F-20
Tigershark
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by Bud Sliger |
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Silly Week 2008
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There is a quote
in Gen. Yeager's Autobiography that says he considered the Northrup F-20
Tigershark to be 'the finest fighter' he has ever flown. After reading
that statement, the wheels in my noggin started turning and then it hit me,
'What if Northrup got Chuck Yeager as one of the F-20 demonstration
pilots?' I started with the good ol' 1/72 Hasegawa F-20 kit, robbed a
Italeri F-5A of its gunbarrels, snagged some decals for Chuck's 'Glamorous
Glen III' and just had a bit of fun with the project. The stand is from an
old die-cast model with the F-20's centerline pylon glued on top, thus
making a great way to display the kit.
Bud
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Photos and text © by Bud
Sliger
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