A requested overhaul for the default Thunderbird and the rest of the Thunderbird's tail numbers done in 8K. This includes all 7 tail numbers, and 2 for the #4 Slot position. Originally the Slot position tail was painted as all the others. However, after a few airshows and the time it took to clean off the soot off the tail, the Team decided to paint the Slot tail all black. Another issue was that the soot would stain the paint after a while requiring repainting the tail.
I've redone quite a bit on the Thunderbirds. Some are very noticeable, some are less. The Thunderbirds logo now has 4 F-4's instead of F-16's, for one. The Unit Award ribbon now has the 3 Oak Leaf clusters on it. And the list goes on. All the names for the front seat pilots and rear seat crew chiefs are accurate to the 1973 airshow season.
Instead reinventing the wheel, I asked Don Fanucci if I could duplicate/update his tail numbers for this update/overhaul. So credit and a Thank You goes out to Don Fanucci for permission to do so. Thank You, for letting me do this!!
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