thierry laurent Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Hi guys, I'm wondering if we will ever see such variants? The Sabre is just a matter of new decals as all sprues are existing in the D & K boxes. There are some very nice ANG schemes that could be reproduced. For the freedom fighters, they already have the full front and rear fuselage as well as all the wing details. So, it is just a matter of a center fuselage and wing sprue. If I'm right this was mentioned as a future release when the Tiger was announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Quote There's almost nothing in common between an F-5A and and F-5E. Yes there is , the F and the 5 - they're the same thierry laurent, lawman56, LSP_K2 and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: There's almost nothing in common between an F-5A and and F-5E. Well, if you're not convinced, have for instance a look at this conversion: https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/nf-5/nf5a.htm Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 The forward fuselage is the same - or in modelling terms very similar - between the F-5A and F-5E. The cockpit, rear fuselage, wings (with LERX), main undercarriage, wheels, exhausts and tailfin to fuselage interface is different. Res-Kit seem to think that there is a 1:32 kit of the F-5A in progress since they have released wheels for the F-5A/B in that scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Alas I do not think so as Reskit is simply releasing the same item in different scales (as they did for other topics) . BTW I got the A wheels set for my Belcher conversion. If you look at the Kitty Hawk E sprues, you will see that most of the parts that can be recycled to make a F-5A are on distinct sprues. Globally they have to change sprues A and B. I'm possibly naive but as the F-5A was mentioned when the E was announced I'm not that sure this was a random choice... Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Let's hope Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: There's almost nothing in common between an F-5A and and F-5E. Well like others, i agree to disagree...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 They already included a decal option for an F-86L in the K boxing of the kit, so they're part of the way there. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizly Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Here's my CF-5A build based on the Hasegawa E and the masters for the Belchers Bits conversion. It may not be perfect but I think it represents a CF-5A reasonably well. The build was featured in IPMS Canada's RT magazine.+ Scotsman, kalashnikov-47, Derek B and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) That is a beautiful build - everything looks better in Dark Grey/Green ! PS While we're taking about early F-5 variants - Can we PLEASE have a 1/32 T-38 before I get too old to hold an Airbrush Edited October 25, 2020 by Scotsman thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I'm tempted to get the Belcher Builds conversion set, I've always wanted to build a 1/32 Botswana F-5 after my time down in Africa. Derek B, Lothar and kalashnikov-47 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 13 hours ago, scvrobeson said: They already included a decal option for an F-86L in the K boxing of the kit, so they're part of the way there. Matt Indeed but they just forgot adding the D front fuselage sprue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florin13 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 My version of F-5A, with Belchers Bits conversion! jenshb, scvrobeson, Aerobat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 An interesting information for the Sabre Dog afficionados: it looks the nice Norvegian sharkmouth 337 squadron scheme included in the F-86K kit was at least initially using the standard wings whereas the kit has the longer F40 ones. An here comes the interesting part: the kit also has a useless F-86L scheme. However, you can mix and match the F-86K and F-86D kits to get a short wing F-86K and the long wing F-86L. You have close to all the parts and decals to recreate both of them. Some small components are still required for the Lima such as one or two small antennas and small cockpit components such as boxes under the canopy but this stays quite marginal. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 I forgot adding that such standard wings Kilos used in Norway only got the Sidewinder capability when the wings were replaced (in 1959). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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