twp1 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I purchased the 2014 rebox of the '72 scale Italeri F-5N Tiger ll as I think the aircraft looks great in aggressor colours. The box schemes also give an option for a Swiss F-5 which are also use for dissimilar air combat training. Buried away I had an old Airfix F-5E kit that I'd made years ago. I cleaned this up and repainted it in the Swiss scheme. F-5N Tiger ll US Nvy VFC-13 "Saints" NAS Fallon Nevada 2012 F-5N Tiger ll Swiss Air Force Fliegerstaffel 19 2008 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Beautiful job on both! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Looks great, and I agree the Aggressor schemes are superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Both looks very nice. Pity for foggy cockpit on the Swiss one...... Regards, Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 A nice pair of F-5s, great schemes, well executed. I agree with Djordje about the canopy, & wondered are you using superglue to fix the canopy The same on your Hawk, a nice job let down a little by a fogged canopy. Dipping in Klear or an equivalent can prevent fogging by super glues though not in every case. Dipping a fogged canopy, a couple of times if need be can help to unfog it but using a PVA type glue or jewellers hypo glue is an even better bet. Do a google search with britmodeller in the search term for canopy glues should bring up some hits. Try this for starters. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 6 hours ago, djos said: Both looks very nice. Pity for foggy cockpit on the Swiss one...... Regards, Djordje Lovely job on both models 👍 For canopy glue I've tried lots of different types but settled on Humbrol Clearfix...applied carefully with a small paintbrush to either the canopy edges or on the edges of the cockpit (or both). Takes an hour or two to dry but you'll have no fogging 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Nice work! Technically Swiss Tigers are F-5E models though... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Very nice finishes I have one of the old Airfix F5's in the browns and one still in its shrink wrap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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