Fighters now are like heavy bombers of old, it's amazing! A Tornado can carry over 9000Kg if you're not worried about it going very far, how many WW2 bombers could lift that weight? Not many!! Lining up different models to illustrate different size is often surprising, the F117 is much bigger than most people realise, and of course a Bf109 or Spitfire looks like a toy compared to an F14 or F4. The CDC F104 is amazing, I always had a soft spot for the F104 but in Europe it never really lost it's image a crash machine due to the number of crashes in Germany. The bare metal Connie certainly is a huge improvement, I can't wait to get the P51 in that finish.
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