1986 GI JOE Conquest. Sidewinder missiles from GI JOE Tactical Platform. 25th anniversary Ace is piloting this bad boy. Repro stickers from Cobra stickers. I omitted the decal on the rear wings, a little too cartoony looking. I used Krylon baby blue and perry winkle. The gray is testors aircraft gray. I used tape to make the camo.

The X30 was based on Nasa's X30. Here is a little history on the X 29.
The Grumman X-29 was an experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. The aerodynamic instability of this arrangement increased agility but required the use of computerized fly-by-wire control. Composite materials were used to control the aeroelastic divergent twisting experienced by forward-swept wings, also reducing the weight. The X-29 first flew in 1984 and two X-29s were flight tested over the next decade.