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Slater
11-19-21, 12:59
Somewhat of a curious pattern. Almost looks like it was derived from a camo uniform pattern. But I kind of like it:



https://i.imgur.com/LNTiRlKl.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/zubFT4Kl.jpg
TomMcC
11-19-21, 13:04
Looks sort of like multi-cam to me. Be cool to hunt pigs in Texas from that baby.
Slater
11-19-21, 13:12
IIRC, someone called it the "Spearmint" pattern.
SteyrAUG
11-19-21, 14:34
Actually looks like a kids fingerpaint project.
titsonritz
11-19-21, 14:50
Actually looks like a kids fingerpaint project.

I was thinking it looks like a tweaker's beat up Chevy pick-up truck.
Slater
11-19-21, 15:00
Looks tailor-made for Hollywood. Maybe something in the Marvel Universe?
Adrenaline_6
11-19-21, 15:04
Kind of like they grabbed the "best" colors of spray paint off of almost empty Home Depot shelves and did what they could with what they had.
ViniVidivici
11-19-21, 18:48
That's known as "inbred multicam".
Budget
11-19-21, 20:15
Man I was too early for the bad A camo schemes on aircraft. M81 warthog and all that. Now it's wow, cool, more grey and OD. 107th up here did an anniversary scheme and they killed it. All I could think of was that video of A10s landing on the Autobahn.

At least Lebanon tried. Kinda shot for the moon and landed back on the launch pad but hey, they tried. Rustoleum camo is better than nothing
Slater
11-19-21, 20:24
Some of the early A-10 JAWS (Joint Attack Weapons System) schemes were eye catching:

https://i.imgur.com/567L1GN.jpg
eodinert
11-19-21, 20:31
I have yet to see a camo pattern from a middle eastern country that doesn't look like a child did it. In Iraq, the camo patterns serve only to identify who's vehicle it is, they don't camouflage it from anything.
Slater
11-19-21, 20:38
Most major equipment items are painted at the factory. Always thought Morocco's F16 camo looked sharp:

https://i.imgur.com/ZBLltNS.jpg
Slater
11-19-21, 20:40
...and the Germans seem to like commemorative paint jobs. This is the Gepard (Flakpanzer) farewell scheme:

https://i.imgur.com/6yltXPU.jpg
jsbhike
11-19-21, 20:44
Neat one

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/A-7D_Corsairs_354th_TFW_at_Korat_1972.JPG/489px-A-7D_Corsairs_354th_TFW_at_Korat_1972.JPG
Slater
11-19-21, 20:48
For complex patterns it's hard to beat the SAAB Viggen scheme. Plastic modelers have spent many an hour trying to get it right:

https://i.imgur.com/3Phesks.jpg
pag23
11-20-21, 04:22
For complex patterns it's hard to beat the SAAB Viggen scheme. Plastic modelers have spent many an hour trying to get it right:

https://i.imgur.com/3Phesks.jpg

Don't remind me...I have tried on a model, gave up and went with overall gray.

Now German Waffen SS oak tree pattern is hard to do, but not impossible on 1/35 figures....

IDK that Lebanese camo is growing on me....lol, but they should have used a lighter brown
pag23
11-20-21, 04:26
...and the Germans seem to like commemorative paint jobs. This is the Gepard (Flakpanzer) farewell scheme:

https://i.imgur.com/6yltXPU.jpg

The Germans always seem to have the best camo patterns throughout history....this one looks like it belonged at the Gothic Line in 1944..

For the Mideast I love the Israeli Air Force 3 tone desert camo pattern.
notorious_ar15
11-21-21, 14:47
Ward Carroll just put out a video on "The 10 Most Kick-Ass F-14 Tomcat Paint Schemes":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay-Ar7xnrPU

Most of the paint schemes are pretty good in my opinion, I'd love to see more!
Diamondback
11-21-21, 15:06
Ward Carroll just put out a video on "The 10 Most Kick-Ass F-14 Tomcat Paint Schemes":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay-Ar7xnrPU

Most of the paint schemes are pretty good in my opinion, I'd love to see more!

Too bad Vandy 1 got overpainted in gray as a gate-guard for an East Coast base... IMO as the dedicated "research ship" for the fleet she shoulda stayed at Pt Mugu in her hi-viz black.
SteyrAUG
11-21-21, 23:09
Neat one

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/A-7D_Corsairs_354th_TFW_at_Korat_1972.JPG/489px-A-7D_Corsairs_354th_TFW_at_Korat_1972.JPG

That is pretty trippy. I wonder if it messes with pilots during landings.
Slater
11-22-21, 07:02
I read somewhere that it was intended as camoflage against early satellite imagery.
Voodoochild
11-22-21, 07:04
Some of the early A-10 JAWS (Joint Attack Weapons System) schemes were eye catching:

https://i.imgur.com/567L1GN.jpg

Looks like a version of the old school Marine Frogskin Camo.
Entryteam
11-22-21, 13:31
Looks sort of like multi-cam to me. Be cool to hunt pigs in Texas from that baby.

you mean.. WITH those rockets, right?