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Started a new F16CN last night

And some more tonight

The detail is superb

That seems like one hell of a nice kit. Good luck with the build.
Love that black and white agressor theme.
Fly here myself in the sim.

Nice looking kit from Tamiya....look forward to seeing this one come together!

I flew the F-16,sweet ride.

Love the F-16 and that colour scheme, but if you fancy a challenging paint scheme then check out the Turkish F-16. Hopefully this one turns up at the RIAT this year so I can get plenty of snaps. Anyway good work can't wait to see it finished.

Bit more on the F16

Air intake and undercarriage added

Such a lovely kit.
Cool Turkish colour scheme, it was at Waddington last weekend so I'll bet the next stop will be RIAT

it's looking good

vyper1 wrote:Love the F-16 and that colour scheme, but if you fancy a challenging paint scheme then check out the Turkish F-16. Hopefully this one turns up at the RIAT this year so I can get plenty of snaps. Anyway good work can't wait to see it finished.

Thought I would show you this project I have been working on and off.

Sprayed the wheel bays satin white

Added the tail surfaces and started the cockpit

Starting to look more like an F16 now, not sure if I will use the pilot yet,

llking wrote:Thought I would show you this project I have been working on and off.

Very nice did you do it yourself or is it decals? either way it's still one of the best paint schemes for the F-16

graham22 wrote:Starting to look more like an F16 now, not sure if I will use the pilot yet,

It may just be the picture you've taken but the pilot looks like he's wearing a welding mask No doubt when you're finished, with or without pilot it will look spot on.

Love the Turkish colours
Did some more tonight, added canopy, weapon pylons and nosecone

Well I've painted it all white now,just masking up ready for the next colour,
No photos tonight but will do some tomorrow

Back to it,
F16

Painted base white, masked and light grey next

Looking Sweet! Looking forward t seeing the colors go on her

Great work so far, look forward to seeing that camo scheme

Managed to get the next colour on the F16

Then decided to hand paint the black
All good so far
Then I tried to remove the masking on the white
Oh dear, major repair work needed
But the grey and black look pretty good

What happened? Paint peel or over spray?

looks awesome, hope you get whatever issue you had all sorted.
is that liquid masking (the blue stuff) between the putty? did it work well?


cheers.

the issue with the white - i used Micromask which unfortunently stuck like glue - which lifted the white paint off
where is came off well it worked - i mignt try with Maskol from Humbrol - but maybe on a test subject next time
as for Micromask - 2 options - 1 bin it - or 2 just use on glass work.
oh well we live and learn

Fabulous work.

Keep it coming

maybe letting it sit longer or covering it with a clear coat first? just thoughts. I wouldn't have thought to use micromask for camo work though - saves on the tape, and the time. if you go for Maskol, let us know how that works out. I had a similar thing happen to a cockpit i was working on. decided to give it a quick hair-brushing of clear and ended up wiping away all the work done with Tamiya paint... the vallejo and citadel stayed put, but the tamiya washed away like it was nothing - and it had been done about 4 hours prior... decided to leave it as it created a really cool and 'worn' look - which unfortunately wouldn't work on camo so well...

hope you get it sorted, excited to see more progress!

I think I've rescued it, paint is a little thicker than I would have liked but think it looks ok

Just okay? Looks fantastic to me!

I worked with that F-16 unit this summer at Red Flag Alaska. I loved watching those aggressors flying around! They had this paint scheme and flanker blues. I wonder if the T-Shirt I bought from them has the same tail number as your model. That would be cool!

Thanks
Been titivating the F16

Looking very nice so far, Graham! Next step decals?!

Cheers,

Martin

Yep, had a coat of clear, decals tonight

Turned out nice in the end.....although you haven't finished yet how do you get the wheels painted so erm round as well as decalling, I think painting the wheels is another thing I dislike

Added the 1st lot of decals tonight

Managed to knock off the nose probe... Dang it
The wheels, a lot of patience
Decals, I'm probably one of the few who enjoy doing them
The White paint is a bit thick but looks ok if you don't get too close

More decals

graham22 wrote:Decals, I'm probably one of the few who enjoy doing them

Shame you're not local as I could bring mine round for you to decal Looking sweet and unlucky about the probe but it will go back on without a problem. Not much more for you to do, oh and are your horizontals detachable?

vyper1 wrote:Shame you're not local as I could bring mine round for you to decal Looking sweet and unlucky about the probe but it will go back on without a problem. Not much more for you to do, oh and are your horizontals detachable?

Yes the horizontals fit by a nylon bush and pin so removed so I don't break them off
Thanks

40. Tamiya F16C Aggressor - 1/48
F-16C Block 30, 18th Aggressor Squadron, 354 Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska April 2008

A lovely model to build - 4 different colour schemes to choose from
Data
Crew: 1
Length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
Wingspan: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
Powerplant: 1 × F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan
Performance
Maximum speed:
At sea level: Mach 1.2 (915 mph, 1,470 km/h)[61]
At altitude: Mach 2[2] (1,320 mph, 2,120 km/h) clean configuration
Armament
Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel Gatling cannon, 511 rounds
Hardpoints: 2× wing-tip Air-to-air missile launch rails, 6× under-wing, and 3× under-fuselage pylones
Air-to-air missiles:
1× AIM-9 Sidewinder
AN/ALQ-188 Jamming Pod
Avionics
AN/APG-68 radar
MIL-STD-1553 bus
And also finished my Tamiya F16C Aggressor






Really nice build - had a few problems with the paint but think i covered it up ok

Nicely done, love the paint scheme on this