Style_Brazil Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) follow the link for the photos of what's inside the box ... AFV CLUB AR48102 1/48 F-5E TIGER II that is not worth the canyon along with the kit ... Edited January 19, 2010 by Style_Brazil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Two Mikes Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Looking forward to that one!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Call it wishful thinking, but the parts breakdown will help the aftermarket folks to produce any upgrades/corrections. Let's hope an F-5F is in the offing as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmanrick Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I'm just glad that AFV Club is producing aircraft models! They've made some great choices over the years as far as armor models go (M88, M548 & Weisel are models I'm not sure anybody else would have produced) and their quality has been pretty good over the years. Hopefully, their model choices will fill a niche and not simply be yet another F-16/F-18/et al! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotthldr Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I notice the open panel on the Port forward fuselage, is there a gun/avionics bay to go in there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NaOH Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Strange parts break down on the forward fuselage. Three pieces seems like one more than is needed. I wish the boxing came with the option for new style and old wing fillets as well as the extended tail fillet. I realise that other boxing will probably have it but the extra parts would have been nice. Looks like I better pre-order one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagger00 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am not an F-5 expert, but may be the three nose parts are useful for a future RF-5E Tigereye or for the chilean upgraded TigreIII?......it seems that more versions will be squeezed from this molds........Good news! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolf_el_Real Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 F-5F is coming....nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I can't seem to find the burner cans. Am I missing them? I'm going to work up a cover set (intake, nozzle, probes) for it, but I really hope they included burner cans. That's one thing about the Monogram kit I could never understand. You look in the nozzles and see all the way forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shion Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am not an F-5 expert, but may be the three nose parts are useful for a future RF-5E Tigereye or for the chilean upgraded TigreIII?......it seems that more versions will be squeezed from this molds........Good news! bullseye! Future AFV Club releases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fuji Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 That link was already posted and some comments can be found toward the end of this thread http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=201175 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Why the hell are people so enamored with embedding music in their web pages? Just because *you* like something doesn't mean anyone else does. I can't seem to find the burner cans. Am I missing them? I'm pretty sure they're the round bits below the poly caps, in the cockpit tub shot. Part(s) T, per the instructions. Looks like the fan/ring is one of the three round pieces at the top of the drop tank sprue. Also, re: the three nose pieces... I think you'll find they're left/right and bottom. Thus preserving panel line detail on the essentially-flat bottom. Interesting that they seem to have done a slide-mold insert for the tail fin. I'm assuming it's to get a curve in the rudder attachment slot, so you can actually pose it deflected without having to file/sand/fill anything. Nice touch, if a little OCD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 bullseye!Future AFV Club releases. ;) A Mirage 2000 egg plane? :lol: How about a new tool 1/72 Mirage 2000? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Huey Gunner Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 bullseye!Future AFV Club releases. ;) Just what we need. Another Jolly Roger TomCat. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azor Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Let's wait for the export variants in the coming months... those with the ADF fin and some extra aerials. Good work AFV Club! At least in pictures it looks fine... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Nice! An RF-5E, I know a modeller from Florida who will be all over that like a politican seeking a photo op! Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fuji Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Nice!An RF-5E, I know a modeller from Florida who will be all over that like a politican seeking a photo op! Julien Who me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
messy60 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 YES!!!!!! Can't freakin wait!!! Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 A Mirage 2000 egg plane? How about a new tool 1/72 Mirage 2000? Groan.................... http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....mp;hl=ching+kuo My sentiments exactly! Why not 1/72? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fbtasheesteve Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) From what I know. There will be RF-5E Tigereye, F-5F twoseater and F-5E Sharknose to come. Edited January 20, 2010 by fbtasheesteve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MiG Mongoose Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 bullseye!Future AFV Club releases. :P Hmmm... a 1/100 MiG-25, perfect the 72 scale Foxbats won't fit in my cabinet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweier Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Strange parts break down on the forward fuselage. Three pieces seems like one more than is needed. Bottom of the fuselage is fairly flat. Made in two halves you'd get the classic diappearing panel lines on the belly as is commonly acause of complaint. Shane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fbtasheesteve Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Here's a pic of assembled & painted cockpit. Everything is OOB except the scratch-built harness. No resin or PE parts!!! http://www.thepmw.com/phorum/read.php?f=3&...069&t=13069 Just roll down and you'll see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stephenju Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 More details: http://www.thepmw.com/phorum/read.php?f=46...2967&t=2967 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fuji Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 (edited) More details:http://www.thepmw.com/phorum/read.php?f=46...2967&t=2967 I was right, nothing for the open gun bay. I ask you - why the hell would they go through the trouble of designing a kit with open panels and not give you something to put in there? That's just stupid as it brings a lot of fit issues into the mix. Personally I think they should have included a closed up port side even if they did include the interior just for those of us that want the aircraft buttoned up. After all, they have a few other options like doors and nose gear. Also that canopy is way too squashed, flat in cross section. The kit is not unbuildable but when from a 90% there to about a 70%. Edited January 21, 2010 by Fuji Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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