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Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 20:05
by Red Laser
scoobydie wrote:
The Kraken Wakes wrote:Looks fantastic! Nice decals!
Cheers Matt :)
I`ll be looking for some SAS decals once the store is opened...........................
Squad Leader has some decals unless someone else got them scooby

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 20:12
by Thundershot
I think a Skystriker would look cool in Iranian colours, your winter camo looks very smart indeed
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Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 21:16
by Sundance
looks cool. i actually thought it looked rather Russian...

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 21:31
by Thundershot
I think the top ones a American F-14 mocked up to look like an Irainian one for training purposes, the second ones is a genuine Iranian one..the states sold some of them( & some other types) to Iran just before the revolution, & dispite of trade sanctions the Iranian air force have managed to keep them fliyng & used them in the Iran/Iraq war, indeed thinking about it our own Challenger tank was originally designed for the Sharhs army, it was a developement of the Chieftain I think..

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 21:40
by Sundance
the Iranian Air Force is crap, they couldn't get one of their Tomcats flying if they tried. Tony Stark could do better in a cave with a box of scraps!

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 21:55
by Thundershot
Sundance wrote:the Iranian Air Force is crap, they couldn't get one of their Tomcats flying if they tried. Tony Stark could do better in a cave with a box of scraps!
Maybe not today..but The Sharh had 80 of 'em on order + spare parts for ten years back in the 70's, 44 are estimated to have got there..

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 07:34
by Sundance
Iran is estimated to have 44 F-14s with some 13 operational as of January 2009.

Cooper, Tom and Liam Devlin. "Iranian Air Power Combat Aircraft". Combat Aircraft, Vol. 9 No. 6, January 2009

most have been cannabilised to keep others flying apparently.

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 07:45
by The Baron
Yeah well anyway, nice custom!

Though with that scheme it could be :fforce:

Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 19:18
by scoobydie
Thanks for the great comments :)
Found an old beat up Skystriker and re-used some of the stickers on this one, now its a mix of :zforce: and A.F.


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Re: Z Force Arctic Assault Skystriker

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 19:26
by Thundershot
Looks really nice with the new stickers, it uniffies the camo paint perfectly