Old_Tonto's Tepee
- DavidWomby
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Re: Old_Tonto's Tepee
Nice F-5B. I agree the F-5 family are beautiful aircraft and offer a huge choice of schemes.
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Good to see the Tepee back in action OT. The F-5 is an interesting type that everyone and his mate seems to have used!
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Re: Old_Tonto's Tepee
Nice to see the F-5B getting another outing.
Great looking pair of F-5's OT.
Great looking pair of F-5's OT.
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Yes, bring on the F-5s!
Very graceful aeroplane; no shortage of colour schemes.
cheers,
David
Very graceful aeroplane; no shortage of colour schemes.
cheers,
David
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Yes this is not it's first time T but I think I have finally nailed that base colour:Sir T wrote:Nice to see the F-5B getting another outing.
It will hopefully end up looking like this one:
but less weathered.
The single seater has had it's decals removed, been sanded and primed then painted in my attempt at Aegean Blue.
This one will be in flight as I don't have the U\C for it. It should end up looking something like this:
http://kits.kitreview.com/images/hellenicf5a_1.jpg
I still need to find a replacement canopy for this one. I have also added some air scoops from Quickboost as these are a very noticeable feature of all F-5a and F-5b but are omitted from the kit.
I think Matchbox based their kit on the first prototype which lacked them. Here is a real one:
So slow progress but better than nowt.
I need to get these two off the bench asap, plenty more in the pile of shame.
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I find the pile/shelf/cupboard of shame is best ignored OT.
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I did try that Daz but have gotten to the point where there is no room left on the bench for new builds.Dazzled wrote:I find the pile/shelf/cupboard of shame is best ignored OT.
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Re: Old_Tonto's Tepee
Good progress OT. My Shelf of Shame is off to one side and I can't see it whilst working at the bench. I much prefer it that way - out of sight, out of shame
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Great progress on both of those OT - those air scoops really stand out.
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A little more progress on my F-5 duo.
The Greek single seater is just about ready for decals:
I scratch built a centre line pylon using an Esci one as a guide. I decided that this build needed one as my research shows that a centre line drop tank is nearly always carried in Greek service.
It was modified from one I found in the spares box. I also plan to add some underwing stores, probably rocket pods.
I have completed painting the underside since this image was taken.
Still a few small details to add before the whole kit gets a coat of Klear in preparation for the decals. I have found a suitable canopy but will leave it off for now as the pit & pilot need a touch up.
I have a lovely set of decals from Icarus that contain enough roundels, numbers and Greek stencils to do at least six aircraft so you may see a few more Hellenic Air Force F-5 builds on my bench.
We have paint going on the Turkish two-seater. Here I am playing with white tak as a masking aid - not sure how this will work out.
I'll add the blue tonight once I have stripped down my airbrush, I was getting bubble in the paint cup this morning.
I have also started work on the drop tanks.
More to follow.
The Greek single seater is just about ready for decals:
I scratch built a centre line pylon using an Esci one as a guide. I decided that this build needed one as my research shows that a centre line drop tank is nearly always carried in Greek service.
It was modified from one I found in the spares box. I also plan to add some underwing stores, probably rocket pods.
I have completed painting the underside since this image was taken.
Still a few small details to add before the whole kit gets a coat of Klear in preparation for the decals. I have found a suitable canopy but will leave it off for now as the pit & pilot need a touch up.
I have a lovely set of decals from Icarus that contain enough roundels, numbers and Greek stencils to do at least six aircraft so you may see a few more Hellenic Air Force F-5 builds on my bench.
We have paint going on the Turkish two-seater. Here I am playing with white tak as a masking aid - not sure how this will work out.
I'll add the blue tonight once I have stripped down my airbrush, I was getting bubble in the paint cup this morning.
I have also started work on the drop tanks.
More to follow.
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Re: Old_Tonto's Tepee
Both look to be coming on very nicely indeed
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Re: Old_Tonto's Tepee
Good progress with this pair OT.
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Thanks guys. I uncovered the two-seater to reveal this:
It looks a bit clean!
It looks a bit clean!
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Looks good OT. My a/c models are almost always clean as for whatever reason I seem to bottle weathering them, unlike military vehicles.
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- Clashcityrocker
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Re: Old_Tonto's Tepee
Looks very nice. An interesting set of colours.
Nigel
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