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What a beast! Fantastic work. Thanks for posting!

There's the High Planes kit as well - I'd attempt this over the Italeri or Heller kits. Cheers, Andre

Full six pod load in the first picture here. EDIT: a bit late to the party. Cheers, Andre

41 Squadron switched to the Jaguar in 1976 - the first Marconi RWR fin pods were fitted in 1975, AFAIK, so that would be a very tight window. None of my references show these on 41 Squadron Phantoms. Cheers, Andre

The Hasegawa and RoG RF-4 kits have just two Sparrow well covers for the aft positions, with a recce style lower forward fuselage part. Cheers, Andre

Lovely end result! Cheers, Andre

Dibs on your stash!

"Chemically speaking, alcohol is a solution."

Which scale...? If in 1/72nd - the Esci/Italeri F-5A kit is still the best there is despite appearing in the early 80s. Gorgeous little kit. For the F-5E, I'd go with the Italeri F-5E (later retooled with sharknose and enlarged LERX's) for the best shape. The more recent HobbyBoss kit, despite having engraved panel lines as opposed to the raised ones on the Italian kit, has a bit too many shape errors to my taste, especially the totally misshapen canopy. Cheers, Andre

I just wish that this kit would be rereleased...

I can't get over the bland intakes.

The Airfix EMI pod is pretty good in shape and size. Cheers, Andre

I always find the phrase "On the other hand, honey, how many shoes do you need?" really useful in those scenarios. Cheers, Andre

See this post: Cheers, Andre

Great stuff, thanks for posting! I'd really like to do a ROCAF LOROP Stargazer, but all 1/72nd conversions seems rare these days. Cheers, Andre