hmmmm... i wasn't aware that there was a "controversy" about this model. i do not share in any compensation for the sale of this model - contributing my minimal efforts because i really think IW43D does fantastic work; but i can discuss the origins of the project - to whit: i approached IW43D to commission a PRIVATE model based on questor's "hammerhead" mesh - which he distributed for free on his website (and from whom i received permission for use in the project). this was a one-off for which i was willing to pay for time and efforts at a daily rate. this was delivered to me, and i posted an image accordingly. done. but i then inquired about a proto-design of the "hammerhead." the storyline of the series, "S:AAB," suggests that the "hammerhead" was introduced as a scramjet-powered, deep-space and orbital fighter in and around 2063. and certainly there would have been prior design iterations. i suggested to tom that a model could be created based on the NOTION of the "hammerhead" but based on the contemporary work being done with the eurofighter and canard-fitted fighters currently - aiming for the year 2024 or so. i composited some images of f-15 with f-22 and eurofighter, and suggested a fuselage geometrically similar to the "hammerhead" - with turbojet engines. the result? an FA-40 "warhawk" - named in tribute to its P-40 predecessor. in neither scale nor configuration does the FA-40 in any way resemble the SA-43 "hammerhead" from S:AAB. it DOES have an earlier, less refined nose and cockpit shape with a geometry that "hints" of the SA-43 yet-to-come. and that was intentional - as the one suggesting the design. my own work has involved some defence analysis. and i doubt there is a plane that has ever been produced that didn't echo a predecessor in some way or another. as a fan of the former series, i appreciated the lines of the imaginary SA-43; it seems natural that its predecessor would be familiar. i think that IW43D's tom knight has done brilliant ORIGINAL work creating this model. and having the privilege of knowing tom and pam at IW43D, i'm pleased to be associated with this new FA-40. i thank him for all of his efforts to date. and all my regards to pam, too.