Mikkel Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hi all Is there any conversions for a F-5E or F-5G avaliable today? in 1/72 that is. The Colorado decals for F-5/P-38's should have a recon nose, but I donno... HELP!!! cheers, Mikkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hi complete kits are available cheers Jerry http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dragon-1-72-5040...=item2a1b76135c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sten Ekedahl Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Didn't DB Resin or Paragon make resin noses for these? In any case, will be difficult to find these days. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The company was a French company - Contact Resine. It may still be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The old Revell-Italeri 1/72 P-38 kit had the Recon nose, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The old Revell-Italeri 1/72 P-38 kit had the Recon nose, IIRC. Not this old Revell P-38 - which I'm currently converting to an F-5. More pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panoz Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The old Revell-Italeri 1/72 P-38 kit had the Recon nose, IIRC. It was this one: (kit 4521 P-38F/F-4A ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It was this one: (kit 4521 P-38F/F-4A ) Wow! Never know that one existed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panoz Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Wow! Never know that one existed! Neither did I, untill I saw some of them being offered for sale on ebay.com. Don't know if these were ever sold in Europe... We did get some Revell USA kits in Greece back in the 80s/early 90s (1/48 A-6E, 1/32 "Helicopter Patrol" combi kit with UH-1H and OH-6A etc); don't recall ever seeing this one though. The only one I've built was the P-38J/M (which BTW is just a scaled down Monogram kit). Edited March 27, 2012 by Panoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Wow! Never know that one existed! Hi They are nice, I have two in the stash, they go for cheap as well on e bay. I think there was a 99 cent one on there when I looked today..... yep ... e bay item number 260989240049 cheers Jerry Edited March 27, 2012 by brewerjerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hi gents thanks for the reply's guys;) The Dragon kit. is IMHO to expensive, DB/ contact resine is impossible to find... looks like I'm going to convert the academy kit then RS Models F-5 rs models are making a F-5, maybe wait for that one?? Cheers, Mikkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 More pictures later. As promised - I've just finished this Revell Lightning as an F-5B. All engine and gun detail was consigned to the spares box. Gunports all filled and smoothed. Painted Blue - to simulate Synthetic haze at high altitude. Perspex disks for props, then mounted on a stand. Camera windows painted onto the nose. Expect another photo when the sky is blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Looks very good!! If some want to do a a F-5G (huge nose) I think the recon version of T-33 has about the same nose... well it looks a bit like a F-5G nose cheers, Mikkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Millman Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 As promised - I've just finished this Revell Lightning as an F-5B. All engine and gun detail was consigned to the spares box. Gunports all filled and smoothed. Painted Blue - to simulate Synthetic haze at high altitude. Perspex disks for props, then mounted on a stand. Camera windows painted onto the nose. Expect another photo when the sky is blue. Looks good. Just to confirm - this is the standard kit with the gun nose converted? If so did you alter the shape of the nose underneath to represent the flat camera panels or just paint them on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Looks good. Just to confirm - this is the standard kit with the gun nose converted? If so did you alter the shape of the nose underneath to represent the flat camera panels or just paint them on? Confirming that I filed the flat camera panels ahead of the nose gear door. I'll do some more photos when the weather is better. I also moved the aerial mast from underneath, to the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclovin Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hello Forumers Been waiting for the photos of your Revell photo recon Lightining!!!! Im building the Airfix P-38 and converting it to photo variant, hope turns out ok. Airfix should take note of this item and give us a nice P-38 with photo version option!!! Maclovin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Here's a close-up showing how I converted my Lightning. I filed that flat section ahead of the undercarriage door - one of my research photos shows that lip. I also filed flats for the rearmost oblique camera port, though that doesn't show very well. The ports are black tape stuck on - the camera is a bit too honest about these. Replaced props with perspex disks, and mounted it on an aluminium tube to represent 400mph at 30,000feet I found this website http://aerial.rcahms.gov.uk/ of aerial recon photos, so have an image of Omaha on D-Day as the base - hence the stripes. http://aerial.rcahms.gov.uk/database/recor...chdb=tara_scran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclovin Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Like the way you solve the nose job. I did the same in my Airfix P-38 but i drilled the holes. How about the Revell P-38?? It scared me with all those panels open (engines, gun bays, etc), but in the positive side it's cheaper than the Academy offer. There's a review of the early Revell P-38/F-4A at Modeling Madness and it looks like a nice kit. I searched the web for the RS Models F-5 review but came out with empty hands. Regards, Maclovin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Like the way you solve the nose job. I did the same in my Airfix P-38 but i drilled the holes.How about the Revell P-38?? It scared me with all those panels open (engines, gun bays, etc), but in the positive side it's cheaper than the Academy offer. There's a review of the early Revell P-38/F-4A at Modeling Madness and it looks like a nice kit. I searched the web for the RS Models F-5 review but came out with empty hands. Regards, Maclovin. Those RS Models Lightnings are not available yet so we have to wait. I have got the Revell’s F-4 kit, it is an old one of course but still quite nice - I am going to start it soon. Then there is the Dragon’s F-5E, very difficult to build I am afraid. Carpena/Colorado decals come with the recco nose as well. And two sets which are out of production: Contact Resine (a lovely French set of F-5B nose, wheels and 2 French decal options) and DB Production (F-5G nose - impossible to find even on the Evil bay) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I will use this old topic. I'm not specialist of P-38 variants so please be patenet. :-) When I want to convert F-5A to F-5B what are main differences between these variants? I have heard that engines are different and there is difference in booms as well. If some one can point good drawinfs that would be perfect. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I will use this old topic. I'm not specialist of P-38 variants so please be patenet. :-) When I want to convert F-5A to F-5B what are main differences between these variants? I have heard that engines are different and there is difference in booms as well. If some one can point good drawinfs that would be perfect. TIA The engines defined if it was an F-4 or an F-5. Pictures of both earlier on this thread. The A-B etc came from the camera fit, and associated bulges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 The engines defined if it was an F-4 or an F-5. Pictures of both earlier on this thread. The A-B etc came from the camera fit, and associated bulges. Is this so simple? Because my understanding is that F-4 was P-38E airframe F-5A was P-38G F-5B was P-38J When I'm looking pictures there are larger radiators in F-5B's and if they are J airframes maybe in those should have dive flaps and some other changes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi link to webpage on F-5 http://34th.photorecon.org/html/aircraft/F5dev.html intersting read, apparently paper was taped over the camera windows prior to flight to keep them clean they later just blew off in flight cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyreynolds Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I probably have a DB resin nose somewhere. Contact me if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hi link to webpage on F-5 http://34th.photorecon.org/html/aircraft/F5dev.html intersting read, apparently paper was taped over the camera windows prior to flight to keep them clean they later just blew off in flight cheers jerry Thanks this was good infotmation. I probably have a DB resin nose somewhere. Contact me if you're interested. Thanks for offer, PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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