Marcel111

Beautifully made F-16! Marcel

Looks sooo good! Marcel

Hi guys, I‘m interested in the Sunliners CAG jet as flown during Desert Storm off of the Saratoga. Bullseye did a nice 1/48 decal sheet that provides a good research reference. That said, I have only two low quality pics of the jet as she was on the carrier, I wonder if anyone has pics to share? Thx, Marcel

Hi Michael, The cockpit is Eduard Photo Etch, drilled such that Anyz switches etc were fitted. Other than that not much, except for the weapons. Most of the rivets were filled with superglue and sanded, imo a must for this kit. Also, don’t forget to reposition the inside wing fence if you build the E. Cheers, Marcel

Awesome work here Chuck, just wow! Cheers, Marcel

Hello Ray, absolutely and thanks! Marcel

I’m not familiar with the set but if it’s an RF-4C nose it should be good for all but the last few built with the rounded nose, see my post above…

Hi Rich, the easiest thing to do is to go for a serial number 7342 to 7351, those had the thick wing and beefier landing gear, then you don‘t need to convert to a thin wing. 7348 through 7351 had the rounded nose, so that won‘t work with what you have. So google search images for 7342 through 7347 and see what comes up. Pay close attention to the exhausts, they got long burner can engines later in life. Cheers, Marcel

I think the D or H would be easier still since they have the IR sensor on the windscreen. Cheers, Marcel

Thx for noticing that, no idea how I managed to park this here, for sure a mistake, would be great if the moderators could shift it over to Ready For Inspection

So looking forward to the meeting! Thanks Maxim, but that not hard, they did no job at all. She is done! Well, the chain on the towbar is missing but I'll get that done in the next few days. I've posted pics on the Ready for Inspection parking. Cheers, Marcel PS Yeah that backseater does look like he is about to fall over backwards

Here she is, done! Thanks for the research support I've received for the build, especially from Jari. I seem to have lost my photographic skills, most of the pics are overexposed, in some the model appears a lot more patchy than she really is. I am really pleased with the way the hinge mechanism turned out, thanks again Severin. Here and there I used old-school detailing techniques, e.g. the fuel dump was done by squashing some brass tube in a vice to get the oval shape, then sawn off to correct length and worked into the trailing edge. Those Eduard photo-etch stencil masks are gems. Don't pay too much attention to the base, it's somewhat temporary since the end-game is to have this and an A-6B stand on a large Coral Sea base. Cheers, Marcel

Very nicely done! Such a tough kit to get to look good but you've done so. Cheers, Marcel

Thx Nick. See loadout combo pics below. count the bombs… note some with single, some with two yellow bands… They could even carry four Sidewinders with six LAU-10, there are pics of VF102 and VF33 flying that pretty wild loadout operationally (not a VF-111 loadout though). Cheers, Marcel

That‘s a pretty easy fix though? Cut off and replace with some rectangular rod sitting upright-ish.