exdraken Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) SF-5M AE.9 Ala 23 Talavera aIr base, Spanish Air Force Classic Airframes 1/48 Aztec Decals I am a bit late with my entry, because of too many things I am working on at the moment... nevertheless I promised to take part here as well, so here we come! I'm gonna use Aztec low viz decals as when I bought them those were the only ones available for a modern Spanish F-5M ( in the meantime Series-espanolas released a very comprehensive F-5 sheet... http://series-espanolas.com/en/35-se2148-casa-northrop-sf-5a-sf-5b-srf-5a.html the current F-5Ms are used for advanced training from Talavera airbase in the west of Span. they are modernized with glass cockpit, Hotas and very recently some got modern ejection seats. as time flies, only one month to go, I will probably only do the most necessary updates in the cockpit and use the old ejection seats! maybe I will add some ordnance though... many nice pictures here: http://www.portierramaryaire.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1603&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=75 Expal BR 250 and 500, MK82, practice bomb launcher, etc.... hope you like my idea! regards, Werner Edited February 14, 2016 by exdraken 5
modelling minion Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Great choice Werner, Look forward to seeing what you can do with this one. Craig. 1
gingerbob Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Glad to see this one join in- I don't have a CA F-5 to look at. bob
exdraken Posted January 5, 2016 Author Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) thanks everybody for the kind words and pre-laurels ! I hope I can live up to your expectations with this one! as the CA kits seems to be a bit forgotten over here , I took some more pictures, so that everybody sees how detailed these kits are, especially cockpit, nozzels, speedbrakes, etc. for sure it lacks a bit on the outside compared with Kinetic. wheels, landing gear could also be a bit more detailed imho. highly detailed resin parts: IP panels which i will need to alter a bit (2 MFD each) old style seats and nozzles cockpit : I started with the air intakes, as their fit is crucial in the looks of this small plane! some tape, and the characteristic F-5 coke bottle shape is visible base colored resin parts, the white did not adhere too well... the unconventional resin part which is fuselage shape, wing though spar and landing / airbake bay all in one. does fit quite well Edited January 5, 2016 by exdraken 4
Skids Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Great start, looking forward to seeing your progress on this
trickyrich Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 Hi Weiner, welcome aboard, glad you could join us even at this late stage, though there is still plenty of time to go. I am surprised that there wasn't a few more of the CA models in this build! In someways the CA F-5A would have been a simpler build for me than the Wolfpack one! Am sorry I didn't see this post earlier, but good luck with the build and I look forward to seeing her in the gallery. 1
exdraken Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) small update on the cockpit... painted in grey base color now and dials to be replaced with MFDs removed Edited January 17, 2016 by exdraken 3
exdraken Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 some work done on the cockpit: MFDs are PE from Eduard, it now represents more or less a modified Spanish Airforce F-5M cockpit: tanks where modified to represent F-5A/B style tanks, pylons are a bit better detailed than the CA ones: cheers, Werner 4
trickyrich Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 You've done some nice work in modifying the cockpit Werner, looks great. What did you have to do to the tanks? 1
exdraken Posted January 20, 2016 Author Posted January 20, 2016 What did you have to do to the tanks? as my CA kit did not come with wing mounted drop tanks, I noticed that the AFV F-5E had some (incl. pylons) in the correct size which I was not gonna use there at all (Swiss F-5s only used the large center tanks afiak) so.... later I noticed that the shape was slightly different although size was ok. so I rounded the front section a bit more and sharpened the blunt tip. this superb walk around in the reference section of this GP (just found it 2 days ago!! ) has very nice pics I am gonna use as reference http://www.drivefly.it/walkaround/casa-sf-5-b.php so, updates: fuselage closed, resin insert for wheel wells and airbrakes fits good, some general seam treating still to do 5
mirageiv Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 Looking good Werner, really like the pit, looks convincingly busy.
trickyrich Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 arrr ok, make sense now. the one nice thing I like about CA models is the plastic they use. It's quite soft and easy to work with but the best bit is it can be cleaned up and polished to a mirror finish very easily....found this to be a big benefit on my Meteor and TA-4K! With all that lovely work on the cockpit you know you'll have to leave the canopies open now! 1
exdraken Posted January 24, 2016 Author Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) arrr ok, make sense now. the one nice thing I like about CA models is the plastic they use. It's quite soft and easy to work with but the best bit is it can be cleaned up and polished to a mirror finish very easily....found this to be a big benefit on my Meteor and TA-4K! With all that lovely work on the cockpit you know you'll have to leave the canopies open now! yeah, I really start to like this plastic! did a silver CA Meteor just before this... about the canopy: guess you are right... wings first though: sawed "free" the rudder, flaps and ailerons, maybe this way the wing gets more interesting.... battling a bit with space for the HUD... Edited January 24, 2016 by exdraken 3
exdraken Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 I think I manged to cram in all the critical cockpit parts... looks like a (tight) fit! exhausts look rather nice, my rudder not so.... yet! front canopy mounted, rear ones only slightly tacked ready for pre-shading! 1
exdraken Posted February 6, 2016 Author Posted February 6, 2016 looking good thx! not very much left of the pre-shading, but that was the point with this relatively freshly painted aircraft: 3
Skids Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 Thats coming along nicely mate, hope you can get it done in time 1
exdraken Posted February 8, 2016 Author Posted February 8, 2016 Thats coming along nicely mate, hope you can get it done in time thanks, lets hope for the best! decals on, went on without any problems, not many of them.... 3
nimrod54 Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 ​Another great looking model, I'm sure you'll make it for the deadline. 1
trickyrich Posted February 9, 2016 Posted February 9, 2016 a very nice clean look, she looks great, well done!!
Skids Posted February 9, 2016 Posted February 9, 2016 Looking good, was looking at f-5 pics and found a couple of Spanish on this Link great for adding a bit of weathering. Nice sight for some Spanish Aviation pics too
exdraken Posted February 10, 2016 Author Posted February 10, 2016 Looking good, was looking at f-5 pics and found a couple of Spanish on this Link great for adding a bit of weathering. Nice sight for some Spanish Aviation pics too thanks! yes, some of them are really dirty, the newly, single color painted machines are generally much cleaner, especially on the top side! all the parts still to glue on 3
trickyrich Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 you should breeze it in, she does look nice in that scheme
exdraken Posted February 11, 2016 Author Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) soon, soon! Edited February 11, 2016 by exdraken 4
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