Hobby Master 1/72 Northrop F-5E Tiger II J-3038 , Staffel 19 “75 Jahre”, 2017 Diecast Model
The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable,
supersonic
fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first
flew on July 30,
1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than
2,600 F-5’s was
produced in 1989 and about two-thirds of these are still in service with
26 countries more
than 4 decades later. The F-5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under
license
in Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland.
In 2004 twelve Swiss Air Force F-5Es were leased to Austria for four years
while they
waited for the new Euro Fighters. F-5E J-3038 was one of the twelve aircraft
and continued
to fly with the Austrian AF as J-3038. On June 30, 2008 the leased aircraft
were returned to
the Swiss AF and once again J-3038 was Swiss. In 2013 J03038 was given a
special paint
scheme to honor Staffel 19 “Swans” 75th Anniversary of its formation on
January 1, 1938.
- 1/72 scale pre-finished.
- Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
- Professionally painted.
- All markings are pad applied for superb results.
- Crew figure.
- Comes with display stand.
- Landing gear can be displayed up or down.
- Extremely sought after by collectors.