Here is the Bell F-18A Bullet. A very high speed photo reconnaissance aircraft used over Japan in late 1945. It was dropped from a B-29 mothership (not shown) and flown at near Mach 1 or beyond Mach 1 speeds depending on the air threat. The single K-18 camera removed some of the tankage so external drop tanks were used first then dropped before the final run. A small downward looking periscope is located under the cockpit.
A secret airfield was built in China to recover the F-18A.
This is a rescue from the SOD (shelf of doom). I was hoping to finish it for the The Snoops, Sensors, Spooks, & Spies etc GB but a leak in the liquid oxygen tank preventing me from finishing it on time.
Build notes:
Stock Tamiya X-1. I removed the extra pitot tubes. The drop tanks are from a 1/100 A-6A. Added the periscope bulge. Decals from an after market P-51 sheet.
