Cheetah11 754 Posted November 6 (edited) I have a week of leave and we are visiting family of my wife. There is not much for me to do, so I was allowed to bring a model along. No, I could not believe it myself!! Maybe she is going soft on me at old age. Anyway I jumped at the chance. Only problem l could not take along a compressor and paint. So what could I do with the time. A model l have in the stash which I knew was an easy and quick build was the F-16 from Tamiya. I had build this previously just as it was released and what a pleasant and quick build it was. It was done in Chilean markings with the Two Bob decals. As I had two more in the stash I decided to do one more. I had planned to do a F-16A all along, so l ordered the additional spruces of the Thunderbirds kit when that was released, and when Tamiya still had the spruces. I will need to change the assembly order slightly as I can only paint when I get home. So lots of dry fitting needed but at least I can get the “ Donkey work” as my friend Joe calls it done. So here goes an interesting almost OOB build. Nick Edited November 7 by Cheetah11 Spelling 9 Kagemusha, Madmax, MikeC and 6 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alain11 2,127 Posted November 6 Hi Nick only a week !!??? It’s a pleasant and easy kit , I agree but.......... happy modeling mate!!!!!!!!!!! Alain 1 Cheetah11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madmax 985 Posted November 6 3 hours ago, Cheetah11 said: I have a week of leave and we are visiting family of my wife. There is not much for me to do, so I was allowed to bring a model along. No, I could not believe it myself!! Maybe she is going soft on me at old age. Brave guy! 1 Cheetah11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheetah11 754 Posted November 6 Thanks for the comments Alain and Sean, It does seem a bit much to do the kit in a week but I won’t do the engine and dolly or any stores except Sidewinders and the belly tank. Here are the parts not used. Some of the parts needing modification to an A are the slats. The only poor reference I could find shows the inboard hinge of the three should be removed but I need a bit more certainty. Anyone know for sure? Thanks Nick 3 Coneheadff, LSP_Kevin and Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan 154 Posted November 6 An excellent kit! Watching this build with interest... have fun with it! 1 Cheetah11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 30,380 Posted November 6 Great start! Interesting to work on models away from your own bench 1 Cheetah11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 1,837 Posted November 6 Nice! The A has two hinge fingers instead of three on that inside hinge. What will you do about the tail? Pity you are in such a rush, KASL produces a great PW exhaust and also A tail (which you would likely need to modify depending on the version you are building). Cheers, Marcel 1 Cheetah11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
periklis_sale 85 Posted November 7 What will you do about the tail fin? 1 Cheetah11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheetah11 754 Posted November 7 14 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Great start! Interesting to work on models away from your own bench These are the traveling tools. Yes Brian, a bit different but at least I can see all the tools on the workbench The other difficulty is doing everything from the IPad. Hi Marcel The question on the tailfin. When the Tamiya kit was released a modeling friend gave me a box with two Hasegawa kits in spares. I will use some of these part except the gear doors. The tailpipe parts for the Thunderbird kit are great and fit very well. AM products are difficult for us. I have been waiting since March for books from Belgium. Cheers Nick 3 Marcel111, LSP_Kevin and Coneheadff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 1,837 Posted November 7 Looks like you have things covered. Pay close attention to the wheels, Block 15 OCU aircraft have the Block 30/32 wheels you get with the Thunderbirds kit. Cheers, Marcel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheetah11 754 Posted November 7 25 minutes ago, Marcel111 said: Looks like you have things covered. Pay close attention to the wheels, Block 15 OCU aircraft have the Block 30/32 wheels you get with the Thunderbirds kit. Cheers, Marcel Hi Marcel I am doing an early Block 15 around 1984/85 so the Hasegawa wheels will do. The markings will be a surprise. BTW I used the wheels of this kit on a Sufa converted to a Block 60. Cheers Nick 2 stusbke and Marcel111 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheetah11 754 Posted November 8 (edited) A bit more work on the cockpit. I am loving this modeling vacation as I am doing in a week that would normally take a month. The best diagram I could find for an early F -16 was this one. These are the options I have. The single seat cockpit from the Sufa kit, the Tamiya block 25 and the Hasegawa kit cockpit. The latter was the only one even close. I never realized there was such a difference in the layout of the various blocks. The easiest route for a fairly accurate and still one fitting well was to cut the Hasegawa sills and glue them onto the kit cockpit tub. Worked surprisingly well. I also started preparing the rear top fuselage fir the fin. I have done this in 1/48 as well and the 1/32 conversion needs a lot less plastic card to fill. Enjoy Nick Edited November 8 by Cheetah11 Spelling 7 Marcel111, chrish, Coneheadff and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheetah11 754 Posted November 8 Almost done with the modifications. An extra layer of thin plastic card completed the upper fuselage . Sometimes Tamiya is difficult to understand. At the kit design stage an extra spruce would have given us the F-16 A ,B and D variants as well. The next thing to do was to fit the Hasegawa tail. At the same time I scribed the tail. A test fit. Fortunately the panel lines line up. Another small modification on the front fuselage was to build the Hasegawa blast deflected onto the Tamiya kit. The fit looks a little rough but should be OK with a bit of filler. The modified cockpit tub and assembly sequence fortunately fit without a pain. Enjoy 6 blackbetty, LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alain11 2,127 Posted November 8 hi Nick years ago , I built the F 16 N from the old Hasegawa kit ( Tamiya kit wasn't still available)( a lot of engraving work)sure ,your way will save time .... I think the N version was closed to the A , I displayed her "in flight " because I was a bit lazy , I had chosen the grey / green splinter camo scheme , a very attractive one Alain 2 Cheetah11 and Marcel111 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheetah11 754 Posted November 9 20 hours ago, alain11 said: hi Nick years ago , I built the F 16 N from the old Hasegawa kit ( Tamiya kit wasn't still available)( a lot of engraving work)sure ,your way will save time .... I think the N version was closed to the A , I displayed her "in flight " because I was a bit lazy , I had chosen the grey / green splinter camo scheme , a very attractive one Alain Hi Alain, I am showing my age but remember the Hasegawa F-16 well. I built three of them and repainted one twice in different markings when they became scarce . At the time of the Hasegawa F-16 and F-18 releases they were the state of the art 1/32 jets and much sought after. The earlier jet available at the time was the old F-4 and Mirage from Revell. The Revell F-4E with weapons was met with great enthusiasm in the day. I still have the Hasegawa F-18 converted to the C with the Paragon set. Now we are spoiled for choice and still criticize every release. I am now at the limit of my F-16 build without painting and priming. Hopefully I can continue next week if the ‘ Honey do list ‘ allows me some time. This is the point reached. Cheers Nick 5 Coneheadff, LSP_Kevin, Madmax and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
