We started with the cockpit, which is very tiny, applying Humbrol 166 as base in floor and side pannels. In the frontal pannel, buttons and seat we use MIG matt black. Later, using dry brush and light grey, we light up buttons and dials. Once dry, I use transparent green to paint the MDF screens. Finally we use a drop of Tamiya X-22 varnish to simu- late glass. Some buttons and details are ligh- ted up with a fine brush and white paint. Last touch is brought with red and yellow re-touchs. Eventhough the instrument pannel doesn’t match with the F-5 used in the FACH (Fuer- za Aérea Chilena) but due to the tiger’s scale and it’s size I decided to keep it unchanged. Simply it can’t hardly be seen. I added a pilot figute to disimulate the hole thing. To build our Tigre III we must do some modifications. We have to modify and cut the rud- der section of the tail and the wing root that don’t come with the Hobby Boss kit. I cut the tail to paint it appart and in that way giving the rudder the appeal of a movable section.After cutting the section of the fin where we will place the projection, we draw that section on the plastic sheet. We place the stabilizer on the pla- te and project a straight line of 2.8cm. We join at the vertex with another line from the top of the cut made and we finish drawing the cut made to have the piece drawn. We cut the piece with a blade and test the fit. Any adjustment can be made with sandpaper or file, the idea is to adjust the piece so that it is integrated into the stabilizer. We glue both parts with cyanoa- crylate and wait for them to be well joined. Then we will rectify the thicknesses by applying puttt or mr surface, es- pecially to the fin that we add since it is thicker at the bottom. We let dry more or less 12hrs and bind. The idea is that it is integrated and both parts are seen as one. Finally and following the scheme or photograph we highlight the panel lines on the added fin. We rivet with a serrated tool and apply a bit of tamiya thin cement or similar to define and polish the lines created leaving them ready to prime and paint.In the same way, some specific an- tennas of the F-5E Tigre III Fach were added, which consist of: -Rudder antenna -Antenna (bulb) on the front train door -UHF / IFF antenna Using an H&S Infinity airbrush with a 0.15mm nozzle and 20PSI pressure, we apply the black color for the classic sha- ding following panel lines and rivets. Then we apply the base co- lor FS36375 from AMMO MIG which is a fairly light Li- ght Compass Gray that will allow adding dirt effects wi- thout darkening the tone excessively.Then we apply a mixture of 50% FS36320 Dark Compass Gray and FS36375 from K4 (it’s darker than MIG) which I dilute at 40% to make it less saturated. With this mixture we paint the dar- kest spots of the camouflage, this must be applied freehanded since this camouflage is practically seen in a sin- gle tone due to its wear. It’s necessary to avoid hard edges at all costs and aim more at a darkening of certain areas. Then we use the M36 FS36375 straight out of the can to make lights and brigh- ten some panels and with the K4 version of the FS36375 I paint some spots of moisture and wear on the belly of the plane (dirt will be added af- ter varnishing) The radar cone is painted matt black. The helm with the classic Blue Hum- brol 15. The engine is made of burnt metal and jet exhaust metal, and the bur- ned ones in mr Clear orange.Before placing the decals, the walking lines were painted in matt black. They were delimited with masking tape and airbrushed in light passes to avoid an airbrushed envelope (which generates drips) and thus leave sharp and hard-edged lines. The chosen decoration corresponds to an F-5E operating in its last years in Group 7, so we must get the set of decals F-5 1/72 of pancho decals (purchased in mirax) for Tiger III stencils and logo. , and a 1/48 set of mira- ge which is the one that more shields and nume- rals in light gray brings, in addition to coming in va- rious scales which allows us to remove all the num- bers from the plane sin- ce unfortunately the F-5 set only brings the Black numerals from the first years of service and not those corresponding to those displayed in recent years in group 7 or in the current group 12.As for the decals, it must be said that they are not easy to use, somewhat brittle and delicate, so it is easy to break the first ones (better to practice with a numeral that will not be used to grab your hand) but after some practice they look great and adapt ex- cellently to the lines of the fuselage. We recommended applying a light coat of glossy testor varnish or decal bonder to make them more manageable and less britt- le, this greatly improves their handling, also by immersing them in water for only about 30 seconds and applying immediately to the fuselage, if time passes it is easy which then break when placed.We seal with gloss varnish and apply MIG blueblack wash and Airfiled pigments to ge- nerate stains caused by dust from the Ataca- ma Desert. Finally we apply matt varnish, we remove the masking from the cabin and we assem- ble the load and antennas.Next >