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This model is the one that was built concurrent with my Iraqi MiG-21MF. Both were popular "export fighters' in third world countries and I wanted both shown in client state livery. The kit is the ancient Testors (ex-Hawk) 1/48 F5-A. According to the timeline posted on scalemates.com, this kit started life in 1966 as a Hawk kit! We can get a good look at what scale modeling offered back then, and see how much the hobby has evolved since. I have always loved the lines of the Northrop F-5A. Sleek and elegant with that great area-ruled fuselage, it is a real classic. I can well remember having a toy, white F5 as a kid, zooming it around my room. This model was built back about 1992 (back when I was working a kit almost everyday). I’d love to build at that pace again; perhaps the muse will strike again soon. Heaven knows I have a huge backlog to work with! I was trying different paints for NMF, or silver-painted aircraft and this one was done in Floquil Bright Silver and the decals came with the kit. This model represents a plane in the Philippines Air Force. I used the pilot figure to take up space in the oh-so sparse cockpit. It’s another model that had never been photographed until I hauled it, along with five others, over to Rockdale, another nearby small town, a few years ago. I had heard that the municipal airport there might provide a nice setting for some pics. It was a beautiful day, although the wind did get a bit gusty but that wasn’t a problem with the amount of ballast stuck in the nose of this one! 😀 One of the nice pilots I met at the Rockdale airport told me he had trained in the T-38 variant and said how much he had enjoyed it…he said, “Hey, they’re still using it today so something must be right!” The airport there is pretty cool, complete with a very old hangar visible in some pics. Oh, you might note that it is missing one of its 20mm nose cannons. Oh well. Que sera sera! Thanks for popping in and taking a look; comments are always welcome… but y'all knew that. 😉 Gary- 10 replies
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