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Offline ed s

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New Mexico ANG F-20
« on: July 17, 2012, 08:19:21 AM »
In the late 70's the USAF decided that they would include a small purchase of Northrop F-20 fighters to help get international sales started. These were all sent directly to National Guard units. This helped Northrop and sales of the F-20 internationally were brisk. With almost the same capability as the F-16A and a somewhat lower price, it was a popular a/c. Among the US users, was the New Mexico Air National Guard. This is one of their fighters ready for a typical training mission.

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This is the Hasegawa F-20 in 1/72 scale. It was build mostly OOB. I added new hypodermic needle gun barrels and seat belts. A nice kit, this was a quick easy build. The markings are from the '95 IPMS/USA Albuquerque national convention sheet. I always liked the SEA camo on USAF a/c and thought it would look good on the F-20 and here it is.

Ed
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Re: New Mexico ANG F-20
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 09:32:47 AM »
Quote from: ed s on July 17, 2012, 08:19:21 AM
... I always liked the SEA camo on USAF a/c and thought it would look good on the F-20 ...

ME TOO!
Love the paintjob :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Offline Cliffy B

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Re: New Mexico ANG F-20
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 10:30:00 AM »
All it needs now is a rece version in SEA with black undersides and then display them together  8)
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Re: New Mexico ANG F-20
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2012, 10:51:16 AM »
Tacos!!  :)
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Re: New Mexico ANG F-20
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2012, 05:51:25 PM »
 :)
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Re: New Mexico ANG F-20
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2012, 11:20:23 PM »
Nice!  :)  Always thought the F-20 looked wicked...even more so with a nice camo job.  8)
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Re: New Mexico ANG F-20
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2012, 04:27:29 AM »
Absolutely killer, Ed!

You could probably convince more than a few that this actually happened.

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