Starfighter Jock Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Guys, really appreciate the enthusiasm! Jari, thx for the links... I was going to do "55" but may change gears to "61" instead. Chuck, yeah, there will be some serious weathering going down. But I will be following a more "natural" path, i.e. start with a much lighter faded shade and then apply the unbleached shades and touch-ups as seen on the pics. Harold, you'll be seeing some of your pods here :-) Bryan, I will do a post which details the masking specs I have come up with for this, the Masks will be sourced from Maketar. Vandy, Two Bobs did do a sheet but it is impossible to come by. Microscale covered the F-16N's. Cheers, Marcel Marcel, try contacting Steve Stohr who owns North American hobbies - www.nahobbies.com - also on Facebook. He had a brand new set of the TwoBobs NSAWC F-16A/B decal sheet of which I bought from him, he may have more. Kirk Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Thought you were doing one Navy bird? Are you putting on the Intake chin pods? Aires does them with the ALQ188 pod in the same kit Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Marcel you have other options as there are several blue nosed F-16s to pick from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/nsawc/ Jari Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) Vandy, I am doing the F-16A (later on the F-16B) as currently in use by the NSAWC (ex Pakistani embargoed airframes). The F-16N (which use the chin pods) were retired a while ago, may do one of those in future. Finn, thx for the pics, there are also some great ones on Airliners.net. I think I will be doing "55". Here are the masking specs I used, I already received the masks from Maketar, very efficient service considering they are custom made. Here is the custom decals sheet that is on the way to me. The smaller tail "55"s will be appriately oversprayed so that they will appear as light blue or dark blue. The smaller number combinations are for the numbers on the pylons, the "CATM ONLY" markings will be on the practice Aim-9. I tend to usually show only pretty pics but things oftentimes get really ugly before they get good. Case in point is the fit of the BB cockpit to the F-16C fuselarge. Note the huge gap at the front. I have that pretty much under control now but it is still painful to do this to such a great kit. Here is how the IP looked before glueing it in (under strong magnification here). I made extensive use of Airscale decals and punched out clear parts for the instruments, looks better than just using Kristal Clear. CRT screens are from old photographic film. Cheers, Marcel Edited July 15, 2017 by Marcel111 sandokan, Youngtiger1, Uncarina and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Jock Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 BB Cockpit looks great Marcel and fit looks very good to. Did you find it slightly undersized with the side panels and IP hood installed? Kirk Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) Marcel, try contacting Steve Stohr who owns North American hobbies - www.nahobbies.com - also on Facebook. He had a brand new set of the TwoBobs NSAWC F-16A/B decal sheet of which I bought from him, he may have more. Kirk Kirk, I sent an email but no response so far. Would really be helpful to get that sheet. So the BB pit looks a little small but is actually about the size of the Tamiya pit, specifically the IP and coaming are sized about the same. That then means the TD cockpit is oversized. At this point I am really not sure. The BB fit, at last in my hands, really isnt great. Edited June 24, 2017 by Marcel111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Marcel, The pit looks like it fits pretty good except for the front. it's usually the sides that are an issue for me. The IP really looks fantastic Joel Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Quick note that there is another re-scope on this project, for the Block 30 I will be doing the new Alaska splinter scheme... I am just going to assume decals will be forthcoming. After spending a bunch of time fitting the True Details A tub and coaming into the Tamiya kit, I ripped out the IP/coaming since the True Details interpretation of the instrument coaming is just hugely oversized. I then ended up fitting almost all of the True Details "A" IP into the Aires instrument coaming. It actually worked out pretty well. However, I have struggled getting the Aires coaming into the large front cockpit gap that was left when I tore out the True Details parts. At some point the whole thing fell to the floor and everything broke out, so I had to kind of start from scratch. I am finally making progress, hope to show some victorious pics when that is all safe and sound. Cheers, Marcel PS I have moved to imageshak, photobucket sux. F`s are my favs, sandokan, Youngtiger1 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmel Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Quick note that there is another re-scope on this project, for the Block 30 I will be doing the new Alaska splinter scheme... I am just going to assume decals will be forthcoming. They are. Starfighter Jock and Marcel111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 HI Marcel Just catching up and looking forward to following your progress. Gad your photos are back up and you're off PB Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucio Martino Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Marcel, Would you please reload all the photos of this thread ? LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Not much info or pics but here is one being repainted: http://www.eielson.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1143898/same-jets-different-look/ Jari Whitey and Marcel111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Marcel, Looking forward to your next update. Sure sounds like you have your hands full with the True Details coaming fitted to the Aires cockpit. But if anyone can get it to work and look perfect, it's you. Joel Marcel111 and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Jock Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Marcel, Awesome choice on the new splinter camo, that may be my next build for my second F-16C kit, unless of course we get a surprise form Jake on his next F-16 decal sheet, like in a F-16C block 30 from the Montana ANG perhaps? Just saying. Kirk Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyWan Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Quick note that there is another re-scope on this project, for the Block 30 I will be doing the new Alaska splinter scheme... I am just going to assume decals will be forthcoming. They are. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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