pigsty Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Next up is Hasegawa's old but not bad large-scale F-5E, which will be Brazilian. (This means I shall be painting only a narrow strip along the centreline and leaving the rest plain.) Quick question for you. The cockpit is fairly good - good enough that I can live with it, though the seat will need belts. The seat assembles with the canopy frame open and it would be nice to leave the lid open. But that would mean a very plain, old-fashioned piece of plastic with nothing like enough detail for the scale. So: does anyone know of a way I can improve the canopy (mirrors, latches etc) without selling my birthright for something like the Black Box cockpit set? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Good reference photos - a lot of plastic rods / copper wires - and a lot of patience perhaps??? I also have this kit but I'm saving money to buy the Verlinden update. I think patience is what you need most (and myself of course!!!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Patience is off the menu! and my skills aren't quite up to that. I could use a simple, straightforward build and a drop-in cockpit would have been about the limit of it. Though, on inspection, it seems neither option was going to be drop-in. I reckon I'll just leave the lid down and let the kit parts do, apart from those belts. Talking of straightforward ... the intakes have to be part-painted in the camouflage colours and the demarcation line runs down into the tunnel. It seems to stop a little way in, about the position of the intake blanks. I'll probably accept what Hasegawa provides (such as it is) just for convenience. That would mean painting the rest of the tunnels, which appear to be quite dark, but I can't quite make it out. It might be dark green or dark grey. Anyone hazard a guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 From the pictures I've seen, the intakes beyond the part painted in the camo colours can be light grey or medium grey. The light grey may also be white, at least some pictures show a very light grey that may be dirty white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feldr Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 And don't forget, Brazilian F-5E's have IFR probes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Thank you, Giorgio, white does seem more convincing. And don't forget, Brazilian F-5E's have IFR probes.. Luckily there was a period of about 18 months between delivery and probe fitting, and the instructions on my FCM decals seem happy enough without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (This means I shall be painting only a narrow strip along the centreline and leaving the rest plain.) So this doesnt go over everyones head, I'll acknowledge and laugh out loud first Good luck with the build Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1965 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 In my opinion, if you try using the seat provided in the kit as base for scratchbuilding, you´ll end up with a 90% scratchbuilt seat... I can´t offer a simple solution for this, ended up buying a resin kit myself. Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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