streakeagle Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) I have had this MiG-15 glider since 1978-79. I never paid too much attention to the paint scheme until now. I thought it would be cool to have this scheme in DCS and started researching where it came from. Were MiG-15s flying over Korea in USSR markings? Would a Soviet pilot have had the leeway to have a custom scheme like this: altering the nose number "711" to a "7" separated from "11" by dice? Would a Soviet pilot have had a callsign in English under his canopy rail? Did Soviets know the US called ace MiG pilots "honchos"? I had to be creative in my search, but the internet did not fail me. Searched for variations of "MiG-15 7 11 honcho". I stumbled onto someone asking for others to make this paint scheme for an F-84F. Apparently, there was a late 50s (1958) movie called "The Hunters" about F-86 pilots in Korea. For movie purposes, F-84Fs were standing in as MiG-15s and one of them had a scheme very similar to this. So, apparently, aviation artist Lou Drendel was either a big fan of "The Hunters" or was requested by such a fan to make this MiG-15 painting, which then became the scheme chosen for this toy glider. I am disappointed in Tiger Squadron and Lou Drendel for doing a fictional skin instead of a historically accurate one. But it does look cool and would make a great DCS fantasy skin for F-86 vs MiG-15 duels. Here are all of the gliders I have from the Tiger Squadron series (plus an F-15 that was similar enough in scale and construction style that I bought it to add to this collection). Edited December 30, 2020 by streakeagle 2 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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