Rebuilding the Sword Talon &
1/48 Fujimi F5-B to a Dutch NF5B
After
finishing my NF5A I had the intention to build a NF5b. However there was not a
great model in the market.
Until June
when SWORD appeared with a model of a TALON. This model comes with a good resin
cockpit. So together
with a Fujimi F-5b I started converting.
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The main
difference is the wing and tail section so this was taken from the Fujimi
kit. The Dutch F5’s where flying with tip tanks and had chaff and
flare dispensers on the fuselage a drag chute bag above the tailpipe and ECM
antenna on the tail.
Putting the
wings to the fuselage took some sanding but want without problems.
Undercarriage was taken from the fujimi model. After finishing the F-5b was
painted in the late scheme of the Klu NF5’s light grey fs36375.
Decals came
from Dutch Decals (late NF5 scheme)
www.dutchdecal.nl
The
resin cockpit is nice detailed and I did not do modifications to this.