Holger Kranich
As I graduated from school, I got this kit as a present from my mom! I paintbrushed it and showed it all around and I need to get it a second time!

Bill Gilman
I built the big Tamiya Cat out of the box when it first came out, and managed to get a Best of Show at the local contest. I then decided to build one again, but to do some serious detail work (which involved cutting things open, etc.). I couldn't imagine spending the big money for the Tamiya kit back then (it was about $65 in 1980) and possibly ruining it, so I waited for the Revell kit (which was about $20 back then). I used no aftermarket parts, but I detailed up the cockpit, scratch built the ejection seats, dropped the leading edge slats, and the flaps, cur open the spoilers and posed them up, scratch built all the plumbing and actuators inside the wing (which were now visible), added brake lines, opened some avionics bays and the cannon, etc. I really went to town on it. But it never won a Best of Show! LOL 🙂 🙂