1/48 Tamiya F-16C BL52 Have Glass V Scheme

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:50 pm

A F-16C Block 52 "Dark Viper".. Have Glass V of the 169FW South Carolina Air National Guard

Post by **peppie** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 8:47 pm

Have Glass V Scheme

Can you explane please

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:19 pm

peppie wrote:Have Glass V Scheme
Can you explane please

All the U.S. “Wild Weasel” F-16s are being given a new paint job similar to the one of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

It is called “Have Glass 5th generation” as it represents the evolution of the standard Have Glass program that saw all the F-16s receiving a two-tone grey color scheme made with a special radar-absorbing paint capable to reduce the aircraft Radar Cross Section:
For the moment, the JSF-like paint job will be applied to the F-16CM (formerly CJ) Block 50 Fighting Falcon aircraft that can carry a variety of air-to-air and air-to-surface ordnance, including HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles) and precision-guided munitions.
Their role is to enter the enemy territory ahead of the strike package to take care of the enemy air defenses: radars and fixed and mobile SAM (Surface to Air Missiles) batteries.

They have been developing this special paint for a while and this is the 5th generation of it.

Although not the aircraft I will be modeling but this is an example of a F-16 with “Have Glass 5th generation” scheme

here is a F-35A with a “Have Glass 5th generation” scheme

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:32 pm

Time to start building my "Swamp Fox" Wild Weasel of the The 169th Fighter Wing (169 FW) , a unit of the South Carolina Air National Guard, !! !!

I will not be using the eduard brassin exhausts as pictured above. I will be using a Plug/cover to cover the exhaust as this will be a displayed on the ground as a static display.

I will be adding the following AM items.

1:48 Steel Beach Accessories F-16 Falcon Cover Set
This set contains:

2 AOA probe covers
1 covered ACES II ejection seat
1 covered HUD
also in the picture is the 1:48 Steel Beach Accessories F-16 Falcon NSI FOD Plugs i will be installing.

side consoles are installed and ready for sanding the details in preperation for the eduard zoom set.

some inspiration pictures

the weapons loadout I will be using on my Swamp Fox Wild Weasel build. it will be a loadout for a DEAD mission (destroy enemy air defences). with one AGM-88, two GBU-54s converted fromr the GBU-38 set. GBU-54s are laser guided vice GPS guided like the GBU-38s

Post by **peppie** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:48 pm

Thanks for the explanation on the scheme. Looks great on the Falcon

Good luck on your build

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:10 pm

began working on the cockpit tub.. installed the side consoles and sanded them. then primed and srayed with Vallejo USAF Medium gray. When dried installed some of the Eduard PE.. still have to mount the flight controls, before mounting and closing the fuselage.

Assembled the fwd and aft top fuselagesections together. This is not IAW Tamiya's instructions.. If you assemble the fwd and aft parts before and install as one unit to the bottom fuselage you can avoid the seam/Gap issues ( that seam issue would/will be front and center of your model) that come when you apply both upper sections seperately to the botton fueslage.

assembled the main wheel bay and installed on the lower Fuselage.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:28 pm

More progress today ..the kit just falls together... installed the Flaps "Down"
exhaust nozzle and tail assembly not permently mounted.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 3:28 am

Mounting the Tail assembly.. alittle over engineered but pretty cool and makes for a nice fit,

The "Carpet Monster" is licking it's chops just waiting for those tapping screws.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:36 am

Looks like a nice kit
and i spot some nice goodies aswell
have fun with the build

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:30 pm

Priming complete.. have to sand one spot.. finger print from the thin cement !! errrrr

primed with Stynlrez Primer

next up is a base coat of Alclad II Stainless steel...

Post by **Navcom** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:36 pm

Nice job so far! Great scheme.

I have to ask...where did you pick up the decal set? I see it also has the markings for the MN ANG 148thFW. Happens to be the same unit as my Viper entry, just the later paint scheme than I'm doing. I have not seen this particular set before and would love to pick up one just to have it.

Jeff

YouTube · Post by **Liamcraven666** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:15 pm

looking great!

Post by **ToddS** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:29 pm

Looking good! Thanks for the explanation on the paint, never stop learning

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:46 am

Navcom wrote:Nice job so far! Great scheme.

I have to ask...where did you pick up the decal set? I see it also has the markings for the MN ANG 148thFW. Happens to be the same unit as my Viper entry, just the later paint scheme than I'm doing. I have not seen this particular set before and would love to pick up one just to have it.

Jeff

picked it up on Ebay

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:06 pm

small update.. haven't done too much over the last week.. been busy at work.

continued to prime.. just srayed white in the wheel bays and inside of the gear doors.

started to lay down the first/bottom layer of P.E. on the instrument panel.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:16 pm

sprayed a base coat of Alclad II stainless steel in preparation for the Have Glass V paint work.

Ejection seat with cover, intake and exhaust covers, HUD cover and AOA covers, added the decals, the squadron insignia the "Swamp Fox" ,on the intake cover and exahust plug

Post by **Navcom** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:24 pm

Looking really nice!

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:09 pm

assembled the Payload:

1 AIM-120C wingtips 1/9

2 AIM-9X sta 2/8

3 AGM-88 sta 3

4 370 gal fuel tank sta 4/6

5 ALQ-119 sta 5

6 GBU-54s/BRU-57 sta7

also on sta 5R/5L will be a HTS-pod( ASQ-213 AGM-88 guidance) and
AAQ-33 sniper XR pod which provides superior air-to-ground and air-to-air targeting capability.

similar to this image:

Have some seam work to do on the fuel tanks and AGM-88

Post by **Avgas** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:15 am

Looking great

Post by **peppie** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:34 pm

Loving it up to now, looking forward to your paintjob.

Can I ask you, why the Alclad base coat?

Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:50 am

peppie wrote:Loving it up to now, looking forward to your paintjob.

Can I ask you, why the Alclad base coat?

The plan is to Mix 50/50 Alclad II stainless steel with Tamiya XF-24.dark gray.. then mix that with LacquerLacqeur thinner 50/50 then spray over the stanless steel base. hoping to spray a light coat to where the Stainless steel base coat with help with the metallic sheen.... will see how it turns out.

the actual color of the aircraft is not available in model paint.. so i'll have to mix my own

Post by **peppie** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:43 am

Can you mix Tamiya and Alclad

?

Post by **Avgas** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:57 am

I was thinking that too

Let us know the results.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:08 pm

peppie wrote:Can you mix Tamiya and Alclad ?

it mixes well, I have experimented with it already..

not the kit i'm working presently in this SIG but here is the result of Alclad stanless steel and XF-24

Post by **Avgas** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:30 pm

Cool, that's good to know.

Post by **chief5437** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:32 pm

You learn something new everyday! That paint looks great. Kind of like the look I spent an age trying to get on an F-22. Good luck with the rest of the build buddy!

Post by **peppie** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:21 am

Wait, just to be sure.
When you say: "mixing Tamiya and Alclad", you do mean mixing them in a cup and the spray them? You don't mean putting a layer off Tamiya over a layer off Alclad?

Sorry to be nagging about this, but it sounds a bit unreal knowing Tamiya is alcohol based and Alclad laquer based.

Post by **ToddS** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:41 pm

Very, very nice.. Look forward to the reveal..

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:26 am

peppie wrote:Wait, just to be sure.
When you say: "mixing Tamiya and Alclad", you do mean mixing them in a cup and the spray them? You don't mean putting a layer off Tamiya over a layer off Alclad?

Sorry to be nagging about this, but it sounds a bit unreal knowing Tamiya is alcohol based and Alclad laquer based.

mix them 50/50 then mix that( 50/50 Tamiya/ alclad ) with lacquer thinner in a 50/50 ratio then spray

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:17 pm

First two coats of the 50/50 mix of XF24 and Alclad Stainless steel then mixed 50/50 with lacquer thinner. One more light coat to go.. thinkiing maybe to add a bit more of the Stainless steel to get a very(more of) slight metalic sheen.

Post by **peppie** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:55 pm

Thanks for the tip,this gives some new possibilities

Looks really great allready on your Falcon

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:21 am

here are some better images without the shadow. still have to spray another light coat.
pics reveal I Still need to work on the seam on the radome

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:32 am

Just ordered a one piece resin radome from Royale Resin along with some resin wheels.. should add a cleaner look to the radome

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:48 am

Decided to paint on the "No Walk" boundry stripes.. I figure I have a better chance of getting them on straight by painting them vice, using the decals

stripes masked

oversprayed with final coat

The result

mockup of the weapons loadout on the port side. still detail painting to do on the missles

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:31 am

did some detail painting and adjusted the color of the pylons.

started to detail paint the weapons and pods and added some filler on the sniper pod

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:02 am

Received my resin one piece Radome and wheels from Royale Resin today

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:03 pm

installed the resin radome.. there is a small gap that needs to be adressed. sprayed(test) a semi gloss coat to give it a sheen. 5 of the 8 weapons and pods are complete and waiting on decals and weathering,

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:57 pm

It looks great so far Robert
the nose should be fixed in no time and the weapons look very nice too
keep up the good work

Post by **Navcom** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 9:17 pm

Looking really nice! Nice paint job!

Post by **ToddS** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:32 pm

Nice build going on here!! Nice work

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:57 pm

ToddS wrote:Nice build going on here!! Nice work

Thanks !!

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:04 pm

working on installing the aftermarket seat.. have some work to do as the seat doesn't fit well with the eduard zoom set PE. Installed.
the air intake cover/plug and AOA covers and HUD cover, installed.

I still have some detail paint work to do in and around the cockpit. also noticed in the pics a seam to work on fwd of the cockpit.
Weapons and pods are decaled and ready for a flat coat and weathering

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:38 pm

Used a combo of Ultimate Dark dirt and light dirt to weather the weapons and pods,

installed the seat and in process of detailing (Paint)the cockpit

sprayed nozzle with Alclad II aluminum then oversprayed with pale burnt metal.. more detail painting of the nozzle to come

mockup of the exhaust nozzle FOD cover/plug

Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:35 pm

Decals on ! I hate decalling !! I Have to admit though the Caracal Models decals went on like a dream.

Post by **HIghAltitudeScale** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:40 am

I like what you've done and you made a grey scheme look very interesting

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:35 pm

Begun the weathering process uisang UMO dark dirt. intially I tried MIG's panel wash but just couldn't get it to work like i wanted or shown on the demo video.

"Wax On...."

Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:54 pm

Ultimate wash wiped off and then added an AK wash to some of the center of the panels. These aircraft are kept clean unlike other USAF F-16s which show the wear and tear from years of war. I didn't want an aircraft straight out of the paint barn, also added a bit of MM metalizer aluminum ..Not much at all.. dipped a cocktail stick into the jar then wiped the excess off.. then stirred that inot Alclad semi matt Klear kote to give a suttle sheen. not really noticable in the pics.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:26 pm

Stayed tuned for the reveal

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:31 pm

completed the base. I used Uschi's scenic dispay for March AFB. I was surprise when i opened the package that the airfeild came on multuple cardbooard pieces and you have to trim and put it together like a puzzle.. it came out fine and laid down well with sray adhevsive. I have a few touchups to do where some of the pieces join.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:36 pm

FINAL REVEAL HERE:

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 47&t=17338