Cheapest model fighter jet kit? HobbyBoss F-5e Tiger 2 Full build and paint

today we build the cheapest modern jet fighter model kit i can find and its the hobbyboss F-5e tiger 2 fighter jet
this kit retails for between £7 and £9 and makes it probably the cheapest model jet kit available
is it a good or bad kit and great value is what we will find out with this video when i first build the kit and then paint it by airbrushing to keep as much detail available as possible
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[@jaws666]

Love me an F-5.....

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

they look fantastic remind me of the f104 with the short wings now thats gpt me wanting to build a f104

[@jaws666]

@@yorkshiremanmodels have a number of F-5s in my collection....its one of those aircraft that "if it looks right then it will fly right"

[@davidjones1588]

The F-5 is a beautiful aircraft and you did that kit justice with the free hand camo great build buddy 👍

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Cheers pal

[@allandaniell1439]

I think for the money and what you get Hobby Boss are great kits. I’ve got and built. 1/48 A10. 1/48 262. 1/48 FJ4 Fury. 1/48. Tomcat. 1/48. Huey. 1/48. A4. Skyhawks. Love ‘em 👍

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

i find for the money hobbyboss are one of the best quality engineered kits you can get

[@GhostRider247]

Fantastic as always young fella !!! always look forward to your builds , no nonsense just honest opinions , love it !!!! ...Shaun.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

cheers shaun and hopefully i can get a few more done now the early nights are here

[@HangardelModelista]

Great job! 👏🏻👍🏻

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

cheers

[@martindaredare]

Nicely done looks great

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Cheers pal

[@rustywarrior5288]

Nice looking finish there. The kit may have some "finessing" requirements but it just shows what a bit of patience and effort can produce. There's not much that you can get for less than £10 which will end up looking as good as that one has tuned out.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

cheers for the comments and i was pleased with the end result

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

Ay up! Nice to see you back! 😀 I recently picked up a 1/72 Hasegawa F-18/D kit at my local hobby shop for about C$15.00, and it looks like a great deal. Great job!

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thats a great price thanks for the comments

[@Tameu211]

Honestly, the poor fitment and gaps make this kit even better for what it is - a cheap, beater practice kit. Like you said before, you're only out $12-15 USD. You can practice all sorts of techniques on just this one kit, and if you mess up who cares? One thing I think it would really shine is for dioramas and battle scenes.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

i agree it would make a good test model kit to try new ideas on

[@jabonorte]

Came out well! Good mojo builder because you're almost straight into finishing, sanding notwithstanding. Always fancied the Ju-87 they do, so might give that a go.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Do e a few hobbyboss kits and most of them are very good kits Never done the ju87 though

[@fredtedstedman]

beautiful job-beautiful aircraft !

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Thanks

[@fredtedstedman]

Nice to find something cheap , I am retired and cannot really justify the £30-50 for I kit !!@@yorkshiremanmodels

[@garyhunt4032]

Built it last year, great kit for the money

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

certainly better than what i thought it was going to be

[@garyhunt4032]

@@yorkshiremanmodels I did the brown aggressor scheme

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

@@garyhunt4032 it's probably the more striking camo scheme

[@garyhunt4032]

@@yorkshiremanmodels pity I can post a picture on here

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

@@garyhunt4032 yes it's one of the things KZbin should implement

[@ricardoroberto7054]

Got to be better than the horrendous airfix one. I got it as a nostalgia build. After wresting with that for days i managed to get a decent result but this is clearly the better one!! Lovely job.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

not many of the f-5 have been made by model companies for some reason and its about time one of them did a really good new tooled version of one

[@CYPRUS008044]

Lovely job youve done there! have seen alot of hit and miss reviews on this one. Have been looking for a more modern tooling of the F-5e Tiger as the last one i did was the Top Gun "The Mig" version, that is a tooling from the 80s and is very basic. The extra panel detailing etc on this one looks like it might be worth a go. Will add one to my stash :)

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

the f5 seems to be one of the aircraft that now many have done recent toolings for

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Should have said not many have done a new tooling

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Nice job 👍

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Thanks

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

Hi there! I just watched this again, and I think I have you beat. I recently got an Academy Mirage IIIC from my local shop for C$14.27 -- about the same as this kit -- but it's 1/48 scale. The 'pilot' was very lame -- legs and feet like he was being drawn into a black hole... Although it says there's a "highly-detailed cockpit" it is not. Otherwise, it's a nice kit, but like yours the wing seams need some filling, although there were no fit problems like you had. The biggest thing is that the exhaust is wide open -- if you look at it, it's just a hole going all the way down the fuselage. You've done a wonderful job with this, and it's a great example of what can be done with an inexpensive kit and some expert paint work... 👍👍👍 P.S. I also just picked up an Iwata airbrush and compressor kit as an early Christmas present, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out. Thanks for the fun! 😀

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thanks for the reply i agree some of the cheap kits can be made into very good models with a little care and attention i have built kits that cost over £60 and in my view didnt make into a great model while building kits that are very cheap that make great models i have the iwata revolution and its a fantastic airbrush

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

@@yorkshiremanmodels Kinda like Life: It's what you make of it... 😆

[@tomroland5467]

Very nice build. I've made two of these. The later kit seemed to be a poorer moulding. I suspect Hobby Boss have been really knocking these out and the moulds are showing their age. Decals are nice I think they may be Cartograf.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

you may be right with the mass making of them and its wearing the moulds fast yea the decals where very nice

[@stanislavsnek486]

moc pěknej kousek ... ted mi přišel a budi stavět stejnou verzi ... bohuzel to nebude tak pěkný, jako tato😂😂😂 ...👍🏻super

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thanks and its a great little kit

[@stanislavsnek486]

@@yorkshiremanmodels už mám taky svůj kanál, protipól ke kanalům, jako je váš...profíci versus slepej amatér s oběma rukama levejma🤣🤣🤣

[@neilhaas]

I want to have this kit F-5E Tiger 2 Fighter jet for myself to build together for my collection. ❤❤😊😊😁🎉🎉🤗💯

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

still a cheap kit to buy

[@bretthill76]

Alreet lad, just come across ya channel lad. I'm a Lancashire lad, building over't border. Weird listening to your accent. Could I make a suggestion? I built an F-5 Testors kit in 1/48 and turned it into the "MiG-28" from Top Gun and used some spare decals from a broken Su-57. Great addition to the collection

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Welcome from not so sunny Doncaster I may get one of the dedicated mig28 kits as the proper decals will be included Think they are 1/72 scale though

[@bretthill76]

@@yorkshiremanmodels I didn't know they even existed to be honest, I won a Testors 70's kit from eBay a few months ago and was watching Top Gun the night before. I'm only just getting set up with this channel, wife's idea.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

@@bretthill76 my daughter encouraged me to put ticktock videos up and eventually ended up doing KZbin

[@bretthill76]

@@yorkshiremanmodels mad int it. Double edged sword to be honest, she's like 'when you doing another model?' and then shouts at me when she's come home from work and I've got a big beaming smile ont face and she knows I've spent more money on eBay

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

@@bretthill76 my wife went through the "no more models" period but gave up when I started getting some sent for review and asked everyone to buy me certain kits for presents Now I get what I want when I want it and it just goes on the stash pile

[@johnbollig2790]

I paid 4 dollars for mine on clearance at hobby lobby

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

its now upto nearly £10 here in the uk

[@davepasopton8840]

Hi, you said that your fave Matt varnish was the Winsor n Newton. What thinning ratio, nozzle size and pressure do you get success with?

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

i use a mix of about 60% flat varnish to 40% tamiya x20 thinner i try to spray it at about 16 to 18 psi as that stops overloading the model but its all down to each individual airbrush

[@davepasopton8840]

@@yorkshiremanmodels thank you for your prompt response. I’ll be trying that out next time. Totally agree with your comment about cost savings.

[@jaws666]

With the black primer on it and before you painted it it could have passed as the fictious "Mig-28".🤣🤣🤣

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

aye it looked damn mean thats for sure

[@jaws666]

@@yorkshiremanmodels absloutley...would you build another F-5 as the Mig-28?

[@jaws666]

@@yorkshiremanmodels did you notice that some of the F-5s used as the "Mig-28" were 2 seaters

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

@@jaws666 i didnt know that dont know if you can get a 2 seater version as i have never done one

[@jaws666]

@@yorkshiremanmodels a two seat mig-28?....you could get the airfix single seat kit of it for the decals or im sure some 3rd party or aftermarket decal company must do them and then get any kit of an F-5F to use as the 2 seater mig-28.