Royal Malaysian Air Force RF-5E, 1/48th AFV Club

[Mick Drover]

Over the last few months I’ve managed to get three shelf sitters over the finish line so thought I’d continue my efforts into 2020.

 

I started building this one when my son was 2, he’s about to turn 10. It’s the AFV Club RF-5E which I’m painting up to represent a TUDM (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia or Royal Malaysian Air Force) aircraft.

 

I’ve taken the FS numbers supplied in the instructions and pulled them out of my gunze paint stocks. Compared to some reference photos that I have they are a pretty close match. It’s also the first time I’ve tried by hand at a freehand camouflage scheme. However, beforehand I did pencil in the line-work with some water colour pencils that you can see in some of the photos.

 

The FOD covers are from Royale resin and hide the ‘gutless’ interior. (Never thought I’d use that phrase in model building).

 

I’ve progressed the painting a bit further than what you see here, but the underside shows the colour combination well.

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[exdraken]

Nice build do far!!

 

[Mick Drover]

3 hours ago, exdraken said:

Nice build do far!!

 

Thanks Draken!

 

 

[Mick Drover]

TheWoohoo!!!

 

Pretty happy with how this has turned out considering it's my first crack at a freehand scheme.

 

I spent fifteen  minutes on the metal fuselage panels around the rear of the exhaust. Tamiya X-1 Gloss Black followed by Alclad Stainless Steel and then Dark Aluminium. 

 

There's a few spots to touch up but otherwise I'm stoked.

 

Mick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DonH]

Looks gorgeous!