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Movie Warbirds: Firefox T-6s

Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:43 pm

In the '80s Clint Eastwood move Firefox, a couple of T-6s are briefly seen, apparently playing the part of A-1 "Sandy" Skyraiders. IIRC they're only seen from nearly head-on. We can't see any identification or even the paint schemes. Does anyone know which/whose airplanes these were?

https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=F ... ox_T-6.JPG

I'd love to build a model of a T-6 in Skyraider clothes. I doubt I'll find any good pics of the real movie airplanes, so I'll probably do one in "what-if" markings. I'll try to airbrush the standard USAF SEA A-1 camo scheme, with the rear sections of the "greenhouse" in a deep blue tint; if that doesn't work out, I can fall back on the overall 16473 COIN gray with the big black exhaust "billboards" on the side. Could be a cool-looking model!

Re: Movie Warbirds: Firefox T-6s

Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:32 pm

Which T-6s they were will likely depend on where the scene was filmed.
If In Southern California, my guess would be the T-6 flying club out of Van Nuys. Their T-6s were painted in a variety of schemes and often made film appearances...like the "Shadows of the Night" music video.

Re: Movie Warbirds: Firefox T-6s

Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:45 pm

The only thing I could find on imdb is;

Clay Lacy ... special flight consultant

Re: Movie Warbirds: Firefox T-6s

Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:19 pm

Not any more information here:
https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=T ... e_Database
https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Firefox

Re: Movie Warbirds: Firefox T-6s

Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:52 pm

Lon Moer wrote:The only thing I could find on imdb is;

Clay Lacy ... special flight consultant


Which might point to the Van Nuys T-6 group I mentioned earlier...since his base was Van Nuys.
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