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Ohhh that's dangerous. I can't even begin to think of what I would build first as I have so many options.

I haven't read anything that states the aircraft belongs to the Thunderbirds. Regardless one can only hope that the pilot is ok.

Not really an F-5 fan but really dig the old Thunderbirds sign above the hanger!

So in theory then, the T-50 maybe rendered useless as it's engines still give it a large signature?

I still can't get over how large it is. I haven't read anything about it, maybe because I haven't really looked, but doesn't the shape of the engine's and the nozzles themselves render the stealth plane's effectiveness? I just remember that when the F-22 was developed and put into service, and the F-117 before, a lot of the talk was that part of the stealth technology laid in the shape of the engines to keep it's signature low as possible.

Looks like the one my grandfather flew, great job.

Neato!

This is so cool seeing all of these every time you post Sven, keep 'em coming!

Talk to Kursad at Caracal Decals or Jake Melampy at Speed Hunter Graphics. Those 2 guys are probably your best bet (I'd start with Jake as he does more F-4 sheets) in getting a set of Edward F-4's accurately produced.

Amazing!

My jaw dropped as I scrolled down through the pictures. I didn't even think it was a model at first.

Superior job! Love the large amount of photos, adds to the quality of your Tomcat. Really enjoy the detailed paint job and will definitely be saving this as a reference for the MM paints as well.

Wow

Following this one as I plan on building the old Monogram kit for the Hawker group build.

The only scales I have seen the M-35 cannon set for is 1/32 and 1/72. I am more than sure that Floyd Werner over at Werner’s Wings would release one extremely fast if there was a 1/48 G Cobra available however as there isn’t it would be hard to convince him otherwise.

They called it the Dragon according to the book I just read.

So I just finished reading “Warthog: Flying the A-10 during the Gulf War” by William Smallwood. It is a fantastic book, one which I would put in the ranks of Pak Six and Thud Ridge. I highly highly recommend it. It would probably even give you more ideas for your project on armament and weathering. With your build and that book I am extremely tempted to go ahead and pull the trigger on an A-10 for the BM 10th Anniversary group build.

Pretty interesting as the 1st and 4th pics denote these aircraft were outfitted for the M-35 armament subsystem. I’ve never truly been attracted to the Spanish Cobra’s however these few pictures may change my mind....

Got any pics Ben, would love to see it.

This ought to be a very interesting development as Academy 1) hasn't produced a new AH-1 kit in 15 years and 2) the only AH-1Z is the beautiful 1/48 Kitty Hawk model.

Although I don't have any of the HobbyBoss Tomcats this is a great start to your build and I will thoroughly enjoy watching it come together. Awesome job on that cockpit too btw.

That’s a beautiful aircraft. What’s the story on the kill markings on the #543 bird? i absolutely love that SU! That IAF camo makes it look like the jet was born for it!

I managed to pick up 4 Fujimi AH-1J kits over the last 2 years relatively cheap and got 2 of the Cobra Company conversion sets for it plus a set of the Fireball decals in 1:48. One of these days I will finally make em.

IIRC, out of the box the kit represents an early pre-production variant for an AH-1G. It does leave a lot of room for scratch building, i.e. both rotorheads, the shaft, and the cockpit. Also the tail rotor is on the wrong side for mid to late Cobras and it doesnt have the M28 turret containing the M134 minigun and M129 grenade launcher at all. Now with a -J cockpit from CC it would look great however you gotta remember that’s a twin engine Cobra and there are some controls that will show up different but if that doesn’t bother you then go for it. My advice just stick with the AH-1J kit as a base.

Reminds me a lot of the SU-25 with the Jaguar in that scheme for some reason