Here's my F-5E done up in
VFC-13 "Saints" colors. Paint is PollyScale acrylics with the
metal areas done in Alclad II. Decals are from Twobobs and
were
graciously donated by Larry Hawkins. The cockpit is the BB resin set and
is outstanding in its detail (thanks to Gordon Kwan of Sprue
Bros. Models for getting me
one......probably the last one too, I think). The BB cockpit is a definite
improvement over the kit offering.
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The ACMI
pod is bashed from one of the kit AIM-9 bodies and the kit pitot tube.
The
antennas are from music wire. The plane's pitot was replaced with brass
tubing.
This kit
repre sents typical Hasegawa quality from the early 70's.
My kit was the
RevellAG 'Swiss' boxing. It was a fight from cutting the first sprue to
the last drop of paint. It wasn't an easy battle, and often times it got
down right ugly, but I think I won.
All I can
say is if you build this monster ,
make sure you have plenty of putty and
sandpaper because you're going to need it.
Jeff
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