Caerbannog Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Ok - here is my rollicking start in 2017. Completely ignoring my usual pace I throw my three (madness!!!) Revell F-16 kits in the ring. Two will become aggressors and one will end up in tiger stripes. As a result they will all end up as Block 30 which is a bit sad in my eyes as Revell supplies plenty of options so you can build big and small mouth, P&W or GE and so on. Here are the boxes: And here are the decals: By building these parallel I hope to save lots of time and to be able to finish them all. Looking at the GBs to come this year I better hurry (plus the pending builds I have...). Beeing no F-16 buff I will be happy about any coments. Thanks! René 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Great stuff, I wondered about J's masks, will watch with interest how they work out for you. Very impressed with your homemade decals too, very nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Glad to watch Your build, have fun! V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 All excellent choices, will look forward to the progress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Looks like you are going to be busy Rene! A great selection and very nice looking home made decals, I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together. Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Welcome aboard Rene, wow you're going to have you work cutout for you with those schemes!! I like the decals sets you have, plus the masking set looks very interesting as well, I've seen these around so it will be interesting to see how you go with them. Well good luck with you production line and those colour schemes, they'll all look great in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Nothing done but priming the cockpit parts. I did work on my Mustangs in the KUTA GB to clean my bench. Well "clean" is not the right term... René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 OK - cockpits are almost done, wheelwells and intakes are painted and in place, upper fuselage parts are assembled. Nothing special so far, just a proof of life: René 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 nice production Rene! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 :-) Production goes on: Seats are not installed yet and seem to be a bit wide for the tub. Maybe I replace them with resin seats anyway, but not sure yet. René 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Very nice work Rene. These really are coming together quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I agree they're coming along nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Not so quickly anymore... I was a bit engaged with the Wessex build and working on my motorcycle. The bike will ask for many more hours the coming days... Anyway here is my little update: Looks as if the painting stage is rather close, but there is some filling and sanding ahead and I need to check the details for the three airframes. Some samll parts are left and I have no clue which to use without checking. René 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Nice work, and coming along quite quickly despite the fact that you are building three at once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Feel a bit bad because I felt a bit bad the past weeks and did not do much work on the three. But I will be back in the workshop this week so hope to get a head with the builds. So many more GB to take part into but not before I started painting these here. René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Good stuff Rene! Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Did some tiny work yesterday: René 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 A little bit more progress: René 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 they're coming along nicely, getting closer to painting time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Yes it is painting time - but not the F-16. Just the corridor of our house :-( So not much done this week but to paint the anti glare area around the cockpit and polishing and glueing the canopies in place. Stangely the molds of the F-16 seem to be worn out already - the later boxing has quite some excess plastic to remove: The corridor should be done tonight so I hope for some hour on the F-16 this weekend. René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Epic fail on this I fear. I am rebuilding /customizing my motorcycle which is more work than I thought. The past two weekend went into the new wireing harness alone. Sorted out the last mistake this morning. Long story short: I will not be able to finish these in time. Sorry. Will go on non the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 That's a shame Rene, I was looking forward to seeing them completed. No amount of will help you now unfortunately, though it may distract you! Please keep updating the build thread, even though you didn't manage to finish them, it was great to have you along as usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 :-) I have enough distraction - that is the problem ;-) Of course I want to finish them... like all the others on the ever growing shelf of doom. Below is a pic of how the three looked like three weeks ago, when I was still sure to bring these into the gallery: What stoped me from painting them was the poor fit of the canopies. I am still not sure if I should jsut try to sand them down or seperate them again from the fuselage to pose them open. Time will tell. Just a glimpse of my distraction: As with building plastic kits the unexpected strikes freequently and so the time actually needed to finish a subassembly is roughly 10 times higher than the time I estimated for the task before. But the new redesigned wire loom is done now and works as it should so I can go back to proper mechanical work. Btw.: The leather tool roll under the head lamp was just an interrim solution for keeping the excessive wire loom which did not fit inside the new headlamp, where it usually goes. The new loom will go from the instruments straight under the tank without this chopper style tool rool. René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Oooo very nice distraction!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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