Paul Boyer

In 1/72 scale, use the Revell kit to do a D or J. The Hobbycraft Canada/Academy kits are the only choice in 1/72 scale for the A, B, C, and H versions. HC/Academy also make a D, but I think the Revell is superior. Watch out, though! There are still a lot of 1950's vintage Revell kits of the F-89D out there. This "box-scale" (about 1/80th scale?) kit was reissued many times and can still be found on the secondary market. It's a decent kit for its day, but that day was nearly 70 years ago!

Wish I had a decal sheet when I built this 1/72 scale kitbash model six years ago!

It'll fit, but you gotta carve out a lot of kit stuff to make room. Don't recall exactly how much or where.

Niiiiice!

Curt, I inserted a Pavla cockpit interior but you still can't see much of it. The kit does not fit well at all so there was a lot of filling and sanding. I'm on a trip right now and can't look through my leftovers, and I can't remember if I've already moved the remaining decal sheet to another builder or not.

I saw all of the Steve Canyon series on the original TV broadcasts, and I vividly remember that episode. Several years ago, I bought the excellent box set of DVDs of the series, and yep, that episode was just as I remembered it. Here's my salute to the Stratojet. Obviously the nearly 60-year-old Hasegawa kit with Caracal decals. I cheated a bit and added the SAC badge and unit badge despite the instructions.

Of course, it's like a $65 decal sheet with a free plastic kit!☺️

I built a Sword T-34C for a family friend. Then for my collection, I couldn't find another Sword kit so ended up with the Sky High kit. Mistake. Pitched it and started searching for another Sword, which I finally found.

They also have the slat actuator fairings separate and molded onto the outboard wing sections shown in your photo. Now, weren't the slats different on the late E from the slats on the Navy S model?

You mean T-38, right?

Not to mention the limited range of most fighters. You would have to station the fighters close to enemy territory and have them meet the bombers you may be sending from CONUS.

Does anyone make this flasher pod in any scale?

Yes! Contributed by Steve Tobey who scrounged them from a Testor B-2.

Another fancy D model to consider for future sheets. Found this online. It's supposed to be 59th FIS(?) and it appears to be newly painted. Note it has BOTH the small U.S. AIR FORCE on the tail and the "billboard" version on the nose. All that yellow trim and several sizes of black stars, the bat, and the U.S. flag on the rudder. Wow!

Hoo boy, a copper-colored cheatline around the windshield/nose. That will be fun.😐