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F-5E FAB 4865 (Hobby Boss 1/72)


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My new project is the Northrop F-5E Freedom Fighter and I'll be using the Hobby Boss kit.

This is the first time I'll build a Hobby Boss kit :)

I'll represent an aircraft from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) of the 1st/14th Fighter Squadron, Pampa Squadron, based in Canoas Air Base located in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul.

I'll try to make the FAB 4865 as it receive a commemorative painting scheme celebrating the 53rd Anniversary of the Squadron creation in 2000.

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F-5E FAB 4865 in Canoas, RS Brazil circa 2000

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The different paint schemes for the 1/14 Gav.

To be continued...

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Interesting project !

Would you consider building this as part of the ongoing F-5 Single Type Group Build here ?

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/forum/542-f-5-single-type-group-build/

This group build has just started and will run until mid February 2016

I'd love to!

Do we need to move the topic over there?

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I'd love to!

Do we need to move the topic over there?

Glad you like the idea ! Yours will look good together with the other F-5s being built at the moment

To be in the STGB the topic should be posted there, may be worth asking the moderators if they can move the thread, or maybe open a new one there ? Not sure

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I agree with Giorgio, this would be a great addition to the F-5 Group Build. I hope that you decide to join in, but no matter what choice you make I will look forward to watching your progress.

Hi guys I'm in for the GB, I've asked for my post to be moved into the GB area. Let's see!

Otherwise I'll cancel this one here and re-open in the correct forum.

Cheers

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A few more photos and an introduction to the kit.

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The kit

A little bit of an introduction just to show what do you get for your buck.

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Box art

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Instructions

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Decal sheet

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Colour plate for painting

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Clear parts

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Sprue 1

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Sprue 2

Although this kit comes with decals for a Brazilian version (FAB 4839, based in Santa Cruz Air Base, RJ) it needs some surgery to correctly represents that aircraft, especially the dorsal fin extension, since it was a plane from the 1st batch received in 1974. See photo below of the FAB 4836 which was from the same batch.

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FAB 4836 before and after the upgrade. Note the dorsal fin extension.

That's why I have decided for the FAB 4865.

It looks to be a very easy build, let's see what I can improve a little bit...

To be continued...

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Finally I've managed to have some work done in this bird.

As usual I have started by the cockpit. It Was pretty straight forward and I used the decals supplied and only detailed the seat adding the harnesses.

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Here is an example of the ejection seat used in the Brazilian F-5E.

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To be continued...

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Finally some update:

Joined the fuselage halves, after installing the cockpit in place together with some weight to keep the nose to the ground. I had a few issues aligning the parts and some dry fit was required, even though I had to use some putty to smooth things down.

The wings were another story, I had to do a lot ( I mean LOTS) of dry fitting before gluing it in place and after that also some putty was required to the wing root x fuselage joint.

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I also sanded off the light beams under the cockpit and polished it to restore shine after completed. All panel lines re-scribed at this time.

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I did some details to the external of the jet tubes. Add some panel lines

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When I moved to the landing gear, I was surprised to notice that the nose landing gear was wrong. I doubled check my references to make sure and this hinge should be facing the front direction, see red square below.

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Here is one of my references, Detail & Scale Vol.5 - F-5E & F Tiger II, note the position of the nose landing gear.

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So I started the surgery

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The result was this:

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To be continued...

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there's some very nice work there, I like you're detailing.

Glad to see you're still progressing with this build and updating the thread!

I'm not given up!

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