CF-117B

[Captain Canada]

While other people are talkin' the X-29 talk, I'm walkin' the X-29 walk !

Here's the start of my second bird, the two-hole B model.

Cheers !

[nev]

Nice bit of kit splicing

I especially like the coke bottle tanks on the forward swept wings, it looks really goofy and I like it!    

[Shasper]

Sweet bejesus! looks great!


Ves B)  

[Mike Wren]

that's looking good Toad, what scheme you doing?

[Tophe]

Lovely  With a F-5B nose? or T-38?

[Captain Canada]

Thanks boys !

The scheme will be the same as my A-model, light ghost grey, but this one will have a special tail belonging to the 'Quebec Rampart'. I also have plans to do an all white Arctic bird, and a wrap around camo bird.

The nose, I believe, is from an old Hasegawa CF-5B, and the tailplanes are from a Frog kit, I think. I've got too many F-5 kits floating about....

[WeeJimmy]

okay mate, game on... I'm opening a few kits tonight... throwing me hat back in ring again. B)  

[dragon]

I am working on a similar concept myself (no digital camera, so I have to wait until someone at SVSM.org takes a picture at the meetings).  My concept: F5F front section just past the guns, F-20-like nose with strakes, wingtip sidewinders, parabrake housing from an F-16, "bumps" to simulate F-18 Hornet-type "bumps", underwing stores from an F-16, SLAM Missile under the wings, stabilizers (fuselage same position as F-16, in fact in my case "donated" from an F-16 about to be discarded), and Venezuelan Markings and camouflage (Venezuelan camouflage is similar to SEA camouflage- medium green, dark green, dark tan and camouflage gray).  You really ought to try the Sidewinder or AMRAAM rails at the wingtips instead of cokebottle tanks.  It will go real well with my Venezuelan F-20 Tigershark.

[elmayerle]

Dragon,

The last F-20 had a revised nose contour similar, in plan view, to that on the Swiss F-5's.  Really, the cockpit structure of all T-38's & F-5's ends at the comon joint just aft of the cockpit (Cant 183 Bulkhead).  *G* Now one thought that occurs to me is a F-5B/F hybrid front end that'd give you a there-seat cockpit.  This could be fitted to the remaining aircraft structure of your choice (F-5E/F, F-20, or X-29).

If you wanted to do an operational X-29, a radome mod as described above would be a nice touch.

Evan

[dragon]

Hopefully I can get you an image of my finalized hybrid.  Again, check out the SVSM.org Site often.  Now, what I did was to saw the F5F nose at approximately the same area as the X-29.  Very little filling was needed.  I just liked those strakes on the X-29 nose, however I did cut off the probe from that piece!

[NARSES2]

Looking good Capt'n - see that same bottles lurking in the background again ?

[John Howling Mouse]

Fantastic (as always), Todd.

Okay, enough talk, time for me to join you in "walking the walk" (four straight days off starting today---must exhibit signs of mass modeling progress!!!)

[dragon]

SVSM has an image of my X-29ish Attack jet (work in progress).  After you have gone into the Gallery Section, go to SVSM Meetings Section, then Albums: SVSM March 2005 Meeting section and then go to page 2.  You can see it there.  I need to weather it some.

[Swamphen]

Now, what I did was to saw the F5F nose at approximately the same area as the X-29.

X-29...

Grumman Skyrocket...


Alvis!!!

 

[Captain Canada]

Wow Dragon, that is sweet ! Excellent paint.......and he's got the same underwing config as me ! Too cool..............also really like the cockpit, looks like one of those bomber-Flankers ! Would make an excellent Scale-o-Rama subject !