Well, the CT-133 Silver Star. Canadair produced 656 of these fine trainers back in the late 50s. A bunch were sold or given to friendly countries, while some carried on serving Canada right up till 2004
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The model kit is absolutely ancient. First molded in 1958, the shape and general look is just fine, but wow…….The ejection seats look more like a massive lazy boy recliner. There is no wheel wells of any kind. A flat panel for the nose and a massive hole where the rear wheels belong. The front, well not much point trying to fix that. The rear got a large sheet of plastic installed to give the illusion of solid metal. The kit comes with an engine. No doubt wrong for a Canadian built plane, but for late 1950s modelling its not too bad.