This build is
dedicated to Spooky. Thanks for all the attempts to help me with my Fujimi
CF-5D; the very nice side benefit was being able to build this excellent F-5E
kit. I chose the Swiss Air Force markings to honour Spooky's European
heritage, because I liked the camouflage scheme, and because I've always felt at
home when visiting Switzerland.
The kit was very
nice to build. Fit was generally good, and with a little attention it can
be built up into a very accurate F-5E. It is unfortunate that the kits
available for F-5As and Bs are not of this quality. This build was
entirely OOB. Most reference pics I found for these jets showed quite
weathered and blurred camouflage jobs. In the Tamiya acrylic range I
couldn't find suitable colours, so I used Humbrol enamels numbers 127 and 66.
I found the contrast and colours were close enough to the real thing for me.
And let's just pretend this jet has come straight out of the paint shop, shall
we?
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images below to see larger images
This submission could also
have been entitled "how I spent my summer vacation." Pic
04 shows the other kit I built in mid August - the all-green Starfighter.
I thought it was fitting to put them together, as both aircraft roamed the
skies over Central Europe about the same time.
Dan
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