Kitty Hawk 1/32 F-5E/F Tiger II / Special Interest Group (SIG) !

[Tom]

Luca, from Iranian Tigers at War by Babak Taghvaee some typical weapons for the Iran-Iraq war were:

• 4 x Mk. 82 and Mk. 82 Snakeye bombs
• LAU-3 rocket pods
• M117 bombs
• BL.755 cluster bombs
• BLU-1B napalm bombs

All are available in 1/32 from Video Aviation

[Guest Airfixer]

@Luca

 

You'll also need an IRQ7A ejection seat. The instrument panel can be used "as is".

Tom already listed the most commonly used types of ordnance found on Iranian F-5s.

 

http://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/0/3/1515305.jpg?v=v40

http://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/4/7/1937748.jpg?v=v40

http://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/2/5/1682524.jpg?v=v40

 

 

 

MB IRQ7A seat:

 

 

Edited April 10, 2018 by Airfixer

[Kagemusha]

They carried the AIM 9J version of the Sidewinder.

[Tom]

Anyone know of any sources for a 1/32 IRQ7A ejection seat?

 

Or........... are the MB. Mk.7 seats in F-104 Starfighters or F-4 Phantoms visibly different from the IRQ7A??   How difficult to convert?

[Luca]

No the Iranian F-5E's have the early LERX and pointy nose.

 

so why does KH depict enlarged LERXs on the painting/markings sheet? is it an issue?

thanks Tom, Kagemusha and Airfixer... who makes the IRQ-7A seat?

Edited April 10, 2018 by Luca

[Kagemusha]

so why does KH depict enlarged LERXs on the painting/markings sheet? is it an issue?

I'm assuming they've used the same outline for all the profiles, irrespective of the actual specific version.

 

AMS produce a couple of versions of the MB Q7A, though the headrest looks different.

[Guest Airfixer]

Anyone know of any sources for a 1/32 IRQ7A ejection seat?

 

Or........... are the MB. Mk.7 seats in F-104 Starfighters or F-4 Phantoms visibly different from the IRQ7A??   How difficult to convert?

 

IRQ7A/BRQ7A seats? Not to my knowledge...

 

The German or Italian F-104 seats would be the closest counterparts. 

Anyhow, the drogue chute containers of the F-104 seats differ significantly.

 

Italian F-104 seat: http://www.ejectionsite.com/gq7a/gq7_front.jpg

German GQ7A seat: http://www.ejectionsite.com/german/gq7a_1.jpg

 

The F-4 seat is a compeletely different animal...the most distant relative, if you will.

Edited April 10, 2018 by Airfixer

[Warbird]

I received mine today. Very good overall impression, the resin exhaust pipes are on the thick side and have their pouring point badly placed and this will need some delicate cleaning, however styrene exhausts are also provided.

[Tony T]

Wait, the exhausts are *resin*??  Why?

 

The styrene kit parts are made from halves which leaves seams to clean up.

However, the pouring point on the resin spoils the delicate concentric cylindrical effect and may be very difficult to clean up. I raised this earlier - why do it this way? Daft as a brush.

 

Tony

[Harold]

I'm assuming they've used the same outline for all the profiles, irrespective of the actual specific version.

 

AMS produce a couple of versions of the MB Q7A, though the headrest looks different.

The basic bottom seat pan/frame is similar. The side details and drogue chute container are totally different. I started doing a modification from one of my seats several years ago, but didn't see much of a reason to complete it...Now, maybe I do. I need to score a 'pit from the kit to fit everything though. I will drop a hint on Glen later. 

[Guest Airfixer]

Fancy another conspiracy theory?

 

Those resin nozzles are optional. I guess they conceived this feature to allow modellers to install nozzles on both the model and the engines. Displaying the latter as a separate item. And since they came up with this brilliant idea a bit late during the R&D process, cutting metal being immanent, they eventually decided to have them cast in resin...along with two pilot figures...while they were at it. 

 

Or maybe they were planning to pimp the kit with two resin pilot figures right from the start.

On a smoggy day, after another endless department meeting, and having just finished his Bullshit-Bingo sheet, some smart guy from the design or marketing department rushed into the office of the guy in charge and said (beaming with joy): "Hey, while we're at it....brilliant idea...bombshell sensation! How about some additional resin nozzles?" Meanwhile, down in the basement, a bag of rice fell over...

Edited April 10, 2018 by Airfixer

[Spaced Marine]

Fast boat from China! 3 days direct from Kitty Hawk for my kit to land. I'm having to rely on the gurus here for accuracy concerns, but my first impression is it's a pretty kit.

Edited April 10, 2018 by Spaced Marine

[Spaced Marine]

Can someone clip out the gun bay doors and see if they are designed for the same kit as the fuselage parts? I've got about 20% confidence that they were.

I'll try after work tonight. About to have to head in to the evening job.

[Kagemusha]

The French release of the Texan had two superb aircrew figures, so good I bought two kits and flipped one back on ebay sans geezers.

[Spaced Marine]

The figures are nice, especially the seated one. The standing one is good, but his parachute pack is more like a body pillow. It's almist like a seat cushion strapped to his back.