Gator52 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Just curious what the overall opinions are on the different kits. For this project, overall accuracy is more important to me than detail. Thanks Jonah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fiddler Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 The sword kit seems to be the best to me, but regretfully unfindable... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 It is an absolute bear to build. Good luck if you go that route! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 The Hasegawa kit molds are 50+ years old, and I have read the kit is more of an F5B than a T-38.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 25 minutes ago, habu2 said: The Hasegawa kit molds are 50+ years old, and I have read the kit is more of an F5B than a T-38.... You're right. And it's horrid. It's seriously, literally, very similar to the Starfix kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 The Sword kit borrowed heavily from the earlier Esci F-5B. Sword converted the intakes and shaved off the drag-chute housing, and eliminated the leading edge flaps and fillet. But they missed the enlarged belly for the beefier landing gear wheels of the F-5B, and I don't think they changed the nose-gear doors. And like the Esci kit, they forgot that there is a bow frame between the hinged canopies. In short, there is no kit of the T-38 Talon in 1/72 scale. They are all either repackaged F-5B or incomplete attempts to convert the F-5B to a T-38. I've been hoping that Wolfpack would scale down its 1/48 Talon to one seventy tooth, but they haven't yet.😕 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Thanks for the info...any thoughts on the PM Model kit? I'd like to build a small collection of companion trainers from the bomber bases during the early days of ACC: Dyess, Grand Forks, Mountain Home, Barksdale, & Minot. Decals will be a hurdle of course, but need to solve the kit problem first! Jonah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 PM is the same as either Starfix or Hasegawa if I recall correctly. It's worth getting if you want a little cardboard box, but throw away the plastic inside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I haven’t seen the PM Talon kit but I’ve yet to see anything in a PM box that was worth building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Closest I ever came was taking the ESCI kit and redoing the intakes plus cutting off the LEX's, but I neglected to thin down the underside under the wings.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Pretty much all I did with the Esci F-5B to make it a T-38. Didn't have to worry about the landing gear: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Nice, Paul! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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