keithjs Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 As the forthcoming kit is marketed as an F.3 I notice that the new Xtradecal sheet features alot of FB.5's. Can anyone explain the differences between the two please and would it be possible to build an FB.5 from the kit? Thanks in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 The main external difference is the cropped wingtips on the FB5 and the ability yo carry rockets or bombs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Looking at pics of the sprues for the new kit, it looks like Airfix have catered for an FB.5, certainly the wingtips are seperate parts and both look to me like they're on the same sprue. Whether they actually appear in the same box together is something else of course. If not a file would do the trick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I've pre-ordered mine, another memory of my childhood! Should be here for Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, 71chally said: Looking at pics of the sprues for the new kit, it looks like Airfix have catered for an FB.5, certainly the wingtips are seperate parts and both look to me like they're on the same sprue. Whether they actually appear in the same box together is something else of course. If not a file would do the trick! It looks to me like the plastic in the box will cater for an F.3, FB.5 and an FB.9 as there's an extra extended stbd intake faring there as well. You'll just have to source markings if you can't wait for Airfix to rebox it with the relevant decals. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 As @fatalbert has already stated, the main visual differences between the F.3 and the FB.5 are the cropped wingtips as well as the ability to carry rockets and bombs on the latter. Another thing to watch for is many FB.5's had the extended starboard intake originally developed for the FB.9. As @71chally has stated, the parts are on the shots of the sprues, hopefully Airfix will issue the kit with these parts too. It's a case of checking photos of your subject to see whether it had the extended intake or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Thanks everyone. Thats all good news anyway. First time I've seen the sprue shots too. Dave. The new Xtradecal sheet covers F.3's and 5's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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