F-5, CF-5, T-38, and F-20

[Shasper]

2 pts go to the engineer! Yeah Ev I grafted a F-5E radome onto the front end (took me awhile to get the cross sections to line up), just imagining what it would look like (and I think its actually the same length, if not shorter than the original configuration.

I'm surprised no one's caught my front-end switch on the X-29. . . .

Shas

[Sauragnmon]

I don't know where you got the nose switch, but now that you mention it, I DO notice the slight upward slant.  I figured there was a switch, but I couldn't pin a name to it so I didn't comment.

[Archangel]

I have been toying with the idea of building an F-5B/T-38 as a civilian jet for those that have the kind of money to either use them as a race plane at Reno or for their own personal "Lear Jet". As a private jet it would probably ge tpainted white with some kind of cheat line(s) and maybe the wing tip tanks for extra fuel. The hardpoints on the Hasagawa T-38 kits have extra fuel tanks to hang off them and you could probably rig up some kind of travel pod for the pilots to store their baggage easy enough.

[Shasper]

I don't know where you got the nose switch, but now that you mention it, I DO notice the slight upward slant.  I figured there was a switch, but I couldn't pin a name to it so I didn't comment.

Yeah, grafted a F-20 front end onto that X-29 kit.

Shas

[Archangel]

Here are a couple of kits i worked on years ago. One is an F-5B type painted in an F-16 style camo around the time some Air Forces had started doing that. It has two AIM - 9 Sidewinders,wingtip tanks and two wing tanks for long range.
it had landing gear until the return trip back from Italy in the shipping crate took its toll.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4489/s6300634yw5.jpg


http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4489/s6300634yw5.jpg


http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/8600/s6300638cp1.jpg


http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/5219/s6300640zc3.jpg

I have to admit that it wasn't built very well but I could only go so far with what I had being so far from the nearest town with any decent hobby supplies. Next is T-38 painted in a Heater Ferris type camo. I had to paint it by hand. I didn't have the right shades of grey and only scotch tape to make the angles.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4834/s6300641ko5.jpg

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/6849/s6300642ek6.jpg

[Sauragnmon]

Nice pieces of work there Arc.  Really well done on the camo jobs.

[Archangel]

Thank you. I just need to go and find a few of the old Hasagawa 1/72nd scale T-38 kits and redo them so that I can fill my Whiff collection.

[Sauragnmon]

Yeah, the fun part of looking for old kits, it's so hit and miss sometimes.  Good luck Arc!

[GTX]

Simplified F-5E with Jag style nose:



Regards,

Greg

[dy031101]

Simplified F-5E with Jag style nose...

Since F-5A/C are optimised for ground attack, the idea of turning it into a model sounds very tempting. 

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^ Nice, indeed.

[Spey_Phantom]

BUMP.

i found this on a DVD, i took these screenshots.
but i like to ask, what was the point of this single-seat F-5B/T-38 conversion 

[Sauragnmon]

Hmm, I don't know... one might consider it used for something extra, like an electronic warfare package, or additional fuel, or something obviously.  That's what I'd do with it anyways.

[Shasper]

Dont think it's a single seat T-38, but rather the aft cockpit is "blacked out" for instrument work (?)

Shas b)

[Cobra]

Hey Shasper, a 'Blacked Out' Rear Cockpit was Usually used for Instrument & Night Flight Training Purposes! hope this Helps. stay Cool.