{"id":1494,"date":"2020-10-08T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jadlamracingmodels.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2020-10-12T08:03:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T08:03:28","slug":"review-airfix-1-72-f5-e-tiger-ii-the-mig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jadlamracingmodels.com\/2020\/10\/08\/review-airfix-1-72-f5-e-tiger-ii-the-mig\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Airfix 1\/72 F5-E TIGER II “The Mig”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A note from the author…<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m Rob, a normal guy who enjoys making models! I\u2019m by no means a \u2018professional\u2019 modeller, but I am passionate, try my best and kits generally turn out well! All my builds are done at home in my spare time with typical model tools and accessories – all views and opinions are my own and not that of Jadlam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Name<\/strong> – Airfix A00502 Top Gun F5-E Tiger II “THE MIG” 1:72 Plastic Model Kit
\nNumber<\/strong> – A00502
\nScale<\/strong> – 1\/72
\nPrice<\/strong> – \u00a314.99 RRP
\nAvailability<\/strong> – November 2020 – available for Pre-Order Now! Buy yours here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you have read my review and build of Mavericks P-51D Mustang you will already know I got an early look at the “New” Top Gun Maverick kits from Airfix.<\/p>\n

Now the more observant amongst you are quite rightly questioning exactly what type of MIG is that? and it looks quite a lot like a F-5 Tiger II. You are of course correct, bit anyone who has seen the original classic Top Gun movie will know this is exactly what happened in the film. In 1987 there weren’t a great deal of Soviet fighters available for Hollywood to use in movies. This left the movie makers with a choice of using miniatures, or repainting an available aircraft and slapping a star on the side of it. Fortunately Tony Scott (the Director, not the Plumber) chose to do the latter.<\/p>\n

As a side note a fun game is to watch movies from the eighties and see what aircraft they used to simulate Soviet era aircraft. The Puma with a fibreglass bodykit was a regular stand in for the Hind gunship for example.<\/p>\n

Once again this isn’t a new kit. In fact looking at Scalemates<\/a> \u00a0it looks like this kit comes from 1983. It also looks as though it was re-boxed as the MIG for the original Top Gun movie back in 1987. Not the best start, but also not necessarily an issue either as lots of older kits are still very good – lets see how we get on with it!<\/p>\n

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What’s in the box?<\/h4>\n

Well it’s pretty simple four light grey styrene sprue’s, one clear, some instructions and a very complex set of decals \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Let’s take a closer look at those sprue’s.<\/p>\n