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USAF F-99C Hunter, Vietnam, 1966

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AeroplaneDriver

April 07, 2018, 01:14:26 PM
This is my entry to the Cold War GB, and I thought I'd share it here too.  Kit is the Academy Hunter FGA.9, paints are Vallejo Model Air (the two greens have almost no contrast in most lighting, but I promise there are two different greens on it).


Hawker F-99C Hunter, USAF 524 TFS, Vietnam
March 5, 1966

This Hunter is depicted before taking off for a CAS mission supporting US Army forces from the 28th Infantry Regiment during Operation Cocoa Beach.  It is armed with a  CAS loadout of 2 x BLU27 napalm canisters and 2 x CBU75 cluster bombs, plus 2 AIM-9B Sidewinder AAMs.  The Sidewinder was not a common weapon fitted to Hunters in until the last year of its use in Vietnam in 1968, but were occasionally fitted.  The Hunter's  4 ADEN 30mm cannon were usually fully loaded with a total of 600 rounds and proved a popular weapon, packing a heavier punch and being far more reliable than the Colt 20mm cannon found on most US aircraft prior to the M61 Vulcan.

Most of the Hunters deployed to Vietnam, including this one, had improved RHAWS equipment with a sensor under the nose aft of the landing gear.  This improved the targeting of the AGM-45 Shrike missile that was also extensively used by Hunters in the 1965-67 time period.   

This aircraft has a kill marking from downing a MiG-17 on an earlier mission when carrying Sidewinders.







So I got that going for me...which is nice....

The Rat

#1
April 07, 2018, 01:20:24 PM
Fantastic. Everything.  :wub: :thumbsup:
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Army of One

#2
April 07, 2018, 01:35:52 PM
Oh.....wow....that is all
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

McColm

#3
April 07, 2018, 02:48:32 PM
Great work :thumbsup:

Soup Dragoon

#4
April 07, 2018, 03:42:31 PM
 :thumbsup: Killer paint!  :thumbsup:

zenrat

#5
April 07, 2018, 06:44:49 PM
Very nice indeed.

Weaver - i'm readying that stick I talked about... ;D
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

NARSES2

#6
April 08, 2018, 06:03:35 AM
That really does work  :bow:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Rheged

#7
April 08, 2018, 06:15:13 AM
Lovely model, and an eminently plausible backstory.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

CammNut

#8
April 08, 2018, 03:11:55 PM
Too good for those Yanks, but the Hunter looks great in those colours. And very nicely done.

ysi_maniac

#9
April 08, 2018, 03:44:50 PM
Modelling Perfection. :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :bow: :bow: :bow:
Will die without understanding this world.

PR19_Kit

#10
April 08, 2018, 03:49:37 PM
Super job, love the 'extra' stores too.  :thumbsup:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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MiB

#11
January 07, 2023, 05:12:10 AM
Thank you for your inspiration!!  :wub:  :wub:  :wub:

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DogfighterZen

#12
January 07, 2023, 09:15:39 AM
:o 2018!? How did i miss this? That is gorgeous indeed!  :wub:
The ordnance loadout reminds me i must get my PoAF Hunter finished soon... :rolleyes:
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

NARSES2

#13
January 08, 2023, 01:39:35 AM
Quote from: MiB on January 07, 2023, 05:12:10 AMThank you for your inspiration!!  :wub:  :wub:  :wub:

pic by ilmib, su Flickr

Another natural  :thumbsup:
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Old Wombat

#14
January 09, 2023, 04:26:12 AM
OK, how did I miss this? :unsure:

Absolutely stunning build! :bow:  :bow:
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est
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