Clunkmeister

Awesome, Fran. We finally have our first target.

Ivan the MiG-23 man comes to the rescue on the MiG-28 as well. Thank you, Sir!

I think someone got stuck on one going to Britain, Hubert, but maybe I labelled it wrong.

Hubert, that's a great point. Another thing to bear in mind that those of us in the USA and Canada can sometimes lose sight of, or even not even realize. (I only found out a few months back). Most Western Social Democracies have a thing called GST and or VAT. It's often payable on every single thing imported into the Country, even gifts. VAT and other taxes in some instances can run 30-40% of the retail value of the kit or more, plus convenience fees on the shipping, brokerage fees on Customs, duties, excise, and all those other fees that Governments find to slap on. So suddenly that "free gift" ends up costing a pretty penny. Plus the cost of shipping. OK, I'll put Scrooge McDuck back to bed.

Harv. Read the above, and lay off the Joy Juice. The correction sheet has the fix.

Somebody put a hit out on Santa? Victor the Cleaner is going active? The big question, Will the Mig-31s get him before NORAD does?

Heating oil.. Ha!

What I know of jets: 1. air goes in the front 2. fire comes out the back 3. they go really fast 4. they look really cool 5. they're really loud

Wokka wokka woo woo!

WOW!! That's awesome, man!! DONE!!

Done.

Jeff, please enter. It's Christmas. You don't need to give to receive, ya goof!

Thanks Jeroen. I'm not the big jet expert here, so I'm not really the guy to comment. But the kit itself looks super buildable. I'm going to build it up here as a quick OOB, probably going with VFC-111 markings just to be different. From what I can see, the Sundowners FrankenTiger looks fairly accurate externally, with the duckbill nose and all, just gotta check the 'pit. Maybe Ivan or someone in the know on F-5's might be more able to say...

Lots has been written on the single seat version of this kit, and much of the same applies to this one as well. Avionics, radar, fire control, ejection seats, and other visible features can vary from Nation to Nation, and while the kit will build into a nice generic example, but to make an exact scale example, you'll need to do some research and involve the spares box or maybe some AM.

LOL @ Ivan. Yuuup. As they say, it really, really pays to do your research. A really decent general representation can be built from the kit using the supplied parts, but if you wish to build a specific aircraft, research will be required as well as some possible aftermarket help. The kit is a huge step up from the old Hasegawa kit and builds into a really nice model.

More tail options. I counted a minimum of EIGHT options! This kit is one seriously nice kit, folks. The single seater is awesome. The two seater just adds to it all. There’s been plenty of amazing builds of the single seater in the several months it’s been out, and I expect this will follow up the success of the single seater.

But, a correction sheet is supplied, so do not fret, all is not lost.

And these. Sundowner mirror image in printing oops

Now the rumours. There have been rumblings about mirror image decals like these. Yes the rumours are true

Ok, let’s have a super quick look at The differences and dispel some rumours. Here’s the different sprue with the be two seat forward pit. Moulding is typical Kitty Hawk. Nice! Some minor flash, no pebbling, and of course, the typical Kitty Hawk ejection towers in places. Some juicy resin pilots plus a boarding ladder are included. Noice!

I was going to get the two seater up today, but I figured I better get this rolling.

Lololol. Bought one for me. Got one of each. That F-5E’s a sweetheart of a kit

Cees, I truly hope you make patterns for the big stuff here. You have a customer here. I’m a sucker for oddball RAF stuff. I really hope to be in Telford either next year or in 2020. Meeting y’all would be fun.

John, it’s awesome. Truly awesome. The only thing I’d have done is beat it up a bit more, but that’s just me. I guess I better build one then, right?