Subdeacon Joe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Good Lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 What IS that B&W checkered ...... whatever?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cat Brules said: What IS that B&W checkered ...... whatever?? Canadair CF-104 Starfighter, CAF (Serial No. 104785), checkerboard paint scheme, 441 Silver Fox Tactical Fighter Sqn, CFB Baden-Soellingen, Germany. http://silverhawkauthor.com/canadian-warplanes-6-jets-canadair-cf104-starfighter_677.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Okay.....I see it now! Thanks, ..... CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, Cat Brules said: What IS that B&W checkered ...... whatever?? Dazzle camouflage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Dazzle camouflage. OR...How to make Haze Gray look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I'm trying to imagine trying to hold and shoot that SMLE. And the muzzle blast!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 30 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: I'm trying to imagine trying to hold and shoot that SMLE. And the muzzle blast!!! Me too...Actually, I am imagining someone else firing it. Not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 What's the matter? Not healed up enough from your M/C crash? How are you doing btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Two possibilities crossed my mind: 1) could it be a line-throwing gun, similar to the trapdoor Springfield's used for the same purposes; 2) Something used in close combat...maybe by the IRA during "The Troubles"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Who do that to a perfectly good 104? Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 It was definitely hard to pick out of the background at first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 26, 2019 Author Share Posted September 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 said: Who do that to a perfectly good 104? Imis My guess is that it is painted up for air shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 26, 2019 Author Share Posted September 26, 2019 20 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Dazzle camouflage. French Cruiser Gloire Operation Torch. USS Brooklyn (CL-40) and MS Gloire. The Gloire shows up at about 3:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Nelson #11784 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 The Lee Enfield is the worst by far... what a waste of a classic rifle... (OK..there's millions of them ...but still...that's just wrong). The Starfighter? Meh... Paint isn't permanent...it was probably done for some special purpose.... Might have been like the Assembly aircraft the USAAC used in WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Nelson #11784 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 The dazzle painted ships OTOH..... THAT was actually a very effective system.... made it hard to tell even which direction the ship was steaming! It did lead to comments though in the Royal navy...when applied to old ships.... "Looks like some old Portsmouth tart in her daughters summer dress"! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/27/2019 at 3:05 AM, Constable Nelson #11784 said: The Lee Enfield is the worst by far... what a waste of a classic rifle... (OK..there's millions of them ...but still...that's just wrong). The Starfighter? Meh... Paint isn't permanent...it was probably done for some special purpose.... Might have been like the Assembly aircraft the USAAC used in WW2. The checkerboard design makes easier to analyze the film later. Like on the rockets, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/24/2019 at 10:22 PM, Subdeacon Joe said: Looks like something Rick (Cheap Trick) Nielsen would fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Maybe it is harder to pick out on reconnaissance photos due to pixilation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Nelson #11784 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 9/28/2019 at 6:50 PM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: The checkerboard design makes easier to analyze the film later. Like on the rockets, True...for rocket tests. The bombers were painted that way to give the REST of the group something readily identifiable to build their formation on...… The patterns used varied WILDLY....white with multicoloured polka dots was a good one......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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