F-19A Specter

By: sferrin - 12th February 2006 at 04:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Yep. I built one of those and one of these:

http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/boxart/testors/testors_f-19_48.jpg

back in the day. I still remember the brouhaha (sp?) about how Testors had spilled classifed information and heads would roll.

By: Archibaald - 12th February 2006 at 08:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Italieri also made a F19 model, quite different apparently (I made one some years ago and converted it into a X-prize suborbital space plane :) )

By: Merv_P - 12th February 2006 at 14:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

They're an interesting slice of history - essentially, they're what the 1980s thought stealth fighters should have looked like. The most accurate was probably the Italeri kit of the fictional Mig 37 'Ferret' - that got the idea of facted design correct, at least.

By: Wanderlei - 12th February 2006 at 22:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I built one of these whan I was 12.
Still kinda like it.

these are off the web.
Photos by: John Snell, Allen B., Michael Johnson

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By: DaveF68 - 13th December 2006 at 22:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

You do know that actually existed, but is still 'black'..........

:diablo:

By: Northax - 14th December 2006 at 19:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Very similar to the North American XB-70; of which is where I believe the makers of the movie Fire Fox got their design from; and seeing that's where the makers of this model got their idea from. lol

By: Northax - 14th December 2006 at 19:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Very similar to the North American XB-70; of which is where I believe the makers of the movie Fire Fox got their design from; and seeing that's where the makers of this model got their idea from. lol

Firefox (fictional)

XB-70 (real)

By: Rocky - 15th December 2006 at 07:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

F-19

They should change the name of the F-18E to F-19A, but maybe thats another thread...