Paul Boyer

One you might consider is F-86A 49-1319 flown by Capt. James Jabara on 20 May 1951 shooting down his fifth and sixth MiG-15s to become America's first "jet ace." This would have had the early black-and-white stripes, not the later black-bordered yellow bands.

I'll challenge your statement that the F-101 and F-102 "never flew in anger." But I get your point. On the Navy side Furies, Cutlass, Skyray, Cougar, Tiger, Demon weren't in combat and have been pretty well represented in plastic (yeah, I know, no decent Tiger in 1/48 yet). The USAF's F-89 Scorpion has seen its share of styrene as well.

I remember seeing a published shot of the newly arrived (?) Thunderbird F-4Es flying in formation with no wing-tip stripes, just the bird on the bottom.

This was a carryover from the F-100 days. It didn't take long for the soot to build up and they eventually just left it on as a badge of courage for the Slot Pilot. Maintenance crews would clean the soot from the fuselage, but let it build up on the tail.

Looks great!

I don't know about colors, but you realize that you won't be able to see the crew when your model is finished, right?😊🤔

Norm Filer is probably welling up right now! Wow!

If it was "reboxed" by Ace, it was probably an Ace original. Revell issued a lot of Ace kits.

Andrew, you have a PM.

Love it!

I should think the gun would work if properly aimed. The Navy's CWIS (?) is a gatling gun designed to shoot down incoming anti-ship missiles, so . . . .

The thing I question is wouldn't the gun be a better solution? A lot less expensive than a million (?) dollar missile against an non-maneuvering, simple flying bomb. I dunno.

Ooh, very nice!

One of the pictures shows a Harrier carrying an AIM-120 AMRAAM. It reads that the Harriers were modified for air defense, so yeah!

Guess I'll have to buy another couple BPK kits! I've got to get the C-40 and I've got the T-43 and built the P-8 Poseidon. And I'll need another shelf.😐