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Post by ma1marv on Jan 13, 2006 11:01:53 GMT 9
HOwdy Trigger! I sure happy to see a new face here! Along with some of the OLD ones! (HEHE!!))  ;D Your tail numbers are correct. Forget what Mark said about that "60" representing a 1960 model. If you look at all the tail numbers, there were originally 5 digits in the tail number scheme. For instance yours, a 1956 model the tail number was 60459. My favorites machine was 90094! I bet PAt has that one in his memory as well! The 57's were the strange numbers, cause there were lots of the 4 digit tails, and quite a few "B" models, like 72509. 1958 models were a little far between for me. Most of the last series, the 1959 models were quite mixed. If there would have been a 1960 model, then the tail number would have been "0"0459 Later as the airframe aged, the 10 year mark was added by preceding the tail numbers with another "0" Like in 090094. I thought I would never see that, but I did! Hope that clears up a few things for ya! Never been to "Tennessee" but hope to get there in the not to distant future!  A "Green Beer" fer ya! I'm waiting to see those pictures of the finished product!  MArv  |
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Post by Mark O on Jan 13, 2006 12:22:17 GMT 9
Different style Marv! When they put the little AF in front of the last three, the two little numbers under the AF are the last two numbers of the year. Now I hate to use the "T" abbreviation, but that was (and still is) a TAC thing.
So... 56-0459 would be painted as
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56459
Of course the AF would be right on top of the '56' but I can't figure out how to do that in this message box!
Anyway, look at some pics of tails of F-4s, F-105s, A-7s, etc., and other contemporary TAC fighters and you'll see what I mean.
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Post by ma1marv on Jan 13, 2006 21:11:51 GMT 9
Sorry Mark I stand corrected on the TAC designations. I'm glad I wasn't part of that show! Goes to show that even an "Old Dog" can learn new tricks. In the ADC days, we ignored the SAC, TAC, MAC, AFCS, ETC, and many others and just did it right! Our way! My last years in Air Training Command caused the brain to go stale! HEHEHE!!! A Green Beer fer ya! MArv |
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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2006 1:21:37 GMT 9
;D ;D ;D ;D when inhell was the TRAVELIN AIR CIRCUS ever "contemporary"......They be scarfin up ADC ana, heaven forbid SAC to be a gettin gooder , better an bestus o the people ina the AF.........Then to hide their shame, they called it AIR COMBAT COMMAND, still runnin around with that firery frog giggin stick......... NOW FOR ALL YOU THAT ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY, THANKS AND DON'T BE A FORGETTIN THE TRADITION THAT WE OLD TIMERS LEFT BEHIND FOR YOU-------GO THRU YOUR CAREER DOIN YE BEST, RENFORCIN THAT WHICH WAS GIVEN TO YE, AN BE A PASSIN IT ON TO YOUR SUCCESSORS- UNTARNISHED......A double tip o me fine fatique cap  (BDU cap to you youngsters-- believe this politically correct nomenclature came from the Army ;D) from me fine choral group a pint o me fine IRISH brew ina green bottle to you all...... The Old Sarge |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2007 14:38:37 GMT 9
OK gentlemen I'm working on a 194th FIS CA ANG and I gotta ask. Is ADC Gray available as a color? If so who makes it? I was just going to use a flat gray.
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Post by Mark O on Jan 10, 2007 7:24:23 GMT 9
OK gentlemen I'm working on a 194th FIS CA ANG and I gotta ask. Is ADC Gray available as a color? If so who makes it? I was just going to use a flat gray. Yes. Model Master makes it. Any decent hobby shop will have it I'm sure - if they carry the Model Master line. Look for FS16473. DO NOT use a flat grey on ADC jets!! Gloss Grey is the color. Note the FS number starts with a "1". That means it's gloss. 2 = semi-gloss and 3 = flat. Mark |
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