Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) Well I've started my 2 seat F-16F using the Academy Sufa kit, IsraCast conversion, Zactomodels intake, Aries Wheel Bay and Wolfpack Cockpit. I plan on doing this aircraft. Edited May 28, 2018 by Bruce F`s are my favs, SapperSix, Iain and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Happy modeling! Now that's some "fuel on wings". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 so I started with the spine conversion first. I had to reshape the undeside of the spine piece to get it to sit on the fuselage. Iain, LSP_Kevin and F`s are my favs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 I then tackled the intake and wheel well replacements. Not too much trouble there. I added some detail in the nose well because the Zotz intake didn't have any detail and I couldn't use the Aires piece. red baron, F`s are my favs, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) I next started on the Wolfpack Sufa cockpit set. I was a bit disappointed with the tub. It is basically the Academy tub with some minor additions. They added a couple boxes behind the seat(that won't be seen, some hoses on the side panels and some floor details(mostly not seen with the seat in position. The rest of the set is nice. For grins I added some floor detail to the Academy tub using two part putty to see if I could duplicate Wolfpack's work. I'm going to use it in an old Hasegawa kit I started to convert many years ago. The tub has a HUGE pouring plug that has to be removed and I had to sand away a great deal of other material to get it to fit over the intake tunnel so the top and bottome fuselage halves would mate. After all that, I took a break from the cockpit and did the Aim-120s that I'm going to use instead of Sidewinders. After painting, it took me 2 hours to put the decals on the two missiles. Edited May 28, 2018 by Bruce Gazzas, Iain, F`s are my favs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Looks great so far Bruce. I love the UAE Block 60`s and I will follow that topic. The F is also an future project of mine. Be carefull with the nose! A friend of mine build an great E and tried to use the nose conversion of the aftermarket kit. But the nose was way too small and couldn`t attached to the fuselage. At the end he used the kit nose and modified it instead of using the aftermarket resin part. I made a few images of the F in Tucson and Nellis. Maybe that help a little bit for your build. Cheers Kai Lothar and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Iain, F`s are my favs, AceofClubs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Nice choice! I look froward to seeing this come together. The two seaters look the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Hi Bruce, Great start on a sharp looking F-16. Just for clarity so no one looking to follow your lead gets confused. Did you mean Xactomodels Intake? Cheers, Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 thanks for the additional pics and the heads up on the nose piece. I haven't made any cuts to the nose so I'll " measure twice and cut once" as they say (or maybe not cut at all and just modify. F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Hi Bruce, Great start on a sharp looking F-16. Just for clarity so no one looking to follow your lead gets confused. Did you mean Xactomodels Intake? Cheers, Barry I used the Zactomodels wide mouth intake correction set for the Academy kit. www.Zactomodels.com Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Great project Bruce - will be following along! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Breuce terrific thread and will be following with great interest. Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I used the Zactomodels wide mouth intake correction set for the Academy kit. www.Zactomodels.com Your original post says Zotz but I did not do much better miss spelling Zactomodels. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Your original post says Zotz but I did not do much better miss spelling Zactomodels. Barry good catch, I fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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