Jump to content

New tool 1/72 F-5E/F


Recommended Posts

1 hour ago, Paul Boyer said:

Looks good! Hard to believe, but the next best alternatives, the Italeri kits, are about 40 years old! Now, if they would just scale down their T-38 to 1/72 scale!

Ya really. I heard a rumor that they are planning to do a 1/72 RF-8G too but I believe it when I see it. 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hoping this will soon hit the shelves. If done right by Wolfpack this will be a popular kit I suppose.

 

With the announcement of a new tool Phantom by FineMolds earlier I think the 1/72 builders had quite an exciting week!!

Link to post
Share on other sites
11 hours ago, achterkirch said:

https://www.72news.eu/2020/04/wolfpack-design-northrop-f-5ef-tiger-ii.html?m=1

 

looks like it’s still getting designed but the basics are there. Should be good

 

If it happens, it will be a dream come true for me! I can't believe that it's taken this long to get a new tool kit of one of the most widely produced jets of the Cold War era.... fingers are crossed! Fred K.

Link to post
Share on other sites
14 hours ago, Mercury said:

Be nice if this happens...I was just looking at my F-5Es(Italeri) on the shelf, and noticing how "out-of-date that mould is. My "A"s(Esci) look better...

 

Indeed.... the old Italeri kit is very long in the tooth! As you mentioned, the much older ESCI F-5A/B kits are considerably better. Italeri really dropped the ball on their F-5E/F kits. If Wolfpack's  F-5E & F are as good as their 72nd T-2C kit, I for one will be a very happy camper! Fred K.

rsz_11rsz_20200419_000040.jpg

Link to post
Share on other sites

To be fair, the Italeri (and Airfix) kits were good for their time (early '80s). The slightly younger Esci/AMT kits of the A and B were much better, but still have some issues. But it's high time we have an up-to-date plastic kit of the F-5E/F.

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
On 4/19/2020 at 11:39 AM, Paul Boyer said:

To be fair, the Italeri (and Airfix) kits were good for their time (early '80s).

 

I absolutely know  that Wolfpack will produce an exciting kit that will take away the disappointments I had in the more recent Trumpeter and Hobbyboss kits.

 

Gene K

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later...
2 minutes ago, Paul Boyer said:

I may be wrong, but you don't have to be "on Facebook" to look at Facebook. Try this link: 

https://www.facebook.com/wolfpackd/

 

 

 

Paul,

     Whenever I go to facebook it will pop up a large "join now" box that obscures half of the screen. It makes it difficult to see anything. Fred.

Link to post
Share on other sites
On 4/18/2020 at 12:44 AM, Paul Boyer said:

Looks good! Hard to believe, but the next best alternatives, the Italeri kits, are about 40 years old! Now, if they would just scale down their T-38 to 1/72 scale!

 

Ditto to all of the above. Maybe sales of the Tiger II - which I'm confident will be tremendous compared to their T-2C - will encourage Wolfpack to bring out the Talon in the One True Scale.

Link to post
Share on other sites

It usually takes a couple of years for Wolfpack design to release a kit after the initial announcement. It looks like releasing a kit with their design, and tooling is a second priority issue. Usually, Wolfpack seems to be busy designing kits for other manufacturers such as Kinetics and Academy.

Edited by not2p
Link to post
Share on other sites
7 hours ago, Quixote74 said:

 

Ditto to all of the above. Maybe sales of the Tiger II - which I'm confident will be tremendous compared to their T-2C - will encourage Wolfpack to bring out the Talon in the One True Scale.

 

Let's hope so because I'd love to see a 72nd Talon too! And lets hope that it doesn't take a couple of years to get the Tiger II. Fred K.

Link to post
Share on other sites
1 hour ago, f5guy said:

 

Yup.... it won't go away.

Right below the 'create new account' are the words 'not now' click these and you will get a few minutes of viewing.

 

Of course now that this is out the skin flints will remove it!!??!!

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 3 months later...

From the Wolfpack-Design Facebook page:

 

 
Quote

 

We are in a hurry to build the new mold 1/72 F-5E/F Tiger II.
This kit included
More accurate fuselage and wing shapes.
Two types of ejection seats (Early & Late)
Detailed cockpit and instrument panels included various variations
AIM-9P/L, ACMI Pod and Mk.82 Bombs
Two types of external fuel tanks
Air brake open/close selectable
Two nose shapes (Normal/Shark nose) and LEX, extended vertical wing
We're targeting a retail price of $24 USD (20 Euro) for the basic version.
We will also build an improved F-5E/F in the next stage.
We should notice news for it soon.

 

 
Seems they are trying to keep up with Dreammodel....
Link to post
Share on other sites
6 hours ago, pollie said:

From the Wolfpack-Design Facebook page:

 

 
 
Seems they are trying to keep up with Dreammodel....

 

Well if they release a better kit (with speed brakes dropped) for half of the price of the Dream Model kit, I don't think they'll have any problems 😆 Fred K.

Link to post
Share on other sites
14 hours ago, f5guy said:

 

Well if they release a better kit (with speed brakes dropped) for half of the price of the Dream Model kit, I don't think they'll have any problems 😆 Fred K.

 

No problems from my side at least: I'll buy multiple Wolfpack kits....

 

I'm just curious what they mean by: "improved version to be released later"....

Link to post
Share on other sites
8 hours ago, pollie said:

 

No problems from my side at least: I'll buy multiple Wolfpack kits....

 

I'm just curious what they mean by: "improved version to be released later"....

 

The later sharknose/LEX version perhaps? Fred K.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...