This is a very impressive piece of work. I would love to create something like this myself–the work on the aircraft, the base and the revetment really caught my eye. While I am probably one of those that, without a reference in front of me, wouldn’t tell one sidewinder version from another, conceptually I can sympathize with @Stikpusher 's point about the importance of accuracy in something as significant as a loadout–unless one, up front, says they are simply building for fun or their own imagination. But this seems to aim to reflect fact, so… The other thing I noticed right off (long before the sidewinders) is that this would seem to be a celebration at the return of a mission-- yet the Phantom has a full load of missiles on board. Since this version had no gun, what are we celebrating? Nitpicking? Perhaps…but having at least one missile missing would have gone a long way toward making the scene more plausible—and, in my opinion anyway-- more interesting. But nitpicks aside, I love the piece overall and wish I could do as well.
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