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I wouldn't be too sure about that, Sweb. The CAF is pretty good at maintaining a good part of the original hardware in most of these aircraft because mocking something up can be as expensive, or more expensive in some cases.
Besides that, taking all kinds of weight out of the aircraft will change the flight characteristics and may affect the CG and other things. MiG-15s and MiG-17s fly with their original gun packs on board, rendered non-fireable. Taking them out drastically changes the CG and makes them very dangerous to fly.
Third shot down is a great one !. thanks for posting.