Tag: air superiority

• YF23 – Part Three – Trial Duo

  

  Well, it didn’t get the contract. Despite the design and the twin engines of this McDonell Douglas/Northrop, the ultimate choice for the air superiority fighter went to the YF – later – F-22. The two test aircraft were relegated to museum pieces. I suspect that this Trumpeter lkit – a 1999 product – was drawn…

  Dick Stein

  May 13, 2026

  1:144 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Decals, design, display, Lacquer, Model Airplane, prototypes

  air superiority, Museums, test aircraft

• McDonnell Douglas F-15 – Part One – Big Little

  

  I was amazed to see the size of the F-15 when I built it in 1/72 – and this little scale is equally interesting – it bulks over the other models on the shelf. I guess this is because of he engines and the amount of flying an air superiority fighter needs to do; shoot…

  Dick Stein

  May 10, 2024

  1:144 scale, American aircraft, camouflage, Decals, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  air superiority, design size