| I was thinking about picking this one up myself but have one question, which I'm sure has been covered on here many times: Is the Black Aces scheme on the FOV tomcat the Gulf of Sidra scheme? |
No. It's a 1992-1993 post-Desert Storm scheme, during a period when VF-41 was operating stateside doing some early Bombcat qualification work. The scheme is actually quite nice -- overall gull gray, but with a very sharp black antiglare panel that has a "pinstripe" and runs all the way to the tip of the nose. Also has a 1970s-style large stars-and-bars in full color, which I like.
I received one of these yesterday and will post some pictures soon.