F-16A & F-16C Aggressor Double Build - The Double is Done!

[Starfighter Jock]

Looking great Marcel and I know what you mean about being loyal to paint that works for you.  I have been a loyal Tamiya and Gunze paint user for quite sometime, but after trying out the Mr. Paint products I have become converted, I love this paint.  Flows through all my airbrushes including my Iwata custom micron like a dream.  Using it for the "Blizzard" camo on my F-16 project so hopefully will have some photos of it up on the WIP soon.

 

Kirk

Edited February 13, 2018 by Starfighter Jock

[Marcel111]

I'll need your address so I can send my Tomcat to you. WOW !!

 

Steve

Steve, that would be an honor... not sure how you will get your beast over here though 

[Marcel111]

Hi guys, here is what things look like with some markings applied, mostly courtesy of Maketar masks.

 

 

 

Some close-ups of the base of the tail. It took me forever to get a clean and contoured rework with panel lines and rivets.

 

 

 

Closer view of some of the paint touch-ups:

 

 

Cheers,

 

Marcel

[Gazzas]

Beautiful!

[Mark M]

   

[A-10LOADER]

HOLY S**T that looks AWESOME !!!! Great job on the tail re-work and the paint work Marcel. My Tomcat is on it's way. 

 

Steve

[pep1205]

I can't believe I've missed this! Great builds! I'm actualy doing the navy splinter B from the academy kit using an old hadegawa A. This is some really inspiring work!

[Starfighter]

Love it, Marcel! Great job!

[periklis_sale]

Amazing work!!!

[Marcel111]

I completed the exhaust with the little markings applied. I had been wondering how to do this for months and even had a good offline intellectual exchange with Chuck on how to best go about this. I ended up deciding against decals since I wanted the markings to sort of blend in with the rest of the exhaust, which is what I see on the real deal. So my conclusion was to paint the darker rectangles with Alclad Gun Metal. The next question was how to apply the lettering. Up until yesterday I thought I could do that with Verlinden 1/72 Dry Erase Red Stencils. That should have been great in theory but in practice I couldn't get the dry erase to rub off onto the Alclad at all, instead the Alclad lifted off the exhaust.

 

So I ended up using Eduard photo-etch masks, and I am pretty please with the result.

 

 

So after masking off the little dark rectangles and spraying those with Alclad Gun Metal, I held a little photo etch mask in place and airbrushed some slightly browned red Tamiya acrylic. My Olympos Micron airbrush was once again key to this since I could control exactly where the spray went, so I didn't need to do any additional masking.

 

 

The result isn't perfect but then neither is the real thing. Full disclosure: All of the markings I applied say NO STEP whereas the markings towards the back should actually say NO PUSH. This is one of those instances where I feel the overall look is more important than this final peace of precision and besides, I can virtually not read them anyway.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Marcel

Edited March 4, 2018 by Marcel111

[Emilio]

Wow, the Viper is coming along amazingly. The paint job is spot on, inspiring work!

 

Emil

[Squizzy 78]

Marcel, that exhaust looks amazing, great paint work and great weathering. And the detail of the resin piece looks very sharp and clean.

[Marcel111]

Here she is, gloss coat on, first wash on and decals on (I do a second wash over the decals as required). 

 

 

 

 

 

I also had numbers done for the pylons, as seen on the real NSAWC aircraft.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Marcel

[Starfighter Jock]

Looks fantastic Marcel!!  

 

Kirk

[A-10LOADER]

Pure awesomeness right there Marcel !!

 

Steve