Robert Stuart Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 This will be a model of a Swiss Shark Nosed F-5E. The shark nose is a modification to the aircraft's nose and leading edge wing root extensions to improve manoeuvrability; it comes at the cost of some speed. This will definitely be Swiss (unless I change my mind). The box together with decals and instructions and AM stuff (Peace Alps decals from Matterhorn Circle and a pilot). And the plastic 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 A great choice Robert, this is a good kit and I shall be building one myself. I see you have the Matterhorn decal sheet too, that looks to be a very nice sheet and means you can do just about any Swiss F-5. Have you chosen which scheme from it you will do yet? 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 minute ago, modelling minion said: Have you chosen which scheme from it you will do yet? Thanks MM I have two in mind. One from the boxing, the other ... maybe too ambitious (but, I can dream) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Hello Robert! will be following this one with interest. Planning the Staffel 8 „addio vandalo“ myself. If one day I can get one of those AFV F-5‘s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Thanks Sam Hope you can find your Staffel 8 „addio vandalo“. It might take a bit of effort, but they are still listed on AFV Club's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Made a start on my two F-5's Mainly rear fuselage for the F-5E: Flaps and ailerons could have gone in, but I wasn't sure what pose I wanted am waiting to clean up first. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Very quick work on the rear fuselage Robert, you've got that together very nicely. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Progress has been made on this kit, promise. This, along with my Canadian example, is to be modelled in flight. For this I've bent some acrylic rod, and printed a pair of pipes to act as sockets for the rods. More of that story in the Canadian build. Other progress here: Elements of the nose and cockpit Pilot, dry fitted 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Coming along very nicely Robert, the pilot looks like he fits the seat very well. Interesting that you've decided to do this one in flight too. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Thanks, Craig, I have a couple of schemes in mind for this one, one 'simple' and one complex. Either (if I can make them work) would be displayed to best effect 'in flight'. The choice may boil down to how rich I'm feeling when I get there; the simpler scheme will work with equipment I have to hand, the more complex will need additional stuff. 'Nuff said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Sounds interesting Robert, looking forward to seeing what happens. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Another of my build that has been dormant. It has a base: This is 3D (FDM) printed, filled and painted, alongside a similar, disassembled, Canadian version. The cockpit and pilot have received some attention: The switches and instrument panel are Quinta Studio, which only arrive at big H's warehouse on the 22nd of last month. They do look much better than I could achieve unaided. The pilot needs some attention before I can close this up and move on to the airframe. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Another great looking cockpit and pilot Robert. The Quinta details really do look very good don't they. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Thank-you again Craig. The Qinta details are very nice, pricey, but (IMO) better than etch for this task. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 This is going to look excellent; I wish I'd decided to pose my build in flight, too, because the F-5 looks like it's doing a thousand miles an hour when standing still, and in flight it looks like 2k mph. I also need to get an AFV kit (when my kit purchase moratorium comes to an end in November!) - yours looks a million miles ahead of my old Revel-ogram. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprueMan Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Who said shark? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 On 08/09/2022 at 22:31, jackroadkill said: This is going to look excellent; I wish I'd decided to pose my build in flight, too, because the F-5 looks like it's doing a thousand miles an hour when standing still, and in flight it looks like 2k mph. I also need to get an AFV kit (when my kit purchase moratorium comes to an end in November!) - yours looks a million miles ahead of my old Revel-ogram. Thanks Jack. Not sure how you feel about AM cockpits AFV Club have (at least) two different cockpits, one with a box by the pilot's elbow, and one without. Big H now has two suppliers with 3d printed decals for the F-5E; Quinta Studio, and Red Fox Studio. Each supplier has two styles of cockpit, giving us three, maybe four different cockpit layouts 😱 . Progress! The fuselage is closed up! One of the elevators broke off, which is a mixed blessing; it broke, but it'll be easier to paint now. And, with the F-5A, 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I was suffering déjà vu then I realised I had just been looking at your other build thread! Both look great, I love the stands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Wings unlevel said: I was suffering déjà vu then I realised I had just been looking at your other build thread! Both look great, I love the stands. Yes, I am building them in parallel, and as a result, the photos have the same back-ground. It won't help that the pilot figure is the same model in both builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Nice progress Robert. How are you finding the Kinetic and AFV kits? Is there any clear winner, or are they roughly even? James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 @81-er, they are for different types, so each has its own niche. If you were building just one F-5 in 1/48 scale, and not worried about a specific airframe, then I'd say go for the AFV Club kit. The Kinetic kit isn't bad, just the AFV Club version is better thought out, and the parts fit is better. Kinetic give you all of their F-5A plastic in the box. There is less AM stuff around for the Kinetic kit. The range of decals in the box can be very good (depends on boxing); you may be able to build any F-5A airframe owned by the air forces in the boxing. Decals are printed by Cartograph. AFV Club have a range of both noses and of cockpits, but not all are present in the box* This may mean chasing around to get the box that best matches your need. Lots of AM stuff around got the AFV Kit. Decals are printed by AFV Club. * Exception, I believe this boxing has both the pointed and the shark nose and two different cockpits. Size wise, AFV Club's F-5E is notably larger than Kinetic's F-5A (reflecting a bigger engine in the prototype?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Very nice work Robert, the main assembly has gone together very well, a few more bits and she will be ready for some paint. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Progress to report on the Swiss Shark-nose; the nose itself has been added, together with the canopy, tail fin, wing-tip rails and centreline stores pylon. Been putting it off, but I think we are on to filler-primer next. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Nice work Robert, she's really taken shape now and the stand you have made shows of her lines perfectly. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 Priming has started, as with my F-5A, a coat of Halfords yellow filler: That was yesterday. Followed, today, with some grey primer: This is all in preparation for some unusual (to me) paints. Finding suitable paint that claims to match RAL colours was an exercise in itself. Eventually, I found two UK based custom paint suppliers who would mix the paint. The people who made these are based in Northern Ireland. Thinners for this are 'normal' paint thinners, that you can buy at house painting suppliers. Based on smell, that'd be white spirit (oh, joy ). Coming soon to this thread: how to really mess up a paint job ... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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