I am about to start a model of the x-29 and i wanna get some ideas

QUOTE: Originally posted by stram8777 Not to sound like to much of a newby but what is the Ferris scheme? And once again thanks for your advice.

The Ferris Scheme was an experimental paint scheme created by aviation artist, Keith Ferris, in the early 1980s for possible use on US naval aircraft.

The scheme consisted of three or four shades of grey paint arranged in geometric patterns on the aircraft. I've seen photos of F-4J Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats with the Ferris Scheme applied.

The scheme remained experimental and never caught on for service use.

If you do a search using the term "Ferris Schemes" , there are quite few sites available to you showing photos of actual aircraft with the sceme applied as well as great plan views of the scheme patterns themselves and FS number refences for the paints used.

Many years ago, there was a photo of a model X29 that had been built as an 'Aggressor Squadron' aircraft

Not to sound like to much of a newby but what is the Ferris scheme? And once again thanks for your advice.

if you got the november mag. not the one that came out this month,but the other,there is an airplane in there with like a long line in it,its sweet

I'd love to find one of those kits and go hypothetical with it.

I saw someone who grafted the nose of an F-5B onto it to make what he called a TF-29 trainer, he painted it up in that gey and green wrap around "European Liizard" scheme that was on a lot of German based American fighters in the 80s.

The prior suggestion of a Ferris scheme is better I think, the X-29 seemed born to wear that.

For references, try 'The X-Planes' 2nd Ed by Jay Miller.

And for photos of the original try here:

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/X-29/index.html

Hope this helps,

Rob M.

If there are no specific details & accessories for it, you could 'cannibalise' PE sets from other aircraft such as the F-5, since a lot of the x-29 was taken from then existing aircraft.

Check www.hannants.co.uk and do a search on 'X-29' to see what's available.

As far as colour schemes, I've seen, several times, the X-29 in aggressor type of schemes, and also in those experimental Ferris type of schemes. They looked good. So go for it. Let your immagination run wild!