Tanmodel 1/48 F-5A FAMILY "13 in 1"

[bungynik]

It seems that Tanmodel didn't give up from their first kit. They raised the stake by announcing release of all 13 known version of F-5A in a single box!

http://inscale.org/pub/index.php?topic=2568.0

[Julien]

Now that is good news.

Npt sure about the All known bit, Philippines, Taiwan, South Veitnam & Thailand also flew the F-5A

Julien

[bungynik]

Well, I think that Tanmodel wanted to release all different F-5A versions of aircraft, no matter where they were used. There should be 13 recognized versions of F-5A but more that 13 Air Forces used these.

[jenshb]

That is surprising, and it seems modellers will be spoilt for choice when doing an F-5A. These new pics certainly look a lot more promising than the initial images, but the website doesn't seem to be updated yet.

Jens

[Jennings Heilig]

Looks very interesting. I think "13 versions" is stretching it. I wouldn't consider different decals on the same airframe a "version". Other than minor detail variations, there wasn't much difference between one F-5A/C and another.

I'm excited that at long, long, long last we seem to be on the verge of getting a decent F-5A/B in 1/48!! The old Fujimi and Hawk/Testors kits are well past their prime.

J

[Shaun]

Interesting, that decal sheet look good.

Shaun.