Kitty Hawk F-5E Tweak List

By Thierry Laurent

F-5E Tiger II TWEAKS LIST

TWEAKS LIST VERSION 1.2 (publication date: December 2020)

Compiled by Thierry Laurent

The following list is intended to help modelers in improving scale accuracy of an airplane model replica. In no way is it intended to support or be offensive towards a scale model company. It is up to the modeler to decide whether correcting the listed issues is worth the time and money he will have to invest in the quest for accuracy process.

No aftermarket correction or detail set is mentioned in this document as the availability of such items may be very variable. Hence, refer to other LSP sections to find relevant information. Moreover, aftermarket sets do not necessarily correct all listed issues. Please refer accordingly to relevant documentation.

1. GENERAL REVIEW

2. FUSELAGE (from Front to Rear)

3. WINGS/WEAPONS

4. COCKPIT

5. CANOPY

6. LANDING GEAR

7. OTHER REMARKS

For more information regarding the kit schemes and the required modifications, please refer to the LSP forum F-5 SIG thread in the LSP discussion forum.

Finally, do not forget the Hasegawa kit can be found for cheap prices and may be the source of some interesting parts such as:

The following sources were used to build this list.

Modelling essentials:

Scale plans and TM extracts:

Colour pictures photo files:

Other reference books:

Other references:

© Thierry Laurent 2020

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This article was published on Saturday, December 05 2020; Last modified on Saturday, December 05 2020