Stokey Pete Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Excellent work, I love the mix and matching of bits from various kits to get what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 10/31/2022 at 11:04 AM, alain11 said: Hi Nick that turns nice,you are closes to the end !!!! Well done!!!! Oh !!! BTW , which bad words could we Say in such situation ...... I mean the decal That does what it wants !!!!!!! I wonder.......... Alain Hi Alain, I think I only said "Naughty Decal!" On 10/31/2022 at 12:20 PM, Stokey Pete said: Excellent work, I love the mix and matching of bits from various kits to get what you need. Thanks Pete, my interest have shifted to the earlier F-16's and the easy way by using the Tamiya Thunderbird kit is not readily available, so plans have to be made to cross kit. Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 The last pieces of the puzzle. I managed to pry the Tamiya lightweight gear doors from an earlier build. Fortunately without damage. Only to cast copies now. I find the 3-D printer most useful for printing casting boxes. It was always a pain building these from plastic card and sealing them . The new RTV rubber I am using is so good that it even creeps through the sides of a LEGO box so the printed boxes has made this part of my life much easier. The new doors finished and primed. I can now easily do my Academy kit as a Block 30 aggressor or a Danish MLU with little effort. The last piece of AM will be a side stick (I almost called it a control column ) from Quickboost. Then only to assemble all the parts. Cheers Nick alain11, Anthony in NZ, Gazzas and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) And suddenly all comes together. I will wait for some better weather and take more photos with the Nikon. Cheers Nick Edited November 10, 2022 by Cheetah11 CODY, John1, albymoore and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albymoore Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Fantastic looking Viper, Nick! Love those ODS nose art F-16s. Cheers, Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 9:40 PM, albymoore said: Fantastic looking Viper, Nick! Love those ODS nose art F-16s. Cheers, Albert Thanks for the compliment Albert. I think the ODS F-16 nose art was the best in the theatre. A pity they were made with non permanent paint and did not last. Cheers Nick albymoore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Awesome job, you’ve ripped through that in quick time. The nose art is excellent. Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Excellent work Nick! Looking at your progress makes me want to try my hand at a jet someday. Ernest Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Great work -hard to tell that's the old Hasegawa kit! Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Lovely example of creative problem solving Nick - it sure looks looks Desert Stormy to me! Pity the Elite decals didn't live up to your elite stencils. Would have been nice to see what the nose art looks like... I assume it's a girl in an unusually conservative one-piece swimming costume, riding a bomb, 'Dr Strangelove' style? Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Madmax said: Lovely example of creative problem solving Nick - it sure looks looks Desert Stormy to me! Pity the Elite decals didn't live up to your elite stencils. Would have been nice to see what the nose art looks like... I assume it's a girl in an unusually conservative one-piece swimming costume, riding a bomb, 'Dr Strangelove' style? I think we’re gonna need a close-up of that nose art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 23 hours ago, Madmax said: Lovely example of creative problem solving Nick - it sure looks looks Desert Stormy to me! Pity the Elite decals didn't live up to your elite stencils. Would have been nice to see what the nose art looks like... I assume it's a girl in an unusually conservative one-piece swimming costume, riding a bomb, 'Dr Strangelove' style? You are assuming correctly Sean. I will try and find a better picture when posting the RFI. There is also some details on the girl of this nose art. 14 hours ago, themongoose said: I think we’re gonna need a close-up of that nose art! Definitely, but only if no wives from that deployment sees the post. In the mean time I took two photos before cementing the canopy closed. Old school resin cockpit from Black Box still makes the cockpit look busy but not as refined as the latest 3-d printed cockpits plus my painting skill is not the greatest. Cheers Nick Landrotten Highlander, John1, Brett M and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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