Canadair CF-177A

[Captain Canada]

Lightweight fighter adopted by the reserve squadrons to defend canadian cities and other points of interest, like breweries !

 

[The Rat]

Gotta love any FSW!    

[Allan]

Toad,
Isn't it going to be incredibly hard to paint the wheels and cockpit like that?
Don't you paint them before assembly?
Allan

[Tophe]

Captain Toad,
Could you explain us how the X-29 code leaded to 177? I would have understood that for a double X-29Z, as 2.9+(29x2.9x2)+(2.9x2 )=177   , but for a single plane , the logic must be different ...

[retro_seventies]

she's a real zinger and no mistake - looking forward to the background story to this one!

you gonna make a little one to go in your conventional carrier wing?

[upnorth]

Thats pretty cool.

I've got a kit bash happening right now involving the old Hasegawa X-29. I've grafted the forward fuselage of Revell Germany's F-5B onto it for a two seater.

I'm not much further than that, my modeling is really slow right now. I picked up a couple of aftermarket Martin Baker MK.10 ejection seats for it, but otherwise am still rolling over ideas for the cockpit in my head.

I'm thinking either Swiss or Dutch markings for it as I have extra markings for both air forces in my spares back home.

I'm either going to do plain wingtips or put on rails and put one of those aggressor air data things on one wingtip. I'm still debating what to do on the centreline, right now I'm thinking either the standard fuel tank or a practice bomb dispenser.

[nev]

Looks great Todd.  Are you entering it into the F-5 GB on ARC?  You too Upnorth?  Starts March 20th, my two F-20s are all ready to go  B)  

[Ollie]

Toad, good job on the X-29!

I'll be using SHARS for the point-defence job though.   :ar:


Can't wait to see your CF-177 done!

 

[Aircav]

Looks good Capin'
I'm just fitting a F-20 and a Tigereye noses to my two at the mo', Brazilian and Taiwanese      

[NARSES2]

Looking good Capt.n

Chris

[elmayerle]

Thats pretty cool.

I've got a kit bash happening right now involving the old Hasegawa X-29. I've grafted the forward fuselage of Revell Germany's F-5B onto it for a two seater.

I'm not much further than that, my modeling is really slow right now. I picked up a couple of aftermarket Martin Baker MK.10 ejection seats for it, but otherwise am still rolling over ideas for the cockpit in my head.

I'm thinking either Swiss or Dutch markings for it as I have extra markings for both air forces in my spares back home.

I'm either going to do plain wingtips or put on rails and put one of those aggressor air data things on one wingtip. I'm still debating what to do on the centreline, right now I'm thinking either the standard fuel tank or a practice bomb dispenser.

F-5B front end ( to the "cant 183" bulkhead) would definitely be good for a "trainer only" version.  A F-5F forward fuselage would give you the radar room for a fully operational two-seater (on possibility I'm looking at).

[upnorth]

Well, trainer is the main line I'm looking at with some light strike capability; nothing that needs radar just guns, rocket pods and iron bombs.

[elmayerle]

Well, trainer is the main line I'm looking at with some light strike capability; nothing that needs radar just guns, rocket pods and iron bombs.

That'd work, then.  Though if you did add the RF-5B nose, you'd have an option to do a FAC version with a laser designator replacing the camera.

[noxioux]

Verrrry interesting!

It is going to be a pain to paint, being all assembled.

What are you thinking on the color scheme?

If I'm not mistaken it gets the CF-117 designation because it's purchase/adoption would've been just before Canada purchased the F-18/CF-118.  Is that correct?

[lancer]

Brilliant toad, truely inspiring.