Like many
modellers, I've always had a big fascination for the wild paint schemes
seen at the Tiger Meets. This 120 page softcover book from
Daco
Publications is full of photos of a huge
variety of aircraft in Tiger paint schemes.
This book contains over 275 colour photos covering 2 Tiger Meets.
The 2 Tiger meets covered in this
book are the 40th NATO Tiger Meet which was hosted by 31 Sqn at Kleine Brogel in
Belgium in 2001 and the very first Tiger Meet organized in the States: the
Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas which was hosted by 120th FS of the
Colorado Air National Guard.
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the
special painted F-16 of 31 Sqn |
the
special painted F-16 of 31 Sqn |
Also included is background about
the Tiger Meets and photos of aircraft in the "paint barns" as their
special Tiger schemes were being applied by the highly skilled master painters.
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also
01/012 had one Mirage 2000 in special colours |
and
301 Esq from Beja didn't go for less |
The
photos are clearly printed on glossy paper with good light and are sure to
impress fans of Tiger Meet aircraft. The photos in this review will give you an idea of what this book
has to offer....you've got to buy the book to see
the larger photos.
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AG-51
came with another Tornado in Tiger skin |
120th
FS of Buckley AFB, Colorado USA, hosted the TMOTA and painted one of
their F-16s for the first time with Tiger stripes |
One extra feature of this book is
the small selection of photos of ground vehicles including cars, vans and a
sportbike motorcycle that were given special Tiger Meet paint schemes.
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79FS
from Shaw AFB attended also with a special painted F-16 |
This book doesn't include all
Tiger Scheme aircraft, but oddly enough it does include quite a few of the best
known and most popular Tiger Meet aircraft.
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410
FS from Canada showed up in style: |
And
the guys from Mountain Home were also present: |
The text in this book is mostly
photo descriptions to help support the wonderful photos in this book. If
you're a Tiger Meet fan....then this book is well worth buying.
You can get this
book direct from the Daco
Publications
website.
I'd like to thank
Danny at Daco
Publications
for sending me this review sample.
Steve
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