Daniel Iscold Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Dear fellas: This model got an interesting history. It was started by a plasticmodeler from the south of Brazil, then he gave up to finsh it, and this model changed hands at least two or three times, during models swaps. Last weekend, me and my friend Marcus Borges, swap built models by this one, and and an Yak-3 from Special Hobby. The F-16 build is masterfully made, the paint job was done uising Gunze paints (according to Marcus, but we not 100% sure about it), and this get an great finish, The paint job needs a little retouches in some areas, and appling of panel lines wash, and replacement of some yellowed decals, squadron makings and stencils. The last owner broke many parts like the foward landing gear, damaging the internal surface of the engine intake (fixable). I´m here to ask for your help!!!! If you have any leftovers from Tamiya decal sheets or landing gear parts (mainly LG doors actuators), I´m glad to receive it, of course I´m willing to pay for the postage. Tamiya´s bombs, auxiliary tanks and missiles are also welcome. Thank you so much for your help. This models is almost free from the shelf of doom!! Lets finish it!!!!! ps: sorry for the crapy photo, my cell phone camera is damage Edited December 22, 2022 by Daniel Iscold Derek B, John1, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) First things first... 1- put the other shoe at LG end to level out the wings and make the model handling more easy... Later on the wheels will take some weathering. The first one is too soft... 2- Fixed the Front LG and glue it in proper position. Now it is time to fix the damaged inside of engine intake using filler (epoxi putty) and sand paper. I hope I´m able to find a proper angle to paint a smoth cover of white. Wish me luck!!! 3- As I´m unable to get in touch, with the forme builder/owner of this model, I dont know what the exact brand/color of paint. For the FS 36118 I have used gunze H-308 to retouch the yellowed flaps and ailerons, it was almost a perfect match. Maybe the tonal difference is due to the smooth paint surface achieved earlier in this build. I decided to fade way the wing slats and adjacent panels, I´ll keep the original color only in the midle wing section. Cut off the static discharges, in order to replace them later on by 0,3 or 0,4 mm brass tubes. Started to apply some fading in the center of wing and fuselage panels, after all I never seen an operacional F-16 with the exact same gray tone in the entire surface. In the end I´ll apply wash and some weathering. Edited August 11, 2022 by Daniel Iscold Stevepd, KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Lets put some color at those panel lines!!! themongoose, LSP_Kevin, scvrobeson and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVTB Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Nice work. Let me know if you still need any parts. I see you worked on fixing the gear. Looks oretty good from what i can see. Nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Parts will be in the mail on Monday morning Daniel. Derek B, Kagemusha and Paramedic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Thank you Pete!!!! Later on I'll up load some pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Looking real good! I hope it gets finished, it really deserves it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Morning fellas: Weekend babysitting my son, it was not an easy task! A Very short time for modeling. But I managed to take some pictures of the F-16 rescue from shelf of doom. As I planed, Did apply some wash and weathering at the wheels, and painted in black some details, as instructions indicates. When I started to take some parts to put together, I droped the instrument panel at the floor. It broked in so many parts, making the recovery of this part impossible. My friend Claudio Vilela came to rescue me, He gave me the original kit parts, as he´ll dress up his stashed F-16 with Aires Cockpit. Thanks "FI" (his nickname, shorting for "son" in portuguese). Now it is time to look for some Intrument decals... Edited August 15, 2022 by Daniel Iscold Derek B, KiwiZac, Paramedic and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Forgot to tell something interesting about the brittleness of the plastic in this model. Marcus reported me ,that the former owner, let this model, for a long period into sun exposure, maybe this, had transformed the chemical composition of the plastic in a brittle form. Here´s the warning of the day... keep your models away from direct sun exposure fellas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Ouch, poor IP.. Glad you could easily get that replacement though! Yeah, been very warm and sunny here lately. Had a couple of half built models on a table.. I wuickly moved them, even though direct sunlight is worse (ie no window). I think it is better to be safe than sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Well, did take my chances today. I decided to sand the yellowed decals from the front portion of the fuselage and tail. I discovered that the faded gray color in fact is a layer os yellowed varnish. After sanding down an layer of Gunze H306 (FS 36270) appears. Now is just wait for the decal sheet provided by Pete arrive, to replace the stencils and tail numbers!!! I also rescribed some missing panel lines, and proceed with the panel line acent in the entire model. In the end I re- painted the nose cone. Edited August 17, 2022 by Daniel Iscold Rockie Yarwood, Landrotten Highlander, CShanne and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) Good Night fellas. A little progress with the F-16 I´d repainted the tail and rudder. Dam it!!! I forgot to take pictures to show the "beore and after", the paint and decal films was so yellowed and ugly. The new decals came from leftovers of a Claudio´s former build. For the grey I used FS36270 (Gunze H-306), and for the dillution I used a mix of 50% Thinner from DUPONT 6060 and 50% isopropilic alchool. The new paint surface was smooth enough to receive the new decals and new wash at panel lines,with no need of gloss varvish whatsoever. I also repaint the metal finish at the engine exaust using gunze buffing metalizer. In the end I installed this probe in the tail edge, using stainless stell tube section. Can´t wait to put my hands at Pete´s box! Edited August 24, 2022 by Daniel Iscold themongoose, LSP_Kevin, Rockie Yarwood and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVTB Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) Very good news!!! The parts and spare decals sent by our resident F-16 obsesive fan Mr. Stokey Pete, are arriving in the next few days. As soon I´ll put my hands on them. I´ll be abe to keep this project running!!! Edited September 29, 2022 by Daniel Iscold Landrotten Highlander and Stokey Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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