tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post2150158669058257672..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Retro WednesdayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-1880277620014878522010-11-13T11:45:07.000-05:002010-11-13T11:45:07.000-05:00From where I sit and type, I can see the 1/72 scal...From where I sit and type, I can see the 1/72 scale T-45 I bought at the Last Square in Madison. It seems to me that that little critter might look good in the Yellow Peril paint scheme. Time to get out the airbrush!SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57937563007273721442010-11-13T10:31:16.000-05:002010-11-13T10:31:16.000-05:00Lighten up a bit. Planes need to be painted regul...Lighten up a bit. Planes need to be painted regularly anyway, this is a training plane and it's not going to war, and if this were a combat aircraft it would be as effective an instrument of killing if it were painted hot pink as haze gray. GIMPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-17376571924646656952010-11-12T10:32:29.000-05:002010-11-12T10:32:29.000-05:00Your're right -- I stand corrected :)
"O...Your're right -- I<a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/avchr4.htm" rel="nofollow"> stand corrected</a> :) <br />"OCTOBER 1938<br /> <br /> 15--A new specification prescribing color for naval aircraft was issued. Trainers were to be finished in orange-yellow overall with aluminum colored floats or landing gear. The color of service aircraft remained essentially as <b>prescribed in 1925</b>, <b>aluminum overall</b> with orange-yellow on wing and tail surfaces that were visible from above."<br /><br />w/r, SJSSteeljawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-66675923710462720592010-11-11T14:16:39.000-05:002010-11-11T14:16:39.000-05:00It is actually silver, the picture doesn't do ...It is actually silver, the picture doesn't do it justice.SNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28804281115090674882010-11-10T23:36:18.000-05:002010-11-10T23:36:18.000-05:00Fuselage silver? Not necessarily...Fuselage silver? Not necessarily...Steeljawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-64880346705803726742010-11-10T23:24:48.000-05:002010-11-10T23:24:48.000-05:00I'll be pleased when they do the red-and-white...I'll be pleased when they do the red-and-white striped tails...Wonderducknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-86311875263916423222010-11-10T19:03:55.000-05:002010-11-10T19:03:55.000-05:00Haven't had that many hours at FSX...and when ...Haven't had that many hours at FSX...and when I installed in Beast VI about 6 months ago...did a bunch of flying in the Grand Canyon...recorded 21 minutes in the weeds before dying in a cliff face...and thought I had 3 times before that, only to be still flying. OV-10 is the favorite for that trip. Tried an FA-18 once...pulled up, then began with F4Us, F8Fs, P51s, Spitfires before settling on the OV-10 as a great "ride"<br /><br />Lately been too busy go get on it, but I will have to say I have some many hours in BFBC2 and now MOH.xformednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-48065106794473259802010-11-10T18:59:58.000-05:002010-11-10T18:59:58.000-05:00Frankly - looks stupid to me, and hard to justify ...Frankly - looks stupid to me, and hard to justify during a war. Declared or not. Then again, I'm a shoe. Maybe I'm missing something. but I think not.Old Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-31686555187774706002010-11-10T15:30:18.000-05:002010-11-10T15:30:18.000-05:00Shouldn't the fuselage be silver?
That said ,...Shouldn't the fuselage be silver?<br /><br />That said , cool! Why not paint them all that way like xbradtc said?WCOGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81022953851502176632010-11-10T14:13:44.000-05:002010-11-10T14:13:44.000-05:00How's your T-45 freeware around the boat? I...How's your T-45 freeware around the boat? I've never been able to tweek the default F-18 to fly worth a damn in the pattern.xbradtcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-15654006851589511932010-11-10T13:53:15.000-05:002010-11-10T13:53:15.000-05:00It could scream: We may be 100 years old, but we&...It could scream: We may be 100 years old, but we're raining pain on your a$$ from above!<br /><br />Go see "Red", Willis' new flick...lots of references to "Grandpa" with subsequent "kids" getting put in their place by the old guys.xformednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57066031358416644372010-11-10T13:51:16.000-05:002010-11-10T13:51:16.000-05:00Been considering figuring out how to "paint&q...Been considering figuring out how to "paint" airframes for FSX...I have a T-45, freeware, and I'm thinking the Abacus FSPaint will allow me to try to replicate this one and post it around the boards for general use. Not sure if I can get into the paid for S-3B one...but would be a nice little learning session.xformednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-82501732215261585862010-11-10T11:50:48.000-05:002010-11-10T11:50:48.000-05:00Why not? its not like they need combat camouflage,...Why not? its not like they need combat camouflage, anyway...ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40996951947084131792010-11-10T10:43:38.000-05:002010-11-10T10:43:38.000-05:00I'm thinking we should paint the whole fleet o...I'm thinking we should paint the whole fleet of T-45s that way.xbradtcnoreply@blogger.com