I was in a local hobby shop yesterday and came across a 1/72 F-5B in Revell Germany packaging.
Does anyone know anything about the origins of this kit?
The only 1/72 F-5B kits I've ever seen were the old Esci kit and the even older Hasegawa kit.
I don't suspect its either of those kits as Italeri seems to have locked up all the old Esci molds and I don't think anyone would touch the old Hasegawa molds due to their poor quality by todays standards.
I was thinking it might be old Matchbox moldings, but by the pictures the surface detail looks pretty fine and is a mix of raised and engraved details.
The kit comes with Spanish and Dutch decal options and is a fairly new release (under the RG label anyway).
Is this something old or did RG give us a brand new tooling for this bird?
I decided to hold back from throwing my money at it until I can get a few answers on the origins of it.
Thanks in advance