint folders and ran accross a couple of unfinished VS-38 birds. VS-38 had the distinction of making the last catapult launch of an S-2! Anyway, here are a couple shots of the first one. 2 more to follow probably by the weekend.

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[Blackbird686]

Very Nice, Duckie! But all of your skins for the Stoof are stunning works of art.

BB686:USA-flag:

[jrbirdman]

Simply stunning as always Duckie! Thank you for your work!! Think you could also whip up some prototype paints? Kind regards, Jeremy

[hawkeye52]

Keep 'em coming, Duckie!

In addition to prototypes, you may wish to consider some of these if not already done:

- H52

Military operators [from Wikipedia]

Argentina

• Argentine Naval Aviation

Australia

• Royal Australian Navy

Brazil

• Brazilian Air Force

Italy

• Italian Air Force

Japan

• Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Peru

• Peruvian Navy

South Korea

• Republic of Korea Navy

Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Republic of China Navy Taiwan currently operates 26 S-2T, not all operational (upgrade from S-2E and S-2G, will be replaced by 12 rebuilt P-3C Orions from U.S. Navy).

Thailand

• Air Division of the Royal Thai Navy

Turkey

• Turkish Navy Aerial Wing

Uruguay

• Uruguayan Navy

Venezuela

• Venezuelan Navy

[Maarten -]

Wow Steve! Beautiful!

Cheers,
Maarten

[Jagdflieger]

What a treat the S-2 has been in FS9. These will add to what already is a "must have" plane for the sim.

[Duckie]

Thanks a bunch for your kind words, Gents! The pleasure truly is mine. Awsome model, wonderful paintkit, long history. I didn't think anything would ever replace the MAAM TBF/M as my favorite flyer, but it is now no. 2 in favor of the STOOF and Willy Fudd.

H52, no promises, but I'll see what I can muster as samples form your list.

Cheers,
Steve

[hawkeye52]

....H52, no promises, but I'll see what I can muster as samples form your list.

Cheers,
Steve

Hey Duckie, whatever you choose, JUST KEEP 'EM COLORFUL!!!

- H52

[Duckie]

Hey Duckie, whatever you choose, JUST KEEP 'EM COLORFUL!!!

- H52

I'm with you. The more colorful the better!

[Duckie]

Here's the 2nd of three VS-38 S-2s out of the shed.

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[Duckie]

...and 3 of 3. The last of the VS-38 Stoofs. All 3 will be uploaded by the weekend.

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[Duckie]

All 3 VS-38 texture sets have been uploaded to the SOH Library. Look for then as soon as they are approved.

Cheers,
Duckie

[p3aewguy]

Duckie,

You are the Best! These look great!

Dave

[Milton Shupe]

Beautiful renditions Sir!

[Duckie]

Thanks very much, Dave and Milton. It's a great looking plane and loads of fun to paint and fly.

Steve

[hawkeye52]

Got them! Many thanks, Duckie. :salute::salute::salute:

- H52

[Maarten -]

Downloading right now. Thank you very much Steve!

Cheers,
Maarten

[Duckie]

Thanks H52, Maarten. Glad you like 'em. :salute::salute:

[Duckie]

A real BONEHEAD move!

Have you ever looked at something so many times that it ultimately became unnoticeable, invisible?

Working on some "colorful" foreign S-2s and thought I'd do and "easy" one first. So I started looking for an Aussie bird. But before I got too far along, I checked the usual places to see if anyone had already done one. Couldn't find any so I continued on with mine.

As I was building my aircraft texture folder to load up and test my textures, what did I find? An Aussie bird! Not only an Aussie S-2, but one that was included in the original issue of the SOH S-2F3 by Todd Disrud!!

The only good thing was that Todd's is A/C 152334 and mine is 152333! Todd's buzz number is 845 and mine is 844!

With apologies to Todd, I'll proceed since I'm all but done with it and anyone who wants it will now have 2 Aussie birds of No. 816 Sq. from the late 1970s. Should be up by the weekend.

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[Milton Shupe]

A great companion to Todd's excellent work. Thank you for another super addition to the fleet Duckie.

[hawkeye52]

Duckie, including your 152333, that makes 23 S2F-3 by my count, NOT including the ones in Milton's release. I haven't heard any complaints!

- H52

[Duckie]

Well, thanks for your gracious replies guys. Much appreciated. If my cable modem will cooperate I'll try to get 152333 uploaded tonight. :salute:

[Duckie]

Royal Australian Navy S-2 #152333 was uploaded to the SOH Library at 22:25 EDT and is awaiting approval for access. :salute:

[Maarten -]

Thank you Steve! What a beauty!

Cheers,
Maarten

[fliger747]

Lt (JG) William E Fudd III would like to thank all of the enthusiastic painters for contributing to this fun aircraft!

Cheers. T