Hi, I understand the frustration of everyone, with regards to the realistic modelling.
I was priviledged to be part of a Personal Development team that visited Cold Lake CAFB, AB from Suffield, as part of the British contingent  guests of our Candian friends in 2003.
The TigerMeet bird 188720 (as displayed on the cover of Canadian Aviator magazine that month, was parked-up on the pan. We were all invited to have our photos taken with 720 in the background.
720 is actually a single-seat CAF-18A. When I initially saw the XLoad model I was a little disappointed to be honest simply because of that. But, I have grown to like the 'CS Artisitc licence' variation, and have made purchase. It would have been nice to have the original model option too, but just to let you know, I'm enjoying the CS version. Thanx.