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Wow! Eye-popping finish! Very well done sir!

I certainly won't. I'll put that one on the list of paints NOT to buy. But having said that, I usually just mix my own interior green using yellow zinc and black in a 4 or 5:1 ratio yellow to black. I can't tell you the last time I bought a dedicated "interior green" from any paint manufacturer.

Tamiya AS-12 to the rescue! I'm taking notes. I have one of these kits and will EVENTUALLY get around to building it. Mine will be a Mediterranean scheme though, most likely 417 Sq. RCAF.

From the build I saw on Britmodeler, and another at Finescale Modeler, the canopy on this particular kit is a malformed or there's another issue someplace. The photos do show a little misfit of the clear part but nothing like shown above. If that kit is still in production (and I think it is), I'd give the Bronco folks a jingle asking for a replacement part for this kit. I went to the Bronco Models website and it seems a little sketchy to me so I didn't click any further than to see that the kit is still listed. Oh, and there's no Google translate available from Chinese to English.

Well, in my opinion and to honestly answer your question, the Tamiya F-16 Block 32 "Thunderbirds" kit would be the best place to start for an F-16N. I believe the F-16N's were Normal Shock Inlet (NSI [small mouth]) P&W equipped Block 30 air frames. That kit comes with the NSI intake and correct exhaust. The only real option for a TF-16N would be the Academy F-16I with some swapping or omitting some of the kit parts to create an appropriate USN air frame. I believe the kit comes with some of the parts needed to create such an aircraft but I may be mistaken. The F-16I also comes with the NSI intake and correct P&W GE exhaust. You'd probably have to source lightweight landing gear (wheels and main gear doors) for the TF-16N as I believe the Academy kit provides only the heavyweight landing gear applicable to Block 40 aircraft and above. The instrument panels would most likely need to be backdated as well but I'm not exactly sure exactly what needs to be done to them. Our resident F-16 x-pert (Pete) will most likely be along at some point in the near future and will most likely be able to tell you exactly what you need. EDIT: After reading Zola25's post below, he is correct that F-16N's and TF-16N's used the GE-F110 engines with the NSI intakes. My apologies for the error; I plead temporary insanity because I knew that bit of information. If you do use the F-16CJ from Tamiya, you'll have to remove the four "bumps" from the wing upper and lower surfaces but that's not hard. What would be more dififcult (but not beyond the realm of an experienced modeler) is to change the leading edge inboard flap hinge fingers... I may be wrong (again) but I believe the Block 30 aircraft had two leading edge inboard flap hinge fingers vs. the Block 50's three fingers that the Tamiya kit represents. You'll also have to fill in a couple (aft two sets?) of the chaff/flare dispenser locations on the underside of the fuselage. These weren't added until later (FY 1987?) air frames. Not sure if you'd need to add the wing/fuselage reinforcing plates that were added to most, if not all USAF Block 30-42 air frames. The Navy may have retired their F-16's before that mod came about but I just don't know.

Hey Tom, Nice start. I just finished the 1/48 Tamiya kit in those very markings. I cut masks for the majority of the markings but did end up using the "VI" (under the windscreen) and the "TH" from the decal sheet. For some reason or another, the white outline "T" just would not cut consistently, it just kept cutting at varying widths no matter what I did. Strange as I've never had that happen before.... Anyway, Here's a few points that I noticed during my build of that kit (and one comment about that profile): First: The aircraft is an He219A-2. One of the later A2's with the nacelle fuel tanks apparently. Second: I discovered from reading my source (see below) that when the FuG 220 SN-2 radar was installed, the FuG-12 ( I think it was called the FuG-12) set was removed. That amounts to, on your cockpit, the box with the scope cover is no longer installed and a scope cover is installed over the box next to it instead. Will anyone know? Probably not. I left mine in. When I discovered the FuG-12 was removed, it was too late and I had already installed the cockpit in the aircraft Third: That profile looks a little suspect, specifically the paint demarcation lines on the nacelles. In the photo below you can see that the underwing demarcation line is at an angle and not just straight down from the leading edge of the wing although the shadow makes it a little less than obvious. It's not apparent in the photograph but the "G9" forward of the fuselage balkenkreuz may or may not be there. I chose not to add it but since most of the NJG1 aircraft in that particular unit used it, I should think it would on this aircraft as well.. The "VI" under the windscreen is missing; you can clearly see it in the photograph just behind the stag antler dipole mount. It's also missing the tail radar dipole for the SN-2. It's probably part of the kit but as long as you know to install it, you're good. REFERENCE: Ferguson, R. F. (2020). Heinkel he219, an illustrated history of the third reich's dedicated home-defense nightfighter, Air Research, England. (p. 201 -photo).

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Also, if you're in the United States, Tom Anyz won't ship here any longer or so I've been told.

They exist in 1/48 scale, Bullseye Decals does a set of decals and provides the markings in reverse camouflage for some, as appropriate. In 1/32 though, I've only ever seen the Aero Masks for splinter camouflage F-16's. Some of those come with decals (called out by a red * on the Aero Masks website). See Chuck's F-16 build here for a glimpse of what he did. So, to get reverse camouflage markings, you'll either need to create custom masks for your intended markings and/or find a long out of production set (as Chuck did) and use as much of those as you can.

Yeah, that happens, even to us who write for a living.... Even our QA/Editor's miss things.

No word yet on the Facebook page and he's shutting down for the Summer (according to the LFD Facebook page) so I'm thinking it will be Fall at the earliest. Laminar Flow Design Closing For Summer Facebook Announcement

I’m game…. Hotel bar (if there is one)?

Found it, thankx!

Hmmm....I must not have it. I'm using a Cameo 4 with the Designer Edition + 4.5.815 software and I haven't been notified of an update yet. I don't see a cut settings box unless I'm just dense and it's in a menu/submenu someplace.

I notice that they have zero air-to-air capability loaded (no AIM 7's, 9's, 120's or the Israeli specific AIMs). If they're Fence In (Iran?), that means they've got total air supremacy. They're free to engage as they please (barring ground-based air defenses). With the GBU-31 JDAMs loaded, they really don't need a targeting pod and the terrain following radar pod isn't needed since they're not going in NOE or low level. It also seems that with CFTs, internal fuel, and three gas bags, they may be goin deep.