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Nils Steyaert (Spey_Phantom)
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F-20 Tigershark "Shin Kazama" - Area 88

Scale:
1:144
Status:
Completed
Started:
July 7, 2019
Completed:
August 25, 2019

F-20A Tigershark, flown by Shin Kazama in the Area 88 Manga.

kit: Mini Hobby Models 1/144 F-20A Tigershark
decals: DIY

Project inventory

Full kits
01324
F-20 Tigershark
Trumpeter 1:144
01324 (5260) 199* New tool
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Photoalbums

F-20 Tigershark "Area 88"
10 images
View album, image #8
1:144
1:144 F-20 Tigershark (Trumpeter 01324)

Part of my Collection

Area 88
Ideas 23×In progress 2×Completed 7×

Comments

25 November 2015, 09:07
Günther Debiscop
Into manga now? 🙂
25 November 2015, 12:55
Greg Baker
Are you still working on this project? I've started a couple of Area 88 projects of my own.
23 August 2016, 08:11
Nils Steyaert
the project is on hold for now, but its very near completion.
23 August 2016, 16:23
Thanasis Kourkoulos
I would like to know where did you find the decals? Did you made them by yourself?
6 May 2017, 13:06
Nils Steyaert
i made the decals myself, i just scanned in the spreus and used paint.net to design the decals.
6 May 2017, 17:49
Nils Steyaert
Update:

i have hit the reset button on this project, the old F-20 model i was refurbishing was too damaged to be made presentable. a new F-20 kit has been ordered to replace it.
17 June 2018, 12:23
Thanasis Kourkoulos

Hope it is the ned Freedom Model kit
17 June 2018, 12:50
Greg Baker
I'm scared to ask, but which one were you refurbishing? I'm awaiting the arrival of a couple of 1/144 LEE boxings of this same LS kit. Was this a previously built reclamation project?

Your 1/144 Area 88 projects inspired me. I just finished my first one "The Bloody Screw"😉
17 June 2018, 12:57
Nils Steyaert
yes Greg, it was indeed a refurbishment of an older model, but i put the project on hold in hopes to solve the clouded canopy problem. the reason i refurbished an older model is that the F-20 hasnt been available for a few years, however i recently found a few of them on Aliexpress in the Mini Hobby models box.
so i decided to scrap the old tigershark and build a new one.
18 June 2018, 13:21
Nils Steyaert
work has begun again, this time with a new Mini Hobby Models F-20 kit (same ex-LS kit).
it needs a lot of sanding and filing to make the fit right, but i doubt it will look as good as the 1/72 version, as this mould is already very old. i have decided to swap out the exhaust nozzle with that of a revell F/A-18.
7 July 2019, 14:41
Greg Baker
Oh, now that's a good idea. I might have to steal that suggestion as well. Hey Nils, do you have any thoughts on a 1/144 F-111? I heard the ARII kit is the best, but there's also a Trumpeter one that seems to have no info on it but seems easier to get.
7 July 2019, 15:02
Nils Steyaert
i have built both the trumpeter (minicraft) and arii kit (and i have 3 of the Mini Hobby Model reboxes), they are the same kit.
7 July 2019, 16:42
Nils Steyaert
ok, im calling this one done 🙂
25 August 2019, 15:12

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