AREA 88: F-5A FREEDOM FIGHTER (SHIN)

A very nice box... big!

The spures have a bit of flash, but not unusual considering the age of the molds.

As always, cockpit first.

The decals fit nice and cleanly... good news!

The fit is a bit suspect... putty will be needed.

After a bit of putty and sanding, it's looking a lot cleaner.

Not quite clean enough. I can still see a bit of a seam... how much do I care?

A first coat of light brown... I wonder how much of the undershading will be retained once I'm done.

First camouflage coat. As I suspected... the undershading is already disappearing.

Second camouflage done... now for some aluminium undercarriage bits.

Hmmm... somethings missing... oh, yeah. The cockpit!

Weathering complete... now just some decals to add.

Commentaires

1 5 November 2019, 14:58

Greg Baker
Since I'm working on Shin's F-5E... and everyone seems all excited about F-5s for the Aggressor GB, I thought I'd give the F-5A a try as well. It's neat to work on an F-5E and F-5A side by side... you can really see some of the differences.

5 November 2019, 15:10

Maciej Bellos
In!

17 November 2019, 14:36

Greg Baker
Ok... so... another camouflage colour I guess? What to choose...

18 November 2019, 15:13

Matthew A
How is your airbrush behaving

16 December 2019, 15:35

Greg Baker
I changed the nozzle and it seems to blowing less bubbles. It's still a bit temperamental though. I haven't quite ruled out user error on all of the problems yet, so I haven't been planning an upgrade... but I think one will come eventually.

17 December 2019, 15:26

Matthew A
What sort of airbrush do you use. Have you tried sharpening the needle

17 December 2019, 15:45

Donald Dickson II
Another one? Cool. 🙂

17 December 2019, 16:32

Stephan Ryll
This one is looking very good 👍

17 December 2019, 18:27

Greg Baker
AAAAAnnnd... we're all done with this one too. An ancient kit, but still better than the more recent Hobby Boss F-5E in my opinion. Very interesting to do both the F-5A and F-5E side by side as a duo build. Somehow just looking at pictures doesn't quite show off the differences as having both of them right in front of you.

18 December 2019, 13:43

Matthew A
Nice job on the canopy

18 December 2019, 14:23

Donald Dickson II
Interesting that you like the Esci better. Regardless, it looks great!

18 December 2019, 14:32