Length: 8.75 inches
Width: 4.5 inches
True 1/72 scale.
Professionally painted.
Great attention to detail.
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied).
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided.
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions.
Canopy can be displayed open or closed.
Pilot figure included.
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic.
Highly collectable.
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.
VFC-13 “Fighting Saints” provide adversary training for the USN and regular squadrons, as
well as the USMC, USAF and Canadian forces. F-5F Tiger II “Red 20” was constructed as
c/n L 1055 and handed over to the USN as 761580 in 1980. In 1991 the aircraft became
the property of the Swiss AF at Payerne. Later the F-5s the USN was using were becoming
aged so they acquired some low-hour aircraft from the Swiss. In 2007 this aircraft returned
to the U.S.A. and first appeared in USN markings in 2010.