The four A/C
represented on this sheet are from the late 70s to early 80s time frame.
They come from two squadrons in the JASDF, the 202nd Hikotai from
Nyutabaru AB and from the 203rd Hikotai from Komatsu AB in Japan.
Komatsu Air Base was the
site of many gunnery meets that the F-104J would engage in during this
time frame. These were similar to the old US William Tell
competitions. The 202nd and 203rd always made it a point to paint
their A/C up special for these gunnery meets and four great examples of
this are on this sheet.
Two complete sets of
stencil data as well as two different styles of Hinomarus (meatballs) are
included with this sheet. Approximate FS numbers are also given for
the paint colors. What the actual colors are is anyone's guess.
The Twobobs worked with
Darren Mottram (you know who he is!) to try to get these as close as
possible. If you have any other references at your disposal outside
of what they used, by all means, bang away at this. It's all open to
interpretation with these A/C anyways.
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