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CF-199 Complete

Following several competition losses many design and engineering staff at Lockheed Martin, were headhunted by Avro Canada following the success of their CF-105 Arrow program.  By the late 70’s Avro was looking into the next generation of strike aircraft for the RCAF to meet its NATO comment in Europe for an aircraft that could assist in targeted attacks on Warsaw Pact airfields and other targets in the event of war breaking out. Thanks to the talent brought in from the Lockheed staff, Avro came up with a next-generation strike aircraft that could penetrate deep behind enemy lines and deliver precision strikes to targets of opportunity.   Thus the CF-199 Panther was born…. Thanks to Youtube viewer “cadmaven” for suggesting the name Panter for this build.       

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Bench Update Dec 15th

I’ve been sick with a cold bug that has been going around for about a week which has really put a dampener on everything, including time at the bench. I was going to start to apply decals on the 1/72 Hasegawa F-18a but a close look at the sheet showed some yellowing.   So they will have to spend some time in a sunny window.  The issue of course is the days are very short and rather overcast right now so it may be a while….. The Tamiya 1/35 panther is at the point where some serious weathering needs to be done.  So I decided to start practicing some techniques I’ve been reading and viewing online.   First up is a general rust/distress technique and I’m doing it on an old HO scale refrigerator car I have. After some Vallejo Rust, some streaking grime, some pastels I have this as a start. …

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