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USAF Model Aircraft ID: North American NA-335


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Need aircraft type of this USAF desktop model.

It sort of looks like the A-3 Vigilante but has curved and not straight wings.

Appreciate the assistance.

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I honestly do not know the type of aircraft this is. Neat airplane though. Probably did not make it past the the wooden mock up stage? I looked through the books U.S. Fighters 1925-1980s and U.S. Bombers 1928-1980s both by Lloyd S. Jones. They do not contain any information on this aircraft. I will dig out the book X-Planes by Jay Miller. Maybe it is in there. What a challenge!

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Pretty sure it's the North American design for the TFX competition in the early 60s. The GD F-111 was eventually chosen, I don't think the NA offering made it past the initial design stages. If so, that's gotta be rare.

 

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Good call Randy....NAA TFX..intake design looks different than the drawing...and two seat in drawing vs one seat on mode .....lbut for the most part...looks like a good match

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Problem is the backs of the wings on the model are not perpendicular or do not have a straight

vertical look to them as shown in the drawing.

The canopy area is also different.

Any further ideas are appreciated and I will be happy

to provide other photos if needed.

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Since it was a concept that never even had a prototype that I know of, I think anything would be possible/probable. It probably went through dozens of tweaks in the design stage. Then NAA had to promote it and kicked out a model, not unheard of. I think the wings issue is due to the fact one of the requirements was a swing wing like the F-111 had, but I don't really see that in the existing drawings. Just a guess anyway. After looking around I can't imagine what else this could be though. That TAC Strike Command decal dates it to early 60s as well.

 

Randy

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Any idea on what a model of this type may be worth?

I believe it is either Topping or Precise type model but does not

have the stand.

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No idea, not my area. But I would think it's gotta be rare. I've run across a lot of factory models over the years, but never saw this one. The 2 guys I knew that really went after these are long gone unfortunately.

 

Randy

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Looking again at this model, it appears it never had a stand. It does have attached landing gear and the feel and sound when tapping the model, it appears to be made out of

a very heavy piece of wood and painted.

Any guesses at all as to a value?

 

Thanks

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northcoastaero

planecrazyent.com has bought/sold/traded many acft. manufacturers models. He should have an idea of value. I would guess at $75.00-$275.00 depending on condition, how complete, and how rare. Probably a very rare model. Hope this helps.

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Vahe Demirjian
On 1/17/2017 at 1:25 PM, usaf70 said:

Need aircraft type of this USAF desktop model.

It sort of looks like the A-3 Vigilante but has curved and not straight wings.

Appreciate the assistance.

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Hi,

 

The desktop model in this photo is of the North American NA-335 air superiority fighter design, which was submitted for the F-X competition of the late 1960s that was won by McDonnell Douglas (whose design became the F-15).

 

Links:

https://hushkit.net/2016/03/16/the-f-15-that-never-was-the-north-american-na-335/

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/north-american-rockwell-na-335-fighter-project-to-usaf-fx-requirement.519/

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