Uh Oh! I'm at it again....

[hawkeye52]

Matt, thanks for the HAF A-7. Opa!

- H52

[Matt Wynn]

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Tiger scheme by the weekend.... my promise

[Matt Wynn]

well i promised, and i'm just packaging it up now.....

EDIT @ 2216GMT: just uploaded, should be ready for your weekends flying

[Blackbird686]

Very unique paint scheme. Excellent work!!

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[nigel richards]

well i promised, and i'm just packaging it up now.....

EDIT @ 2216GMT: just uploaded, should be ready for your weekends flying

AHA!

A striped apple-tree rattler!...

I'd better pass the pics around to the homeguard anti-aircraft batteries PDQ!

Seriously, nice going, not the easiest of subjects to paint.

[ian elliot]

Those repaints look sweet Matt, havent got the Iris A7 installed at the moment but ive got to try those scheme's,
cheers ian

a couple of my shots of the real thing, no prize's for guessing where they were taken

[Matt Wynn]

a couple of my shots of the real thing, no prize's for guessing where they were taken

ahh the blue cones and fence gave it away , and yeah i've taken it back to more or less fresh out the booth with minor wear and fading... having a break from FS9 stuff at the moment as i have work to do.... Mapping and Texturing for IRIS....

[Matt Wynn]

well... after over a month i can reveal that the IRIS F-15E is back in my paint shed.... and here are some images to stare at... took her right back to the wireframe, so she's pretty much 99% new externals

[Blackbird686]

Looking forward to these, Matt. You did a great job with the little IRIS "SLUF", BTW...

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[Matt Wynn]

thanks buddy, here's a sneak peek showing the first paint i have planned for my new mudhen kit....

[stuartcox]

This is looking great Matt!
I just love the dirty panel lines. At last an F-15 with an authentic look and not something from a museum...

Great job so far, can't wait!

Stuart

[Matt Wynn]

thanks Stuart, yeah i decided to weather it right down to represent a bit of usage on the airframe and not a prize hen.... just working the fin on it at the moment before i move onto the opposite side....

[Blackbird686]

thanks buddy, here's a sneak peek showing the first paint i have planned for my new mudhen kit....

Wow!... Starting to look a little like the scheme that the 361'st "Bold Tigers" out of Missouri used on an F-15E for their Tigermeet entry in 2007. I have that particular model in 1/32nd scale, complete with little itty bitty LED's in the wings, tail upper and lower sides of the fuselage for Nav lights, as well as an orange one in the cockpit. Just plug it into the wall and she lights up really nice. It's a die cast model, complete with real rubber tires, working control surfaces (moveable), beautifully hand painted and she's about 18 inches long.... big model.

EDIT: I don't think the tigers head on the side of the fuselage is as big on the model tho.


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[Matt Wynn]

it's 366FW, Mountain Home (Idaho). scheme was for the 2005 TMOTA (Tiger Meet Of The Americas)

[Blackbird686]

You're right, 366th out of Mountain Home. I dunnoh where I got 361st. The model I have sitting in the den is similar, but not like the one in your pic, Matt. So I guess after owning the big "mudhen" for 8 or so years now, I reckon I should try to find out exactly which plane it represents.


EDIT: The model I have is an F-15E Strike Eagle, with the "Fast Pack" fuel tanks and two place cockpit. Talk about a "bomb truck".

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