Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Greetings! I decided to build my favorite fighter F-5F (b/n 83021/5395) in 32nd scale from this Kitty Hawk set. The fighter will be in the colors of the Taiwan Air Force. Model configuration - cockpit open, engine not running, weapons bay and landing gear bays are open. The construction began half a year ago. Since my English allows me only order a drinks at the bar, then in topic will be a minimum of text and a lot of pictures. I began by strengthening the structure. And audited all the hatches. I tested rivets on the rear of the fuselage. Greg W, dodgem37, LSP_Kevin and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 The manufacturers of the model forgot about the balancing weight for the two-seat version of the F-5 fighter. Made it myself. chuck540z3, scvrobeson, Violator1991 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Finished panel lines and upgrading the bottom of the fuselage. daveculp, LSP_Kevin, themongoose and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 I did the same with the upper fuselage. daveculp, MikeMaben, dodgem37 and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Awesome detail work! Have you picked out a specific camo pattern yet? Seversky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Improved landing lights. LSP_Ray, HerculesPA_2, dodgem37 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, themongoose said: Awesome detail work! Have you picked out a specific camo pattern yet? Of course. LSP_Ray, scvrobeson, Landrotten Highlander and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Looking at it again, how did you make the new fuel doors on top of fuselage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, themongoose said: Looking at it again, how did you make the new fuel doors on top of fuselage? On the right side I putty, and on the left side I drilled holes and glued round inserts from the sprue plus pieces of photo etching from below. Kagemusha and Greg W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Awesome work, impressive precision! Kev Seversky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Having built the "E" version, I know what the pitfalls are of this kit and you are doing a fantastic job of correcting everything. Bravo- and I love the precision! Cheers, Chuck Oldbaldguy and Seversky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 Replaced nozzles with ResKit. And assembled the rear fuselage. Kagemusha, daveculp, Out2gtcha and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Wonderful start and very neat and precise work. Cheers Rainer Seversky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 1 hour ago, chuck540z3 said: Having built the "E" version, I know what the pitfalls are of this kit and you are doing a fantastic job of correcting everything. Bravo- and I love the precision! Cheers, Chuck I saw your work, I really liked it and inspired this construction site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversky Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 Wings. Fin. Stabilizers. blackbetty, spartacus2000, Landrotten Highlander and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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