Harold Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 15 minutes ago, Daniel Leduc said: So no intake cover.... Dan. Not yet, I have had other things to get done lately. I wanted to do them as a regular cover, but it seems they need to be part of the intake. to look correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivanovich Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) On 9/29/2018 at 1:20 PM, Scale_artisan said: (...) @Jennings. To which cockpit details are you referring to? To be honest, I haven't thoroughly looked at the kit's photos because I was so glad that finally somebody made it in 1/32! So, please give us your insights!! Jenning was referring to a couple of "red flags" raised earlier in this thread: Cockpit floor: too far up, should be positioned further downwards (appr. 3.5 millimetres). Correspondingly, the console sidewalls are a little on the short side. However, and quite in contrast to the console sidewalls, the console top-level is OK. Stbd console: the Kitty Hawk draftsman goofed up console orientation, the stbd console needs to be rotated by 180°. "Fugly disproportionate seat". Some of the proposed marking options require different ejection seat models, early Northrop seat/Martin Baker IRQ7(A) and BRQ7(A) that are not included in the kit. Kit instrument panel depicts the early original IP layout used on F-5E a/c without RWR equipment, whereas some of the proposed marking options had different IP layouts. Kitty Hawk utterly ignored this. In view of the available kit marking options, and technically speaking, you'd need three different instrument panels to wrap them all up. Technically speaking, and pitting the kit plastic against the kit marking options, the cockpit in general is the least accurate subassembly of the kit. Individual acceptance levels ("Looks good enough."/"Ouch!"/"WTH?!", etc.) differ and are - as always - at modeller's discretion. Edited September 30, 2018 by Ivan Ivanovich David66, Daniel Leduc, Harold and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I haven’t gone back through all 65 pages, but is the cockpit floor problem caused the sidewalls being too short, or by the floor being too high compared to the side consoles? I thought it was the floor being too high, but the sidewalls were the right height and the side consoles were in the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivanovich Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Right. The floor sits too far up, but the console top level is fine. As a consequence, the console sidewalls (not to be confused with the cockpit sidewalls) are on the short side. Out2gtcha and LSP_K2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F16 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) I made my own ladders in 1.48 for the AFV F.5s using telephone wire and plasticard . F16 Edited September 30, 2018 by F16 better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkOwl Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) Available this October 2018 from Eduard. Brass & Masks ! Interesting but lets hope also for a brass F-5E separate acces ladder. SharkOwl Edited October 9, 2018 by SharkOwl Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 The Eduard sets for the F-5E have been available for a few weeks, at least in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 A photoetched ladder would be useless as the full scale one is made of welded rods! nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomdriver Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 There appears on FB, a teaser, that Phasehanger Resin may be doing the intakes, and, may be very close to completion... Tomcatfreak, David66, Daniel Leduc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F16 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 9/29/2018 at 2:31 PM, Daniel Leduc said: So no intake cover.... Dan. Cari Amici So many moons ago I saw a vacUformed white sheet with several intake covers . I remember they had for F-5E, F-100, A-7 ... among others but I can't remember who was the manufacturer , perhaps Koster [wkoster22@att.net] F16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 2 hours ago, thierry laurent said: A photoetched ladder would be useless as the full scale one is made of welded rods! Didn't the Hasegawa or Revell F-5 kits have a ladder included? I really don't recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 What is a TFace mask? Vinyl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) the real stuff (20 mm Pontiac M39 gun): Edited October 9, 2018 by Luca David66 and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 31 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: What is a TFace mask? Vinyl? I think it’s two masks, one for the inside and one for the outside, so you can paint the interior color on the inside of the canopy instead painting both colors from the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Dave Williams said: I think it’s two masks, one for the inside and one for the outside, so you can paint the interior color on the inside of the canopy instead painting both colors from the outside. Hmmm, maybe, but that doesn't explain the red color. Will have to research that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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