Black Box
48034 F-5E Tiger II
1/48 Revell/Monogram
Tiger II cockpit update set
Photos and Article by Patrick Spitaels
This is the new 1/48 resin cockpit for the old Revell/Monogram F-5E Tiger II. Actually Black Box is coming to our rescue with lots of resin kits made for old MONOGRAM kits...luckily for me, as I was looking at my F5 kit, sitting on the shelves for years. As soon as I received the decal sheet from TWO BOBS Aviation Graphics Decals; showing the wonderful aggressor birds....I started dreaming ! And the dream comes alive with the great released of this resin cockpit set from Black Box!
| - The activation mechanism is one area that is pretty difficult to assemble I still didn't add some of the rods, I'll add the rods this when the tub is glued inside the fuselage. It's also pretty difficult to attach those tiny pieces, best to check fit with plenty of dry fillting. |
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- the seat is great, but I've added some plastic to make the headrest a bit higher....looks too small to me when it's placed into the tub?
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| - nothing special for the rest, but it needs a careful painting as the buttons on the console are not really well molded. |
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- the entire tub fits
perfectly into the fuselage, that sounds great no??
next stage...in a few
weeks ! :-)
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