Red Tailed Hat Trick

[billn53]

I recently built a couple of supersonic "hotrods" flown by the Wisconsin Air National Guard. They were a Meng F-102 Delta Dagger, with markings circa 1972 after winning the William Tell competition, and a Hasegawa F-16C done up in markings commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Wisconsin ANG, in 1998:

 

 

 

A quarter-century separates those two aircraft, and I realized that it will soon be another 25-years since the F-16 carried those anniversary markings. Then, I learned that in 2023 the Wisconsin ANG will transition to the F-35A Lightning II. I decided to round-out my little collection by adding Academy's F-35A in hypothetical markings of the "Badger Air Militia"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My WIP can be found here:

 

 

Enough talkie-talk. On with the pics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a fun build, and only took eleven days start-to-finish. Thanks for viewing!

 

 

[neil5208]

Excellent work as usual Bill, I think the Have Glass coating work very well.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Excellent build ... As I go by Madison on my way home I'm sure to see these one day soon. Very nice photo of the Elephant walk by the way. 

Edited April 1, 2020 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[SAT69]

Beautiful F-35A. And somehow I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see, some time in the future, an actual airplane painted up just like you modeled it. How satisfying that would be.

[Vultures1]

Lovely set of red-tailed birds!  Quick work on that F-35 too

[Mark4700]

That looks nice. Makes a fantastic trio with the other two. 

[RMCS]

Superb