Airfix F-5E
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2 14 June 2016, 14:12
Ray Seppala👍 You always do such a nice job rescribing these old kits Mike. Do you always use the same shade of wash to highlight light them or is it adjusted for the base colour?
15 June 2016, 08:43
Mike GrantThanks again. @Ray I adjust the wash colour according to the camo. For light grey aircraft such as the F-5, I mix blue, brown and black watercolor and flow it into the panel lines.
17 June 2016, 23:15
KollHBMGood looking kit. But the shape of the nose seems to be to short compared with real F-5 E pictures.
18 June 2016, 08:49
Kenneth HansonImpressive what you were able to do with the kit Mike! I'm building it now and also re-scribing the panel lines.
14 March 2018, 00:11
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There are several more accurate, modern 1/72 toolings of the F-5E but I was asked by 'Scale Aviation Modelling Int'l' magazine to build the Airfix kit for an article, a few years ago. Apart from adding the LEXs and creating the platypus nose, the kit was rescribed and the cockpit detailed. The ACMI pod and the AIM-9 missile were scratch built, and the ladder is a PP Aeroparts photo-etch item. Bahraini AF markings were home made.
