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Persian Thunder...1/48 Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter, Imperial Iranian Airforce


Reini78

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After the IIAF T-33 is finished (gonna post it in RFI tomorrow), my father starts the next IIAF project.

Because it still takes some time until the first ever 1/48 decals for an IIAF F-5E are released by Hi-Decal, we decided my dad should do an imperial F-5A using the Kinetic kit with Printscale decals.

48962443156_906e92ca77_b.jpgDSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48962442766_73757ab7e8_b.jpgDSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

it´s gonna be an aluminium scheme

48961896583_6a35eaf690_b.jpgDSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

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10 hours ago, exdraken said:

Nice choice as usual!

How are the decals?

Try them before....

Not tested them yet, read different opinions about them. They are very thin and tend to fold/wrap....we'll see.

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10 hours ago, Reini78 said:

Not tested them yet, read different opinions about them. They are very thin and tend to fold/wrap....we'll see.

Good luck anyways!

Rarely seen scheme, and I like it ! 

:)

 

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Great to see your next IIAF project starting. These F-5As are really attractive with their big TFB-3 Shahrokhi badge!:speak_cool:

The Print Scale instructions don't show it, but the black walkways on the wing are of course applied, as well as small roundels on the left-upper and right-under wing positions only.

 

As a small footnote it is worth mentioning that 3-417, together with several other aircraft (5 NMF and eight camouflaged F-5As as well as one F-5B and a supporting C-130)  visited Sharjah (UAE) in March/April 1967. There the IIAF "Silver Tigers" successfully performed a series of public demonstrations. Curiously, for this international event the aircraft had their roundels and title IIAF deleted ( the tail flag, TFB-3 badge and serials remained unchanged)

 

I can't wait to see the progress on the "Silver Tiger"

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work on the anti-glare area, got the shape a bit wrong so some repainting

49172494536_13a8ea4f99_b.jpgDSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

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both wing tip parts are the same, they don´t consider the wing shape, so some sanding to make the "wrong" part fit

49172015408_732716da46_b.jpgDSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

49172721327_7bf2fd1e20_b.jpgDSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

49172014868_be4114a32a_b.jpgDSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

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