TomcatFanatic123 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Just got the Italeri 1/72 F-5 and want to make it into an agressor when I get around to starting it. Is there any 1:72 decals out there to make a USAF, Navy, or Marine F-5 Agressor a/c? I've tried 2Bobs, CAM, and Eagle Strike...no joy . HELP!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tigerviper Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Hi tomcatfanatic You're right, there are not enough F-5E aggressor decals around. They are or sold out or old. I just started my F-5E OOB (because i don't find any decent decals) Greetz Youri Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 There have been two F-5E aggressor sheets by TwoBobs and SuperScale in the past, TwoBobs 72-003 covered Navy and SuperScale 72-312 covered USAF and Navy, unfortunately they are both out of production, best to check eBay and such as you can still run across them from time to time. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 SuperScale also had sheet 72-544 that had Navy F-5Es and A-4s, it's listed on eBay at this moment. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Belcher Bits do nice stuff for Canadian CF-5 A's and D's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UKPonchoMan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 The Superscale sheet is a waste of time - I have two and they're both out of register. Also, they only allow you to build a USAF bird from the 527th AS at Alconbury - the UK-based aircraft had larger bort numbers on the nose than the 57th FWW and 64th AS aircraft. Maybe if we ask nicely, someone will do a sheet for us ) I've tried to make them up in Corel Draw but the outline is difficult - you can't just superimpose a larger font size over a smaller on unfortunately... Also, the actual SIZE is difficult to determine - I suspect the UK aircraft are 18" and the US ones 15" (with the outline increasing this) but cannot confirm it! Chris St Clair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Sure you are not talking about Superscale 72-366 as that is the one that covers Alconbury, the other one I listed covers USAF Nellis , also the two I have are in register Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UKPonchoMan Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Thanks for that Jim - I wasn't aware that there WAS another sheet! Looks like I got my arse and elbow confused again...! 72-312 is the one I have - it covers USAF and USN F-5E's and T-38's and includes the 57 FWW aircraft - however it only covers the 64th AS (red bort nos outlined in yellow). It's not bad but extremely limited in scope. I don't have -366 unfortunately - I guess that one has the larger bort nos?? Are you able to confirm the size of the markings??? 15" or 18"?? Thanks VERY much for this as I've been trying to figure this out for some time! Regards, Chris St Clair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Chris I will have to wait till after work to check, I am not sure if I paicked up 366 but I think so, I do have 312 and 544 Will get back to you Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RAGATIGER Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Hi there :D :unsure: Sorry to bother you but Are you planing to use the Jordanian or the Taiwan decals ??? if not maybe we can arrange some trade ??? Best regards :lol: Armando PD contact me directly armandogiron@yahoo.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Sorry to bother you but Are you planing to use the Jordanian or the Taiwan decals ??? If this was direct to me then none of the sheets I have mentioned 72-312, 366, or 544 has the marking you are asking for, # 367 does have Taiwan I believe but no SuperScale sheet has F-5s from Jordan that I am aware of. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Are you able to confirm the size of the markings??? 15" or 18"?? Chris Ok I do have #366 but the numbers, which are black outlined in yellow, are the same size as on #312 which using my scale rule comes out to about 16.5", (on this sheet the yellow and black is off register) Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UKPonchoMan Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 That was my thought - given the photo's I've seen, there is definately a difference between the Alconbury and Nellis a/c. I was going to go with 15" for Nellis and 18" for Alconbury, both with 1" outlines. Any thoughts??? I'm tempted to have a go with Corel Draw and my Alps MD-1000 but I suspect it will be a long and tedious process - hopefully with the new Sword T-38. someone will do an Agressor sheet?? Mike Grant - how about it??!! Chris St Clair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f5guy Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 With some good photos, and a few "scavenged" decals you can model many aggressors F-5s, especially USN jets because they didn't have much in the way of markings. Two of the four 32nd F-5Es that I have built were done this way. If you need some ideas, feel free to contact me. I have quite an extensive picture database. Regards, Fred K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 SuperScale also had sheet 72-544 that had Navy F-5Es and A-4s In addition, companion sheet 72-543 has markings for Adversary NFS, VF-127 and VA-27 Tigers and Skyhawks as well. Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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