Battlestar Galactica Vipers

[Talos]

I'm also working on painting the F-31A. It's coming along pretty smoothly, uncomplicated shape and all.

[Talos]

And updated F-31A. I started adding markings as well, it's getting close to being done. It's being marked, first, as a plane of the 24d Fighter Squadron, 52d Fighter Wing, based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

[Talos]

Taking a brief break from painting, I went back and pretty much finished the F-29A and C base models. The wing is temporary until I can find better lineart of its configuration.

[coolusername]

Nice progress Talos..sparrowhawk paintscheme reminds me of the opening scene in Jane's ATF

And thanks for leaving the tip launch rails empy. That way i could mount AAM-3, Derby or even R-73 heaters on them...

[Talos]

That was exactly my inspiration, coolusername. It was my first flight sim, Jane's ATF Gold. I'll do versions with armament later, but I'll get you a copy of the template with empty ones when I do it. With a little more work the Sparrowhawk should be ready for you.

How's it coming with the VF-4s? I can't wait to see what you come up with.

[Talos]

Preview of my next VF-4 Lightning III paint, the classic DYRL? Skull Squadron colors.

[Talos]

I looked at my F-14NG coloring I was doing and decided it needed a big update from the skills I've learned recently. Anyway, I took the VF-2 markings off for now and got back to work on the base paint and shading/highlighting.

[Talos]

A little preview of something coming in the future, JASDF blue-on-blue camo F-14FJ. (In other words, I just couldn't hold back any more and had to see how it looked, even though the plane isn't finished yet. XD)


EDIT: Replaced picture with updated one showing newly drawn bilingual rescue arrow.

[Talos]

Just a quick update on the JASDF F-14FJ to show the current state of it, including some of the new markings I'm making, thanks to tan.j's awesome translation work. Thanks dude!

[Talos]

Updated the JMSDF F-14FJ blue scheme again. The markings are basically all complete, all that is left to do is finish the shading and highlighting and the profile will be done. Also including a detail close-up shot of the nose to better show the markings.

If anyone has a vector graphic or clip art (not a patch picture) of the Tomcat "Anytime Baby" logo, please send me a copy. I want to mod it into new ones for the F-14NG and different countries. Also, any high-res graphics of any Navy squadron crests would be useful.