RAAF F-5F * * F I N I S H E D * *

kerick · September 15, 2012, 10:57:17 PM

I would say it looks much better than ok. Looks great to me!

Ian the Kiwi Herder · October 12, 2012, 01:26:22 AM

At last the decals are on, and the thing is virtually finished. I will try to get some pics up tomorrow, but will have to wait until next Thursday before I can get a coat of matt varnish onto it. Very close to the end now...

Ian

Captain Canada · October 12, 2012, 04:58:25 AM

What a tease.....

Ian the Kiwi Herder · October 16, 2012, 03:11:36 AM

Got some good old Humbrol Matt Cote on this morning, before I started spraying some Alclad around !! - Strange how the flash has bleached out the blue in the roundels, they really aren't that pale !!

More soon.

Ian

ChernayaAkula · October 16, 2012, 07:38:42 AM

It's... It's... BEAUTIFUL!

Scooterman · October 17, 2012, 06:08:04 AM

NEAT!!

tc2324 · October 17, 2012, 08:19:57 AM

The two tone works really well on that.

Dork the kit slayer · October 17, 2012, 11:41:41 AM

Gotta admit your builds do look soooo much better from a distance.................................12000 miles :thumbsup:is taking it just a little too far,but easier on these old eyes

Captain Canada · October 17, 2012, 04:09:04 PM

Looking real good now Ian ! A beauty scheme on one of my favourite aeroplanes....way cool !

bearmatt · October 17, 2012, 11:34:30 PM

Great job here! Sure she looks good with these roundels!

Ian the Kiwi Herder · October 28, 2012, 02:34:57 AM

...AND NOT BEFORE TIME !!

I really couldn't stand this build by the time I got to the end of it. Fitted where it touched (just), see-through fuselage (no blanking plates, but easily solved), sparsely detailed and what there is is, erm... 'clunky' at best. And on top of all of that it's engineered so you can only have the canopies in the open position, hence the cavernous gaps you see here !!

Arghhhh

As a painting experiment pending a MUCH more complex build of a MUCH newer and 'buildable' kit it served its' purpose but as a model in its' own right, it was a complete pig. I don't recall my first Monogram F-5 (a single seater) being that much trouble, but it was close to thirty years ago and my brain has taken-on a fair degree of alcohol since then. As a conclusion, let me put it this way:

"Never again !!"

Yep, that covers it !!

Ian

Cobra · October 28, 2012, 02:41:09 AM

Superb Job,Ian

You did Great with the F-5! Hope you Slap together Another Masterpiece soon

Dan

NARSES2 · October 28, 2012, 03:50:27 AM

May have been a pig but it's come out as a silk purse mate - well done

PR19_Kit · October 28, 2012, 05:53:18 AM

Apart from the draughty cockpit it looks great from here Ian.

[Mind you, we are 12000 miles away..........

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bearmatt · October 29, 2012, 12:12:43 AM

Love it!