article Tactical Paint Camouflage.US Navy 1980Concerns over the detectability of the LGG/IW scheme resulted in the development of so-called Tactical Paint Schemes from 1976, a process that took various years with final evaluations taking place …
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article Aegean Ghost CamouflageInspired by the camouflage of the USN F-16N Aggressors, Ghost Gray or “Aegean Ghost” developed in the late 1980s, is the variant worn by all Greek F-16 Vipers, F-4E AUP Phantom IIsand …
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article Heater-Ferris U.S. NAVY Camouflage In 1983-84 another experimental camouflage based on the Ferris scheme was developed by Lt. Cmdr. Chuck ‘Heater’ Heatley of the Naval Fighter Weapons School. The new scheme (popularly called Heater-Ferris) called …
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article Tactical Paint Schemes Camouflage 1976In 1976, Tactical Paint Schemes were adopted, an ambitious new camouflage technique proposed by Keith Ferris, a noted aviation artist. This so-called Ferris Scheme featured high-contrast fragment patterns as well …
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article US Navy Vietnam War Camouflage 1971-1980The introduction of MIL-C-18263F(AS) on 29 June 1971 made some modest changes to the prevailing scheme, namely that the entire surface of the aircraft was given a gloss sheen. As …
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article US Navy Vietnam War Camouflage 1955-1971From the mid-1950s, the US Navy adopted a much lighter two-tone gray camo for its carrier aircraft that would be one of the longest lasting schemes ever used by …
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article USAAF painted with RAF camouflage patternsUpon the entry of the US into World War II, many USAAF aircraft were painted in approximations of RAF camouflage schemes. These included equivalents to the Temperate Land Scheme …
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article Soviet cockpit colorsThis article was a complete mess.. Lots of different aircraft models in different production years and poor photography. It was difficult to get the true color scheme right on the cockpits. Unlike …
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article Stressed Skin TechniqueReproducing the stressed skin effect in scale aircraft modelsTo make aircraft lighter, manufacturers use the lightest possible materials, tailored to specific applications. The skin of an aircraft is often very thin to …
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article IAF Israeli Air Force CamouflageAfter the Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force introduced a new camouflage scheme consisting of an upper surface pattern of FS 30219 Dark Tan, FS 33531 Sand and FS 34227 …