Devilfish Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 With the advent of faster aircraft such as TSR2 and P.1154 into service, the need for proper, early high Mach training, especially at lower levels was being appreciated by the late 70's. By the 80's the search had been narrowed down to a version of the F-5 that Northrop were developing. With a single engine, and modern avionics, it would be ideal, if they made a 2 seater version. Thankfully, to secure sales, and as part of a package, which included some single seat ground attack variants, the F-20, as it became known, entered service as the RAFs first true Mach 2 trainer. Seen here in 4FTS colours, RAF Valley. Kit, Freedom Models 1/48 F-20B 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TME3 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Very cool.... great idea and great build...! You should give it a name too...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 24 minutes ago, TME3 said: Very cool.... great idea and great build...! You should give it a name too...! I'm trying to think of one...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Nice one, I am currently building a similar "what if", different airframe but same colour scheme, watch this space! Yours looks cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmatt Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Super cool what-if! What about Hammerhead or Tigerhawk ;-) Cheers b. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Imagine that as part of Red Arrows diamond nine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TME3 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 How about the Preceptor T.1...? (It IS a trainer afterall, and a preceptor is a teacher/evaluator).... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 lovely what if idea n execution rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Novel idea and well executed. Love it! Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I like the idea and the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Very nice idea and well executed! If only that scenario had played out. How did you find the FM kit? I have it next in line (with a cunning whiffery plan to go with it...) and comments about the canopy construction have been raised as to it being "challenging". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Would love to have seen one of these over Holyhead in the 1970s. It's good to know the real thing exists in a parallel universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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