Lockheed F-80E

[buzzbomb]

Very nice mix and match. Loving it

[Dizzyfugu]

That's looking very cool, and elegant, too. 

[PR19_Kit]

BTW, your plane looks like a intermediate step before the XF-90.

My thoughts exactly! 

[mat]

First layer of paint applied. Not much variations in the 50's

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[Wardukw]

That's looking very cool Mat 😎 👍

[mat]

The paint job started

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[mat]

A new plan!

One of my original options for the F-80E was to finish it as a plane in the first operational unit of the Bundesluftwaffe: JaBoG 31 which was activated on 1. october 1957 at Büchel AB. But I was very much in doubt, as it would mean natural metal finish - and not much else. Then came Dizzyfugu along with his plans to build another F-80E - in West German colours, and that made up my mind to go for something completely different.

Other options on my list included planes from Norway, Denmark, Netherland, Belgium, Italy, Turkey - and Vive la France. All these countries received F-84s as part of the Mutual Defence Assistance Program.

But what if!

As Republic Aviation kept fighting with the problems, which again and again delayed the production of the new F-84F Thunderstreak, USAF decided to keep all the F-84Gs for its own use. Instead hordes of the Lockheed F-80Es were send overseas to allied nations.

Armée de l'Air (which in the real world got 48 F-84Es and 335 F-84Gs) received lots of F-80Es, which were distributed between 1., 3., 4., 9. and 11. Escadre de Chasse.

In 1953 a display unit made up of four F-80Es from E.C. 1/3 Navarre were established as Patrouille de France.

My Lockheed F-80E will be finished as a plane from that unit.

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[Rick Lowe]

Nice and colourful! 

[Wardukw]

Bright mate ..im no fan of red..fact I hate red but when you add silver     

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[NARSES2]

Suits that scheme 

[Tophe]

Very nice model!

[jcf]

Nice. 

Looks like a baby brother for the Blackhawk F-90B. 

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[perttime]

I love the F-80E shapes!
I must confess that I'm usually not a fan of wing tip tanks and red or orange extremities - but I'll let it pass this time 

[mat]

Nice. 

Looks like a baby brother for the Blackhawk F-90B. 

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The F-80E could indeed be a baby brother for the F-94. As they both had the same father: Kelly Johnson of Lockheeds Skunk Works