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McDONNELL XF-85 Goblin

OK - I want you to drop out of the belly of a B-36, unfold your wings and take on the entire Russian air force with 2 .50 cal machine guns.

Wow! Where do I sign up?!
It is as small as it looks. There were two prototypes. The one that did all the flying (like 10 hours total) is at Wright-Pat. The other is just down the road from me between Omaha and Lincoln at the museum formerly known as the SAC Museum.

This is a Czechmaster resin kit of the plane. MPM has issued it in plastic - the same master was used for both kits. I scratchbuilt the stand from Plastistrut and spare bits.
 
The diminutive size of the Goblin is obvious in this comparison to the Sabre. Still, it might have been a hoot to fly. And though not talked about much, it led directly to the GRB-36s that ferried the RF-84K's to the border of the Soviet Union.
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