JEN722 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Is this F-5 really much of an improvement over the Monogram kit? You obviously haven't seen both of these kits. The Monogram/Revell kit has bad fit and raised panel lines. The AFV Club kit has great fit, recessed panel lines and finer details than the Monogram/Revell kit. I have scrapped both my Revell/Monogram F-5E and F-5F after getting my hands on the AFV Club kit. Jens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jwest21 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I see another Royal Resin order in my immediate future.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Is this F-5 really much of an improvement over the Monogram kit? Simply put yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 IPMS Austria did a sheet that has Austrian and Swiss F-5s on them. It was released in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32. Might be difficult to find though. It is still available in 1/72, but the larger scales are OOP. But maybe they will be re-released, even in better printing quality, in the near future. Regards, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) Do you think there would be an interest in a new decals sheet of F-5E/F markings for foreign users? Almost every decal sheet for the F-5E/F is for aggressor/adversary squadrons. I certainly understand their appeal, but many F-5E/F users seem to be ignored by other decal makers. We have just released the 1st "Tiger II" sheet covering Iranian F-5E/Fs. Several additional sheets covering foreign F-5Es / Fs & RF-5Es are already in the pipeline B) Greetings Diego / HDL Edited February 2, 2011 by Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Several additional sheets covering foreign F-5Es / Fs & RF-5Es are already in the pipeline B) Diego, nice! Could you tease us a bit as to which TigerEye's you'll be offering..? Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Diego,nice! Could you tease us a bit as to which TigerEye's you'll be offering..? Cheers, Andre Surely the Saudi RF-5Es with "short" photo nose and Tigereyes with black and desert camos (with "operational" codes, not the delivery ones B) ) and maybe Singaporean birds in grey camo ( Malaysian and Taiwanese Tigereyes have been covered directly by AFV Club) Greetings Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Surely the Saudi RF-5Es with "short" photo nose and Tigereyes with black and desert camos (with "operational" codes, not the delivery ones B) ) Nice. I still have some Phantom sheets to order from you as well... ;) ( Malaysian and Taiwanese Tigereyes have been covered directly by AFV Club) Not in 1/72nd, they're not... Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) Nice. I still have some Phantom sheets to order from you as well... B) Not in 1/72nd, they're not... Cheers, Andre Well, there will be decals released soon for F-5E & Fs serving in: - South Vietnam (E) - Vietnam (E) - USSR (E) - Yemen (E) - Indonesia (E/F) - Tunisia (E/F) - Chile (E/F) - Saudi Arabia (E/F/RF) - Ethiopia (E) - Jordan (E/F) - Morocco (E/F) - Kenya (E/F) ... and several more, so maybe we will be able to include some alternative markings for RMAF & ROCAF Tigereyes too... Edited February 2, 2011 by Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsmith Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Great! I built one AFV Club F-5, and the lack of a rim on the nosewheel made my paintjob look rather sloppy.....These definately look much better! I made sure to fix that problem with these. I also noticed on some of my kits, that the nose wheels were short-shot. This will fix that too Cheers, -Doug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
graves_09 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Is the plastic the same in all the AFV F-5F kit releases? I see they have 3 different "versions" of the F-5F released. Can I assume they follow the hasegawa business model of releasing the same kit muitple times with different decal sheets? Or is there an actual difference between them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Not exactly ... Variations on the nose (original conical style or shark nose), and either original or enlarged LEX's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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