TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Good morning For this Gb I will build the Italeri rebox of the Esci F5 A Freedom Fighter and with this Esci decals sheet that I had in my stash for some times I will represent an aircraft used by the 336 Skv Royal Norwegian Air Force , the N° 207 on the picture below The box art The building instruction and the decals sheet The sprues and the Pavla Resin seat that I am going to use My reference Patrice 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Welcome to the build, Patrice. Be interested to see which country you settle with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Welcome to the GB Patrice. Very nice of Italeri to release the ESCI F-5 just in time for the GB, and very nice of them to give it such a nice decal sheet. I can understand the difficulty in choosing between the options as there are some very nice ones. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Nice to see you in this GB, Patrice, I'll look forward to see this one built James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 Good evening my friends Thank you for your comments , the decals sheet is very nice but I may decide to go for another option depending of what i find in my decals sheet stash .. Today I started by painting some parts but so far it is not very important .. Best Regards Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Congratulations on choosing one of ESCI's finest ever 1/72 aircraft kits and the only 1/72 F-5A kit worth building. Enjoy the build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 I do like that Decal sheet would love to find a couple of these kits as Id love a Norwegian aircraft besides the Vietnam era aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Good afternoon Today I Painted the Pavla resin seat I placed the decals that represent the intruments of the instrument panel and sidewalls on their supports I also glued together the parts that form the rear fuselage Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Very nice work Patrice, the seat in particular looks excellent and the decals for the instruments look quite convincing. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Nice progress Patrice, love that seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 15 hours ago, modelling minion said: Very nice work Patrice, the seat in particular looks excellent and the decals for the instruments look quite convincing. 🇺🇦 Good morning Craig Thank you for your comment and I agree with you the decals for the instrument are fat better than ithose of the original boxings .. Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Very nice work as ever, Patrice James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 2 hours ago, 81-er said: Very nice work as ever, Patrice James Good afternoon James Thank you for your comment .. Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Good evening Today I put some weight in the nose , I closed the 2 front fuselage halves and I also glued the front and rear fuselage I will have to use some putty because the fit between the front and rear fuselage parts is not great .. Best regards Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Coming on very nicely Patrice. The Italeri/ESCI F-5 goes together quite quickly doesn't it. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 11 hours ago, modelling minion said: Coming on very nicely Patrice. The Italeri/ESCI F-5 goes together quite quickly doesn't it. 🇺🇦 Thank you Craig Yes it goes together quickly but the front / rear fuselage ''joint'' will need some work and the use of some putty to obtain a good result , maybe I should have glued the front and rear half fuselage together before closing them together .. Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Bonsoir Patrice, great choice indeed! The F-5A is my favorite of all the F-5 family, so this is a thread I am going to follow. Sadly I never managed to get this kit, but there is still tomorrow! Great progress to date. Enjoy and find a nice paint scheme, as this kit deserves it. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Bonsoir Jean Thank you for your comment .. With the release of the Italeri reboxe of the Esci kit I think that you will be able to get one and maybe build it for this Gb ... Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 Good evening Today I glued the nose and the wings to the fuselage (as you can see I had to do some sanding and use some filler ) Best Regards Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 @TEMPESTMK5 Patrice, I see you have decided on a scheme, a Norwegian one, but not the grey one in the new boxing. Looks a nice scheme. Is yours NMF or painted aluminium, can’t tell from the photo. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 56 minutes ago, Chrisj2003 said: @TEMPESTMK5 Patrice, I see you have decided on a scheme, a Norwegian one, but not the grey one in the new boxing. Looks a nice scheme. Is yours NMF or painted aluminium, can’t tell from the photo. Chris Good evening Chris I agree with you it is not easy to tell from the photo but the Esci building notice says to paint the kit in Humbrol Silver 11 I have found some photos on the net that show a NMF overall paint and I think that I will use an Humbrol Metalcote paint ... Best Regards Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Nice progress Patrice, even with the bit of filler needed she is going together well. You are quite right about the colour scheme, Norwegian F-5's were painted in aluminium lacquer at the time the picture was taken, although I notice the fuel tank under the fuselage of the nearest aircraft is camouflaged. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 13 hours ago, modelling minion said: Nice progress Patrice, even with the bit of filler needed she is going together well. You are quite right about the colour scheme, Norwegian F-5's were painted in aluminium lacquer at the time the picture was taken, although I notice the fuel tank under the fuselage of the nearest aircraft is camouflaged. 🇺🇦 Good mroning Craig Thank you for your comment Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 That is looking good Patrice. You are going for a Norwegian scheme? I'm pretty sure their grey/silver aircraft swapped panels, the colours are inconsistent, even on the one airframe. This seems typical: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Norway-Air-Force/Northrop-F-5A-Freedom-Fighter/1811352 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Good evening Today I started the painting Best Regards Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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