I don’t get why they even bother with counter-shading.
Proper camo rather than that dark grey though – sure. But since this is Kamov, how come this didn’t catch on:
A lot slicker.
I’m sorry that 99% of my “contributions” to this forum are about my neverending beef with Russian paintjobs. I just don’t get it though, everything’s so excessively colorful, oddly glossy, half-arsed (paint doesn’t tend to stick for very long, for instance) and it tends to look awfully dated (straight out of WW2 in a lot of cases) in general. There are a few exceptions, but very few indeed.
I know that plenty of you folks are digging it… So this is like, just my opinion, man. Over and out.
That was a popular suggestion just few years ago… Probably ain’t worth the effort and cost.. Surely would look seriously cool, though..
For that 2.5D TVC, you know.
it sounds like this arrangement is ideal for recon or ground attack.
Yah, but ground attack isn’t exactly what makes a fighter. Anyway, you guys have been talking about twin booms and forward sweep, so here’s a sweet combination of the two:
Totally viable COIN aircraft, and I see no particular reason that a similar configuration couldn’t be scaled up and shaped into a subsonic, armored CAS aircraft (A-10/Su-25-style). But a competitive fighter today? I doubt it.
If I’m not entirely mistaken, my memory could be failing me, I’ve actually seen some renders/promo material for a concept twin-boom CAS aircraft, jet-powered, coming from some Russian design bureau… 1990’s or something. But as many have already said, the chief reasons that anybody even went twin-boom in the first place have been kinda negated by developments since the 1950’s. Can’t deny the aesthetic appeal though.
Also, for good measure, I just have to mention my all time fav twin-boomer:
Oh, that perfectly proportioned classy nose/canopy section (like some of the Hawker jets of the same era), old school bare metal finish that just sort of conveys a dirtier, more “industrial” power, an absolutely great looking wing planform with moderate sweep and a fat contra-rotating prop as the icing on the cake. Yummy.
Ok, ok, I got carried away there. Continue, you guys.
^ Saw your question in that other thread, Mr. Smoked Pork, and no – I don’t really do requests. Not a Photoshop wiz anyway, and I only bother with it if there is something nagging in my head. Something that was nagging was that MiG-23UB in Swedish Viggen-ish colours. I put it back in the Frankenplane thread but as has already been said, it’d fit better in a “what-if” context. Whaddya know, you started a thread and it’s way more relevant here so I’ll just be lazy and re-post it.
Here goes:
And, again, the original photo is here:
http://www.airforce.ru/content/drugie-avtory/1733-mig-23ub/
Credit where credit is due.
Not really a Frankenplane, more of a “what-if”, but I thought I’d put it here anyway.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB, Swedish Air Force-ish, 1980-ish:
Original:
http://www.airforce.ru/content/drugie-avtory/1733-mig-23ub/
Just a sudden idea that I got. Always thought that the 23UB looked cool, and for some reason I’ve wondered how it’d look in non-WP colors/markings. Some PS-ing later and there you go. There are mistakes, but at least it brought my idea to life a bit.
Still from the realm of twitter and facebook unfortunately.
Another image
That blurred photo is several weeks old and taken in Russia. Seeing that the helicopter appears to lack its rotors, it could be a sign of impending airlift (or that it was just rolled out of an Antonov there).
That the registration is missing doesn’t necessarily mean a thing, it’s common for a multitude of reasons. What bugs me though is the bort number that seems to be sprayed-over in green. This obviously doesn’t in any way mask the helicopter’s origins and ownership (as if it being a grey Mi-28 to begin with, with a red star and ВВС РОССИИ to boot isn’t enough) but it could obfuscate just which particular machine and which unit we’re talking about. But… On the engine cowling though?! Don’t recall ever seeing that before.
That’s odd, methinks. At any rate, if this chopper was indeed bound for Syria it’s probably already there.
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