1/48 Academy F-16C "Flying Razorbacks"

[Filo387]

1/48 Academy F-16C Fighting Falcon "Flying razorbacks"
I thought that I would join in on my first build with in ISM.
I will be building the F-16C hit that I have. I personal cannot look at a f-16 without hearing the song be queen, One vision from the film Iron Eagle. The whole sound track was brill. I loved that film when I was younger. Still a good film now to be fair. This is the only reason I bought the kit a while back.

Any how this is what the real aircraft looked like from the razorbacks.


This is what's in the box.

Instructions.




So here are the contents of the box.

Sprue A

Sprue B.

Sprue C.

Sprue D.

Sprue E.

Sprue F.

Decals.

The kit will be built OOB; I will also try to put it onto a small airfield framed diorama. The aircraft will be painted using Tamiya paints:

To start with the cockpit area is worked on. The parts are removed and cleaned.


The cockpit ready for paint

[Hackovsky]

Those new decals looks a lot better then those I have in the kit Looking forward how it goes together.

[Filo387]

Today I started by priming the cockpit area. Then I started to paint. Here is how it looks so far.




Once the decals have conformed and dried it will then get a wash.

The pilot has had a wash of Nuln oil from citadel. The rest of the paints were Tamiya.

[Filo387]

Cockpit and pilot have had a wash of AMMO interior wash.
Top and bottom together.

Needs a bit of sanding.


The wings in place.

Needs a bit of filling on both sides.

[martin57]

Nice work so far well done.

[Avgas]

Nicely done.

[DBMiller]

Those gaps are something else, aren't they! I'm building the same kit and had the same problem. I got the gaps pretty well cleaned up but they are still visible. Good luck!

[Filo387]

So back at it today. Im going to be using the Vallejo Water based filler as I don't want to damage any panel lines around the wing joints.

And underneath.

So again using a dampened cotton bud I wiped across the join so as to leave the filler in the gap but remove the excess.



Next the tail is fitted.

And filled, of course.

And the side area.


Next I started on the engine intake area which due to the lack of any locating pins was a pain to line up. A few pegs held it till it dried.

Armament put together while I waited for the Intake to dry.

Then back to the filler.


I have used Mr Surfacer on this lot, so I have a bit of sanding to do next. I have been looking for the new version of the filling tutorial but can only find the old one. I have watched the new sanding one though.

So in the morning this lot will be sanded.
Got the sanding done.
Weapons.

Aircraft.

But I am at a lost as of what to do about these gaps:


Surely they aren't supposed to be there.

Anyway ready to mask the canopy.



That should hold it.
Ok now while the canopy dries ill sort out the under carriage and weapon pillions.







Then I made a start on the engine nozzle.


I have painted it more silver but forgot to take a photo so youll have to wait till the next update.
Thanks for looking.

[Filo387]

Time to move on to this. Wheels were added and I think thats the basic plane finished.


Next to grey primer.

That's the plane primed.

Tomorrow I hope to try and get some pre shading with black stynylrez primer then colour some panel with the white and maybe the other colours to see what that does to the top coats. Will have to see how brave I am as I haven't even tried pre-shading the panel lines before.

[Navcom]

Looking really nice! That kit looks like a lot of fill work. You've done well!

[Filo387]

So Got some more done today. I have used the black Stynylrez primer to do the panel line shading. This is the first time I have tried panel pre shading as I am normally a bit heavy on the paint. Let's see if anything shows through later.

A few splodges. I remember somebody saying it shouldn't look neat and tidy for a better out come. That's lucky then.
I then used the white to add some fading.



Hopefully get the first colour down later. I intend to start with the light colour at the front then work my way back as it gets darker.
Cheers for looking and all the good comments.

[Filo387]

So the first colour is down. The same colour is used for the bottom front and tail.




Next colour tomorrow.
Cheers.