Model Description
Hobbymaster 1/72nd scale HA3369 RF-5E “Tiger Eye” M29-19, No. 11 Skn., TUDM, 1980s. Buy online at Flying Tigers.
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.
The RF-5E Tiger Eye was a dedicated reconnaissance version of the F-5E Tiger II. Northrop had hoped to sell 100 or more RF-5Es “Tiger Eyes: but in reality only sold very few with Malaysia being the customer with 2 ordered. The only other customer was Saudi Arabia who purchased 10. The RMAF serials were M29-19 80-333 c/n RA 1001 and M29-20 80-334 c/n RA1002. The RF-5E was an improvement of the RF-5A by adding better cameras as well as having the performance of the F-5E.
RRP £94.00
