Swiss Venom

***hschuit*** · May 8th, 2012, 05:33

Repaint for the excellent DH.112 Venom Mk.4 by Rob Richardson depicting Swiss AF Venom J-1726 with FliegerStaffel 20 markings (ca. 1971). You can get it here:

http://www.robertjamesrichardson.co.uk/

**jetstreamsky** · May 8th, 2012, 12:07

Excellent, great choice

This venom really flies well and deserves some new paint

thank you

**Barnes** · May 8th, 2012, 13:30

Looks good :salute:

**ZsoltB** · May 8th, 2012, 13:35

Nice!

**peter12213** · May 10th, 2012, 03:44

Wonderful thank you mate, going to take some shots of this one! Please do more if possible!

**DagR** · May 10th, 2012, 10:31

Lovely aircraft ;-)

Best
DagR

**jungle_balloo** · May 12th, 2012, 00:56

Very nice, thank you.

***Ferry_vO*** · May 12th, 2012, 01:59

Very nice work Henk! IMHO looks better than the high gloss paint that comes in the original package.

Any chance for a well-used grey one like this?:

***hschuit*** · May 12th, 2012, 02:09

Originally Posted by Ferry_vO

Very nice work Henk! IMHO looks better than the high gloss paint that comes in the original package.

Any chance for a well-used grey one like this?:

Ferry, glad you like it. I am not a seasoned repainter, I only understand the basics of working with layers LOL. For the FLSt 20 paint I used bits and pieces of the paintkit, FB.1/FB.4 repaints from Peter Watkins and images I could find on Airliners.net and Wings Palette profiles. I have no clue how to do that high degree of weathering of the bird in your picture I am afraid...

**peter12213** · May 12th, 2012, 14:19

Cannot get enough of this beauty, but did it really have that much power, it also feels slightly sensitive in Roll, shouldn't be like that it may just be me though lol

Thanks a million for all the effort spent to make this, it was time well spent.

Attachment 65243

Pete! :salute:

***robcarrich*** · May 12th, 2012, 22:11

The first Venoms had a very poor roll rate but the Mk4 and the FB4 Venoms had powered ailerons of increased area, this
dramatically increased manoeuvrability.
The power to weight ratio gave the Venom an initial climb rate of around 10,000 ft min which, for its day, was unheard of.
I was never privileged enough to fly in a Venom so I can only set these values to what I think they may have been, but from
what I have read they are as close as I could get.

Rob

**peter12213** · May 13th, 2012, 02:51

It's clearly just a lack of knowledge on my behalf Rob, really nice model mate, takes you by supprise a little how much it actually has to give!

**jungle_balloo** · May 13th, 2012, 03:08

It is a wonder, thank you very much.

**Scandinavian** · May 13th, 2012, 03:27

Nice repaint, good job.

It looks much better with the camo than the colorful one that came with the aircraft.

OT: Anybody know about a nice soundset for the vampires and venoms?