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Title: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:13:05 PM

Here we are....
Having always zillions of ideas and projects for a what-if model (and I guess I'm not the only one here... :rolleyes:), I finally manage to build one....
I've been always playing with the idea of

What-if the X-29 would have gone into production....

Let's assume, that something went wrong with the lightweight fighter project and both XF-16 and XF-17 were finally cancelled.
Big mistake made in Washington, because the Air Force could not afford as much F-15 as they wanted and they're looking for an air/air fighter. Cheaper, very agile and ASAP operational. How good that the NASA was testing FSW X-29.... ;)

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:26:46 PM

Modifications for the Air Force were:

New radar (APG-67) (Taken from the F-20)
Radar Warning System
Chaff n Flares
IFF
ACES II Ejection Seat
Weapons Management System
CRT Displays
2x Pontiac M39 20mm Guns

First I had to find a "Sharknose"

The Italeri Kit was once released with a shark nose and I decided to go for this one

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:28:29 PM

A little bit more of adjustment...

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:30:24 PM

It didn't look bad from profile....

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:32:44 PM

And I wanted to call the F-29 actually "Bat"
But this looked more like a Duck :banghead:

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:37:05 PM

Back to square one...
New search
I was sure that the sharknose would fit, but Italeri must have done something wrong there.
I took Hasegawa's F-20, which also has such a radom.
And there's a slight difference

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:44:10 PM

I didn't want to "canibalize" a F-20 for this and after having discussed it with a friend, he reminded me that somebody casted some sharknoses a while ago. Fortunately he had some spare in his stash.... :cheers:

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:46:45 PM

(Little comparison with the X-29 and F-29 "Ducknose" ;D)

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 29, 2011, 01:48:02 PM

New nose fitted

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: philp on December 29, 2011, 02:02:56 PM

Think I like the new nose job better than the duck.

As for markings, can't go wrong with Montana ANG :wub:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: sletch on December 29, 2011, 02:44:02 PM

Hi,

Quote from: philp on December 29, 2011, 02:02:56 PMThink I like the new nose job better than the duck.

That's right! The new nose looks better :thumbsup: I am not that big fan of the ducknose. I will probably modify my Italeri F-19 for this reason

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(Wow ! Come back, it's not mine. I found this photo on the ARC forum : http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal1/501-600/gal550_F-19_Le/00.shtm (http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal1/501-600/gal550_F-19_Le/00.shtm) ;D )

A bientot / Frederic

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: PR19_Kit on December 29, 2011, 04:04:25 PM

Now that's an exercise in development work if ever I saw one Bearmatt! Well done, it looks pretty darn good now. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: dragon on December 29, 2011, 07:25:52 PM

F-29 Platypus?

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: Slerski on December 30, 2011, 01:32:19 AM

"Encore une victoire des canards !! COIN COIN !!" (Again a ducks' victory !! Famous publicity ad for an SC Johnson toilet cleaner ;D)

I like this FSW plane, and... turn it into an operationnal plane would be nice :)

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: upnorth on December 30, 2011, 03:01:20 AM

Quote from: philp on December 29, 2011, 02:02:56 PM
As for markings, can't go wrong with Montana ANG :wub:

What that man said!

Either that or 318 FIS which used to fly out of McChord AFB.

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 09:59:49 AM

Thanks for the comments.

@ Dragon

Platypus! That would be also a nice name and even better exercise to turn the F-29 in a double seater type Su-34 or Hunter / EE Lightning :smiley:

@ Phil & Upnorth

I tried first with South Carolina ANG....
But the vertical stab of the F-29 is very often too small for F-16 decals... :banghead:
But the Montana could fit and the (grey) scheme would look perfect on it

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 10:14:27 AM

Landing Gear. No modifications here

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 10:31:49 AM

Rescribing took most of time. Lots of dymo tape and a scribing template. I use dentist tools for scribing. It works very well.
I also had to drill the holes for the 20mm gun ports.
The guns will be made of injection needles.
The most challenging is to keep everything symmetrical...

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 10:49:18 AM

There was not too much sanding.
Hasegawa quality and no bigger mods on this project helped (not as on sharkit's McDonnell Model 60...)
The most problematic parts on this kit are the air inlets

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 11:01:21 AM

Armament should be something like this

2x AIM-9L
2x AMRAAM

Don't know yet, if I'll mount the AMRAAM's at the wing tips. Looks a little bit weird, but F-16s have it also like this. And they would not "interfere" with the canards... :smiley:

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: Slerski on December 30, 2011, 12:02:14 PM

Maybe you can put the Slammers under the fuselage ? Something like the Aphid under the MiG-23

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 03:22:12 PM

I tried different spots, but this F-29 has not really much space...
The AMRAAMS could be located between fuselage and wings, like on the Hornet, tho way more to the aft.
Under the air inlet there's also little space and on the centerline neither, because of the gear doors...
Best would be some double launcher on a wing station... :wacko:
Or like the Sepecat Jaguar, on the top of the wings....

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 30, 2011, 03:26:22 PM

Did I mention that it was a Block 60?.... ;)

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 05:22:28 AM

Preshading

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 05:26:51 AM

Let's give some color

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 05:42:20 AM

I used first time xtracolor acryls....
And I'm not convinced of it, at all.
Not very airbrushfriendly (stuck needle all the time), tho I tried different thinners and pressures....
And they don't adhere very well. With this I had all along problems...
In order to continue work, you have to wait at least 12hrs. With Model Master Acryls you can work on after 30mins....
Recently I tried to skip the base coating in order to keep the paint job as thin as possible, but maybe I should reconsider this, when I'm not using MM Acryls....

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 06:09:21 AM

The radar warners where made of basic plastic rods. Glued and sawed them and then sanded.

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 06:18:52 AM

Standard FS colors where used.
FS36375
FS36320
FS36270
FS36118

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 07:56:06 AM

I tried again some decal versions, but I find them either too colorful and / or too big for this tail...
Still have some time to think of which one it will be.
Could also imagine a "WP" or " HL"....

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 07:59:29 AM

Other F-29 projects under construction.... :wacko:

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 08:07:37 AM

Everything went quite smooth till... :banghead:
I was masking for the black cockpit glare...

WTF?!?....

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 08:16:55 AM

It took me quite a while to fix this mishap...
But finally I got to the point of weathering the "Bat"

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 08:26:56 AM

Tho I've painted the original exhaust already, I'll probably replace it with the F-404 from Aires
Looks just better.
Need to cut the heatshield petals from the original and add it to the Resin part

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on December 31, 2011, 08:33:44 AM

That's how far this build is...
Keeping it "safe" for next year :mellow:

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Happy new year to all whiffers! :party: :cheers:

Bearmatt

Title: Re: F-29C USAF (or ANG...?)
Post by: bearmatt on January 04, 2012, 03:03:16 PM

Finally I sticked to this version

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: Sticky Fingers on January 04, 2012, 11:33:02 PM

The paint- and weatheringjob looks very good, and with the decals added it really starts to look convincing. :thumbsup:
How did combining the resin and plastic exhaust-bits turn out?

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: Slerski on January 05, 2012, 12:29:09 AM

I like the general look of this plane, look so real ;)

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: jsport on January 05, 2012, 05:55:55 PM

scary goodness :bow: :bow:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on January 06, 2012, 08:30:31 AM

Thanks for the words!

It's moving slowly (but steady) to completion....
Maybe it will be done by this weekend

@ Sticky Fingers:

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Worked well. Not too much fuzz. The cutting part was a little bit tricky. I screwed up one original hasegawa nozzle unfortunately. But as my stash is not small... :wacko: I found some spare one
Other than that, the resin afterburner liner had to be turned to a smaller (outer) diameter, in order to fit into the white part (heatshield petals).

Still don't know if I'm going to use this exhaust, because I would have to drill a 1" hole in my F-29 rears.... And I'm afraid of hearing that "craaack" of both fuselage sides....
This would be a master disaster at this point! :-\

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: pyro-manic on January 06, 2012, 10:29:17 AM

Careful filing as opposed to drilling would be the way to go I think. Might take a while, but much safer. Looks really good (I never thought I'd say that about something in that GREY colour scheme)!

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: LemonJello on January 06, 2012, 06:28:21 PM

I like the forward swept wing concept, and you've done a great job with this one. Will you leave it "clean" or will it have an assortment of missiles hanging underneath it when you're done?

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on January 07, 2012, 03:15:24 AM

Ok... Now it's done and everything worked out well, tho it took me quite a while to get there.

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I started with drilling up to approx 1/4" and then carried on with filing....
@ pyro-manic, thanks for the hint. Didn't think of using this option, but it worked well and was probably the only way to do it.

@ lemon jello. Yes, I intend to add a pair of sidewinders and a pair of amraam's.

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on January 09, 2012, 03:09:58 PM

Almost done....
But details, details, details

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: NARSES2 on January 10, 2012, 01:16:44 AM

I'd struggle to get the pylon in the crocodile clip, let alone paint the detail on it :blink: :bow:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on January 10, 2012, 12:38:04 PM

Sneak Preview... ;)
and the crocodile clips are painted ;D

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: Paulie on January 10, 2012, 01:12:03 PM

amazing work :) :bow: can´t wait to see it finished :P

i remember playing a old game F29 retaliator back on old pentium 386, my favourite plane :) brings back memories ;)

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: Sticky Fingers on January 10, 2012, 01:14:36 PM

:wub: what a beauty!

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: NARSES2 on January 11, 2012, 07:34:47 AM

Really makes "boring" grey look attractive :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on January 16, 2012, 01:18:39 AM

Thanks folks!

Well... vacations are over and I'm back to work... and modeling rythm is consequently slowing down :angry:
There's not much left to do and I really hope being done with it till next weekend, so I could take some photos during daylight... :rolleyes:

Need to finish the ejection seat and find some decent pitot tube.

Meanwhile I scratch build the HUD and painted the anti-collision lights

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: FAR148 on January 16, 2012, 08:57:26 AM

How Sexy is That! :wub:

Very Cool!
Steven L :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 09:10:42 AM

Thx Steven! <_<

Well, finally...
I managed to finish those last little details and to take some pics
Here's a first badge

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 09:36:47 AM

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1184.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz334%2Fbearmatt%2FPICT0730.jpg&hash=75b7b9693e9e7759a96da73d8b30e72f76a450c9)

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 09:38:24 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: TomZ on February 04, 2012, 09:44:48 AM

Beautiful!!!

TomZ

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 10:01:24 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 10:02:13 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 10:03:45 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 10:05:53 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 10:07:27 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: su27rules on February 04, 2012, 10:44:53 AM

Great idea and so nice with this camo!! :thumbsup: :bow:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF!
Post by: bearmatt on February 04, 2012, 10:48:44 AM

Here's a summary of this build:

Kit:
Hasegawa X-29

Modifications:
Aires Ejection Seat Aces II
Aires Nozzle F-404 (Hornet)
Custom made resin radom
Scratch ToT & Pitot (Plastic sheet n rods)
Scratch Guns (Injection needle)
Scratch Radar Warners (Plastic rods)
Scratch HUD (Plastic sheet and etched parts)
Scratch Chaff n Flare dispenser (Plastic Sheet)
Hasegawa AIM-9 Rails (from Hornet Kit)
Heller Bomb-Pylon (from F-16 Kit)
Wolfpack Etched reinforcement plates (F-16 Set)
P P Aeroparts Etched Store sway braces

Rescribing different areas (mainly guns section)

Decals:
Hyperscale HL Sheet and F-16 detail sheet

Colors:
Camo: FS36375 / FS36118 / FS36320 (Radom) / FS36270 --- Xtracolor (Acryl)
Tires: 1004 Tire Black --- Aircraft Colors
Exhaust petals: SM03 Super Iron --- Mr. Hobby (Gunze)
Exhaust: 1406 Exhaust --- ModelMaster

The whole project took me approx 5 months
Main difficulty was to keep symmetry while doing modifications and rescribing
The kit itself fits almost perfect. Air Inlets where a bit tricky.

Next projects are Swiss AF F-29C and McDonnell Model 60 (from Sharkit) ;D

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: MilitaryAircraft101 on February 04, 2012, 11:30:08 AM

Great job!

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: Vulcan7 on February 04, 2012, 01:23:14 PM

Great looking jet, beautifully crafted :ph34r: :tornado: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: philp on February 04, 2012, 03:43:01 PM

Love that you made it a Hill bird.

Great job.

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: Cliffy B on February 04, 2012, 03:47:10 PM

It looks so right! :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: NARSES2 on February 05, 2012, 02:52:25 AM

Quote from: Cliffy B on February 04, 2012, 03:47:10 PM
It looks so right! :thumbsup:

Exactly :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: bearmatt on February 05, 2012, 11:55:05 AM

Thx to everybody for the nice words! :thumbsup:

I took some indoor photos today with another camera. (tho still not that happy with the quality...)
There's a german scale modeler with a nice "how to do it" description. If anybody wants to try and read it.... ;)
Here the link http://www.arnes-modellbauseite.de/Tips/foto/foto.htm (http://www.arnes-modellbauseite.de/Tips/foto/foto.htm)

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: bearmatt on February 05, 2012, 11:56:53 AM

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: bearmatt on February 05, 2012, 12:04:37 PM

And together with the prototype... <_<

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Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: su27rules on February 05, 2012, 12:12:10 PM

One more time is time for me to say: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: So nice and beautiful!!

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: fitter on February 05, 2012, 12:33:57 PM

Awesome looking F-29! It looks like it's ready to take a bite out of another planes rear end. I've been looking to do something like that with my X-29, definitly need to get started on that now! Thanks for the great pics too!

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: bearmatt on February 06, 2012, 04:05:00 AM

Yes, this F-29C is a fierce dogfighter...
Not many escaped back then.... ;)

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: NARSES2 on February 06, 2012, 06:55:24 AM

Love the photo with the prototype :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: jsport on February 06, 2012, 03:58:42 PM

ditto the above a great touch of what should have been the history..great work sir. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ;D

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: Holzy65 on February 08, 2012, 08:40:35 AM

Nice, very nice! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: Captain Canada on February 11, 2013, 06:30:38 AM

Wow...that's just gorgeous ! Sorry I missed the original thread....and I agree, the second nose suits her way better. It's easy to see why the finished product looks so good, you sure put alot of work into it !

:cheers:

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: nighthunter on February 11, 2013, 12:25:12 PM

Agreed, the F-29C looks fantastic, although I would have gone with the Oregon ANG or 318th FIS, personally. It would be cool to see an F-29 in an Aggressor scheme :P

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: Ian the Kiwi Herder on February 11, 2013, 11:12:57 PM

Excellent - looking at the summary, you put a lot of effort into this build, and it shows.

Ian

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: bearmatt on February 11, 2013, 11:15:30 PM

Thx!

Agree, the Oregon ANG would have looked superb. But in fact, most of the schemes do not fit the F-29 tail, because of its size....

As for the F-29 as an aggressor (http://spasticforplastic.1hwy.com/snapshots.html).....
Unfortunately I never managed to find more pics of that beauty....
But maybe the builder is reading this forum here....who knows!?

Title: Re: F-29C USAF - FINISHED!
Post by: Dizzyfugu on February 12, 2013, 12:25:39 AM

Very pretty thing! :thumbsup:

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