Complete - 1/48 Academy F-5E Lightning

I built that one a few years ago to honor my wife's deceased grandfather, who was a line mechanic (I think) in the 26th Photo Reconn Squadron based out of New Guinea, among other locations.  My primary reference was the books by Bert Kinzey (P-38 Lightning in Detail and Scale), the second volume of which includes some color photographs of the wheel wells on an F-5E.  I cannot state that the photographs are representative of an actual F-5E during the war, but all of the photos were green zinc chromate.  That's how I painted my particular model as well.