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Those are looking good 68! My pitot tube came in the mail from Revell last week. But I am concentrating on another build right now at least for another two weeks. Then I will get my F-104 completed. I am so close but have a couple real life speed bumps coming up in early March that need to be handled 1st.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
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Great builds, 68! Well done, especially like the little Tweet! Just out of curiosity, why does the Navy have an F-4G, was it an experimental thing, like the brief green camo???
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The US Navy F-4G predates the USAF by well over a decade. Essentially it was new avionics incorporated into the F-4B, primarily for a hands off carrier landing system, IIRC. Only a small number were built. And I think that they were not very long serving, but the systems were incorporated into the F-4J.
They were both gray and in green to see if the camo helped but it didn't and all the Navy Gs were designated back to being F-4Bs. They did have upgrades that were being tested for carrier landing and maybe a few other thing but I don't remember at the moment.
Here is my A-37B that I just completed. Its the Academy kit in 1/72 scale.
On Ed's bench, ???
I like that A-37, nice job!
-tcepilot
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Great Tweet, 68!! Thanks for the USN F-4G info, as usual, I get alot of great info from y'alls posts.
Thanks guys!
TAD
Thanks guys,
There were a number of aircraft (A-6, A-4, RA-5) tested with green camo paint but all eventually went back to their original grey/white scheme.
That's a great looking A-37, 68GT! It's a cool looking plane, I don't recall seeing one before. Adding it to my wish list. Hopefully when I build mine it turns out as nice as yours!
--MikeOn the Bench: 1:72 Academy P-51BOn Deck: 1:72 Hobby Craft DHC-3 (U-1A) & 1:72 Academy Ju 87G-1
68GT Thanks guys, There were a number of aircraft (A-6, A-4, RA-5) tested with green camo paint but all eventually went back to their original grey/white scheme.
except for the ones that were shot down in combat...
Very nice Tweety 68
Here is a great article about flying the Tweety in Vietnam from Air & Space Smithsonian
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/legends-of-vietnam-super-tweet-8974282/?no-ist=
It has a few small parts to give you trouble if you have sausage fingers but otherwise it is a nice fitting kit with engraved lines and it can be found cheap. I think I got it for $10 or less with shipping on ebay.
Great article you posted the link to Stik.
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