Top Gun “Mig”, F-5E Hobbyboss 1/72.
This is my take on the Mysterious Mig seen in that movie, It’s a neat little kit with few hang ups. Most of the decals came from the kit , the yellow circles on the tail were kit bashed. The running joke at the museum that I volunteer at is a question, Who was the Tom that starred in Top Gun? No not Tom Cruise ,but Tomcat. I hope you are all well.
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George Henderson said on March 28, 2020
Pretty slick looking bird Robert
George R Blair Jr said on March 28, 2020
Great looking F-5. You don’t realize how small the actual plane really is until you build it in 1/72.
Spiros Pendedekas said on March 28, 2020
Great job, Robert! I admit it I have s soft spot for Top Gun movie “planes”.
All the best!
Michel Verschuere said on March 28, 2020
Great work, I remember that fast opening scene, epic!
Mark Gran said on March 28, 2020
This so reminds me of the time I was at the Reno National Championship Air Races back in the late 80’s. One of the F-5E’s from Fallon NAS in Soviet aggressor markings was on static display. As a few of my pilot friends (all of us former Navy and Air Force flight crew members – yes we can all get along HA) and I were sitting there looking at the F-5, up walks a young man sporting his Ray Ban aviator sunglasses all decked out in is flight jacket covered with various squadron patches and a very attractive young lady on his arm. He looks at her and says something along the lines of “Hey hun, this is a Mig-28. We encountered a few of these when I flew F-15’s when I was stationed in Germany.” One of my friends who was a former Eagle driver looked at him and this young lady, pointed to the aft section of the aircraft where prominently painted was the aircraft BuOrd # and the designation “F-5E”. The little gal caught on quickly, looked at “Mr. Fighter Pilot” and slugged him in the shoulder and stormed off. My friends and I just looked at each other and started busting out laughing.
Nice build Robert and Thanks for that memory.
Have a great day and stay safe as well.
Tom Bebout said on March 29, 2020
Nicely, l done Robert, I always thought it’s hard to do a subject in black and make it look good.
David Mills said on March 29, 2020
Nice Mig 28 Robert!
Greg Kittinger said on March 30, 2020
fun little project! well done.