Dragon 864 Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) I'll be joining in this GB with the Hasegawa F-5E. The kit had no decals, but luckily Furball Aero Design came out with TOPGUN Tigers decals. So, I have quite a few choices of which scheme to do. I'll leaning towards either one of the No. 40 or No. 42 schemes. Decisions, decisions..... After seeing Harv's post about Bombshell Brew paints, I went ahead and order up their Aggressor colors to use on this build. I really like the squeeze bottles they come in. I won't get started on this build for bit as I need to wrap up a couple of other builds and get them off the bench. Looking forward to participating in the GB. I wasn't able to finish the Air War over Korea GB, but better precautions this time should allow me to finish this one. Mike Edited November 4, 2016 by Dragon 13 F`s are my favs, BradG, allthumbs and 10 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaka HI 5,220 Posted November 4, 2016 Neat! And over 40 schemes? Wow... 2 harvey and Peterpools reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Paul 5,611 Posted November 4, 2016 Way to Go Mike, should be a knock out! Best of Luck, Paul 2 harvey and Peterpools reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r0t0rdr1ver 813 Posted November 4, 2016 Another excellent choice! I'm a sucker for that desert scheme myself. 1 Peterpools reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevepd 333 Posted November 4, 2016 This is going to be good. Steve. 1 Peterpools reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 864 Posted November 7, 2016 Alright, I'll admit it, I have NO will power! I'm at my bench this weekend trying to finish up a couple of other builds before I start this build, but this new project keeps calling to me. I try ignoring it, don't look at it, but the anticipation is too much. I cave! So, off to the side go the other builds and out comes this build. I started with cleaning up the main landing gear, cockpit and IP. I assembled the seat: The seat looks meager, so I ordered an AM seat which should be arriving by the end of the week. Next I assembled the wing halves together. One side went together with no issues and the other just didn't seat right. So, sanding and dry fitting and sanding and dry fitting was in order. After several trials, I was able to get the halves to fit better: I still need to fill in the wing pylon attached holes. I also assembled the tail. From my participation in a previous Adversary GB, it's my understanding the early Navy F-5's didn't have the ILS antenna on top of the tail, so off it came: I'll start painting the pit and IP this week while I wait for the AM seat to arrive. It appears this will be a pretty straight forward build; however, my one concern is how the closing of the gun well access panels will go. Anyone have history on this? Advise? Thanks for looking in, MIke 6 Derek B, Peterpools, BradG and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dandiego 1,563 Posted November 7, 2016 Go slow on closing up the gun panel. Give yourself extra supports to glue the doors to. Give some internal supports or the panel will bow in when you handle the model or when sanding.If the panel flexes inward it will lead to cracks. Dan 3 Peterpools, MARU5137 and r0t0rdr1ver reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 13,314 Posted January 2, 2017 Mike.. Good looking work you have gotten there. Looking forward to seeing more . Goid luck. 1 Peterpools reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 864 Posted January 4, 2017 Happy New Year All! This build is not dead just on the back burner as I clean off the bench of other builds. There were five now I'm down to two, so I should be starting back on this one here shortly. Mike 3 KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin and MARU5137 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 13,314 Posted January 5, 2017 Mike.. glad to see you will be coming back to this soon. yayyyyy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 22,303 Posted June 18 Did you make any progress with this one, Mike? Kev Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
