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The engines look possible. Wings are standard ply or balsa/basswood. Cockpit is mostly square-ish but I'm not getting a square vibe from the body. Nose is obviously not square but it could be.
Collect Aire 1/48 XF-108 Rapier
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Pretty rare resin model of the XF-108 Rapier fighter by Collect Aire (creepy firewood).
If anyone is not in the know, the XF-108 Rapier was created by North American as a high-speed (M = 3) interceptor and escort fighter for the XB-70 strategic supersonic bomber. A full-size mock-up of the aircraft was demonstrated in January 1959. The first flight of the aircraft was scheduled for March 1961. The XF-108 program was closed on September 23, 1959, almost simultaneously with the XB-70. The Hughes AN/ASG-18 fire control system and the AIM-47A (GAR-9) Falcon missiles developed for the XF-108 were used on the YF-12.
Initially, the model was built by Gennady Petrovich aka @Genry to order, but after some time it got to be restored by our other colleague - Alexei Radetsky aka @AlexR. Details of the history of the authors and restorers)) if they want, they will write in the comments.
And... I posted this in the glider sub-forum. Looks like the build would be a cluster.Based on his Rear eject comment I think he wants it to glide, hence no basswood or ply...
Clusters are typically not a good idea fro a rear engine scale-ish boost or rocket glider, due to cg problems.
On of my “get around to it” projects is to remove the profile body on my XF-108 RC RG and to install a lightweight built up depron fuselage. Will greatly improve the looks.
The XF-108 is a great glider subject due to the generous wing area.
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Looks fine to me!
Great pics.Well, it looks good from a distance, if you squint a little….
Great pics.
Couldn't tell that it is a profile glider.
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