F-5F Tiger II Taiwan AF ( 1/32 KH)

[Seversky]

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.

 

[Seversky]

The manufacturers of the model forgot about the balancing weight for the two-seat version of the F-5 fighter.
Made it myself.

 

[Seversky]

Finished panel lines and upgrading the bottom of the fuselage.

 

 

[Seversky]

I did the same with the upper fuselage.

 

 

[themongoose]

Awesome detail work! Have you picked out a specific camo pattern yet?

[Seversky]

Improved landing lights.

 

[Seversky]

2 minutes ago, themongoose said:

Awesome detail work! Have you picked out a specific camo pattern yet?

Of course.

[themongoose]

Looking at it again, how did you make the new fuel doors on top of fuselage?

[Seversky]

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.

[LSP_Kevin]

Awesome work, impressive precision!

 

Kev

[chuck540z3]

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

[Seversky]

Replaced nozzles with ResKit.

And assembled the rear fuselage.

 

 

 

 

 

[Rainer Hoffmann]

Wonderful start and very neat and precise work.

 

Cheers

Rainer

[Seversky]

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!

[Seversky]

Wings.

Fin.

Stabilizers.