kikka Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 The cockpit is decent from the box only needing some wires and mods . An early seat . Some varied IPs and exhaust are way higher in my wishlist . Extended tail plug and refueling probes are even higher than a full pit in my book . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 13 hours ago, kikka said: The cockpit is decent from the box only needing some wires and mods . An early seat . Some varied IPs and exhaust are way higher in my wishlist . Extended tail plug and refueling probes are even higher than a full pit in my book . As for the missing depth of the cockpit, as stated earlier, that would be around 3.5mm. That translates to 11.2cm or 4.4 inch in real life. With the ejection seat in place, how visible will that really be, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Amongst some recent goodies from Harold I received these F-5E wheels and a counterweight for the RF-5E and F-5F, sadly missing from the kits, as is an ACMI pod which he also makes, which I've bought previously. Harold, Seversky, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I definitely need to get the counterweights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Anyone got an update on Gary's inlets and Two Bobs' Alconbury Grape sheet ? T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Where are the counterweights located? Meanwhile an old warrior resting in peace: Former South Vietnamese AF, then VAF, now at Praha-Kbely. Regards - dutik David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, dutik said: Where are the counterweights located? http://www.ridder.aero/article/alpine-tigers/20100511_xxxx_7787/ dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5guy Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, dutik said: Where are the counterweights located? Meanwhile an old warrior resting in peace: Former South Vietnamese AF, then VAF, now at Praha-Kbely. Regards - dutik Hi, The counterweight is for the F-5F only , and is located at the very rear of the aircraft's underside just in front of the exhaust cans, in the groove between the engines. It is used to counter-balance the weight of the radar in those longer nose of the F. See the pic of the Swiss F in the link directly above this post. I have been told that the three original Topgun F's BuNo's 160964, 160965, & 160966 did not have the counter-balance weight due to the fact that they had their radar's removed, and the weight was not needed. HTH, Fred K. Edited July 16, 2019 by f5guy dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 7:33 AM, Tony T said: Anyone got an update on Gary's inlets and Two Bobs' Alconbury Grape sheet ? T It seems to me that there is already a set of intake ducts out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, Kagemusha said: http://www.ridder.aero/article/alpine-tigers/20100511_xxxx_7787/ I see, under the tail. Thank you and f5guy for clarification! - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 21 minutes ago, f5guy said: Hi, The counterweight is for the F-5F only , and is located at the very rear of the aircraft's underside just in front of the exhaust cans, in the groove between the engines. It is used to counter-balance the weight of the radar in those longer nose of the F. See the pic of the Swiss F in the link directly above this post. I have been told that the three original Topgun F's BuNo's 160964, 160965, & 160966 did not have the counter-balance weight due to the fact that they had their radar's removed, and the weight was not needed. HTH, Fred K. Actually, it’s on the RF-5E Tigereye too. Kagemusha and dutik 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5guy Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Dave Williams said: Actually, it’s on the RF-5E Tigereye too. You're correct..... I forgot about the RF... Fred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 58 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: It seems to me that there is already a set of intake ducts out there. Vraiment? Monsieur Gary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, f5guy said: You're correct..... I forgot about the RF... Fred. How could you, my favourite version You can get the counterweight direct from Harold. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale_artisan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 11 hours ago, f5guy said: I have been told that the three original Topgun F's BuNo's 160964, 160965, & 160966 did not have the counter-balance weight due to the fact that they had their radar's removed, and the weight was not needed. HTH, Fred K. Hi Fred, The story goes that all adversary (US NAVY - NFWS, VF-43, VF-45) F-5s had the radar removed during the first years of operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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