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Offline Damian

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Alternative Hawk users - SAAF
« on: July 25, 2013, 08:49:09 PM »
As part of the GB I present my latest creation. The USAF decided to look for a new LIFT trainer to replace the T-37 in the early 80s this lead to the adoption of the BAe Hawk as the T-45A with the Naval variant becoming the T-45B. Here she is in ATC colours:

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Re: Alternative Hawk users
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 02:07:57 AM »
Sweet! :)
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Re: Alternative Hawk users
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2013, 10:32:17 PM »
Instead of going the route of developing their own costly trainer the JASDF instead opened a global competition. The BAe Hawk won with Japan odering the Hawk 66.

1. Standard trainer scheme:



2. Commemorative F-2 scheme:



And of course Blue Impulse:

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Re: Alternative Hawk users - JASDF
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2013, 03:41:23 AM »
 :)

How about an earlier RAAF introduction - after all, the Hawk was originally looked at as a Macchi replacement as early as the 1970s by the RAAF.  An early model Hawk in this scheme would look great IMHO:



or possibly even as a Roulette's bird:

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Re: Alternative Hawk users - JASDF
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2013, 10:18:45 AM »
A Japanese one makes a lot of sense since they were building their own version of the Adour for the T.2/F.1 anyway... :)

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Re: Alternative Hawk users - JASDF
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2013, 10:49:40 AM »
This is me teasing Greg...soooo close to Aus but not quite there...yet.

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Re: Alternative Hawk users - RNZAF
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2013, 11:29:12 AM »
Ah, as I like to tease my Kiwi mates, it's still part of Greater Australia...

Love it still! :)

I suppose you will do a Singaporean one or a Sri Lankan or even a PNGDF one next...
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Re: Alternative Hawk users - RNZAF
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2013, 06:29:40 PM »
After a little time away from the Hawk because I am strating a new profile I present to you a duo of RAAF Hawks :)

1. The modern low viz scheme:



2. The awesome "Fanta can" scheme:



And lastly *gasp* a real world profile!!



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Re: Alternative Hawk users - RAAF
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2013, 02:17:13 AM »
Comrade...good news!  Your sentence to the BTS Gulag was cancelled at the last moment!
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Re: Alternative Hawk users - RAAF
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2013, 02:36:23 AM »
I hope you aren't going to make me beg for a Roulette's bird?
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Re: Alternative Hawk users - RAAF
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2013, 02:27:46 PM »
I hope you aren't going to make me beg for a Roulette's bird?

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Re: Alternative Hawk users - RAAF
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2013, 08:58:41 AM »
Seeing as there was a dealine extension on the Coulda, Shoulds GB I decided to crack on with some SAAF Hawks before moving back to my other project (US-1 Kai or HS-2). So I decided to go old school with the first profile in the Impala Mk.II scheme, which isn't NMF but a Silver paint that ends up as a matt after long enough exposure to the African sun (there's one mounted at the aitport her in PE)



The next one I went for was, of course, a mount in the Silver Falcons. I love their new scheme with the big falcon's head on the front fuselage. Now what I've done is more of "an inspired by" than a direct copy of the scheme layout found on the PC-7.



for those of you who were around may recognise this scheme because I tackled it once before in my early profile days :)



This is it for the Hawks for now, until I get more info on the T-45A/C, or until some whimsy to do something colourful bites!! 
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Re: Alternative Hawk users - SAAF
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2013, 11:20:50 PM »
I LOVE The blue one.  So pretty.

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Re: Alternative Hawk users - SAAF
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2013, 03:21:20 AM »
Yeah, that blue one is gorgeous. I only have one question, where does the mail fit?

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