When I first read this thread I thought of mentioning this, but I felt bad enough about picking on the red struts. BTW...the model is outstanding, I forgot to state that first off in my previous post, sorry.
Anyhow, On May 10, 1972 Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Willie "Irish" Driscoll were credited with 3 kills that day before being shot down. One of those mistakenly reported as Col. Tombs by the media. Documents years later were found to show that it was not Col. Tombs aircraft. None the less, the misidentified pilot was of great skill and presented them their most challenging dogfight of the war.
I was lucky enough to literally bump in to Mr. Cunningham last year in Manassas, VA. while at work at the airport. He had landed there and the aircraft was parked at our FBO. He was gracious enough to answer some of my questions. We had a very nice conversation, he's an extremely nice person. I have yet to meet a pilot that doesn't like to tell old war stories.
Darren