F-5E/F-5N Tiger II - 1/48 scale - AFV Club

Spanjaard
having the kit in my stash, i am very interested in this build 🙂 looks good so far. what is your opinion about it?

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Pretty ok so far... good fit and clear instructions. I'll keep you updated.

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Decals applied. They turned out well, but are very thin and fragile.

Spanjaard
looks certainly good with those decals 🙂

Kim Branders
Looking at your model wants me to build this model also 🙂 Nice work

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Bad luck....just messed up a part of the canopy. Cracked while sanding, so I had to be creative with smoke paint.

Spanjaard
maybe you can ask AFV Club for a new one?

Siegfried Van den Bosch
I sent them a message, but they don't seem to have the smoothest customer service 😉

Spanjaard
good luck, you will need that with most customer services nowadays....but certainly worth trying. this beautiful F-5 deserves it 🙂

Augie
Re- the spares service, when I had similar issue, they referred me to the distributor for parts service..

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Fingers crossed...

David H
Having built the saeqah 80 version of this which comes with two sets of canopies , one for the two seat version so that's 3 pieces . I used the second "main" canopy part after doing EXACTLY the same. The canopy snapped in half whilst polishing it . So I don't even have a spare I could send you. How about getting hold of a dirt cheap italeri kit off eBay? Open the canopy , you'll never notice 😉

Ok my mistake just studied the photos, I see it was the screen, still the italeri comment stands .

Spanjaard
are u going to Euro Scale Modeling (Houten) in November? I think I could make a vacuform copy of the cockpit sounds I have the same kit in my stash....

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Thanks in advance for your sympathy.... 😉 The fair in Houtem is on the agenda, but given my busy schedule I will only know at the last minute whether I will be able to go.

Spanjaard
if you give a couple of days, y may still be able to make it 😉

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Any help is more than welcome Spanjaard 😉