Top Gun!

[pwagner]

With the 3d remastered Top Gun due this year, I got inspired to do a suite of Top Gun planes....

The Whiffy part is, of course, the Mig 28. I recently discovered that, after the Vietnam war, the victors ended up with a bunch of F5As abd F5Es, which they continued to use. So, with the appropriate decals, here's the Esci NVAF F5A

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840518745/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840514983/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840516767/in/photostream

After the War, the Russians took some examples back to the USSR for evaluation. Generally impressed with the design, they tweaked it to take the Tumansky R-27-300 turbojet engine used in the Mig 23 and Mig 27, and marketed it as an alternative to the Mig 21, under the banner "Mig 28":

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840507793/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840505531/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840503621/in/photostream

(This is, of course, a Hasegawa F20, suitably fitted out with Russian missiles, and painted in all over "NATO black"...)

To finish the movie set, here's the Esci F5E in Top Gun colours - specifically Sundowners, 'cos I liked the look

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840511449/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840513051/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840509617/in/photostream

And my Academy Tomcat, which turned out nicely too - and I didn't stuff the swing-wings either!:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840498105/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840500071/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840501845/in/photostream

So here they all are in my Top Gun 25th Anniversary shelf (good god, is it really that long??? Now I feel old...)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34860818@N06/6840520117/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Paul

[NARSES2]

They are really nice 

[coolpop6307]

I like the tomcat the most.

[pwagner]

Thanks. Took me 2 months that one - I started it first, but managed to complete all 3 F5s long before it was finished. Of course I did make life difficult for myself by going for a 3-tone-grey scheme,,,!

Paul

[MilitaryAircraft101]

Ooh, yes. Very nice, I must catch that later this year, any ideas on release date?

[pwagner]

Not that I can find on google....

Paul

[MilitaryAircraft101]

Hmm, I'll post your things tomorrow

[scooter]

Ooh, yes. Very nice, I must catch that later this year, any ideas on release date?

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