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  1. 12 hours ago, Sky Keg said:

    Gary………don’t you feel better now that you’ve finally built an F-16???? 🤔  Of course you do!!! :inlove:.  A magnificent result on this D model of the Viper that i would be proud to call my own.  Great results!!! :goodjob:

     

    Mike

    Yes Mike, I do but if I do a single seater I'll do the Tamiya kit.

     

    Cheers, Gary

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  2. Hi everyone,

    I've never made an F-16 in my 40 plus years of making models so I thought it was high time I addressed this.

    I chose the new Kinetic kit which went together generally quite well, although it had nasty joint running across the top of the fuselage just forward of the fin.

    This made blending difficult and resulted in loosing some of the nice panel lines. The instructions were unclear at the best of times especially the stencil data placement, I had to refer to reference photos.

    My usual preferred MRP paints were out of stock (again!) so I tried Hataka lacquers, USAF set, which were brilliant and I think I will use again in the future.

    I added a pair of Eduard seats and a Master pitot probe.

     

    Thanks for looking, 

    Gary

     

     

     

     

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  3. Hi Everyone.

     

    My latest model off the bench, Roden's 1/48th Grumman Mohawk. A rather nice kit with fine panel lines and nicely fitting parts, unfortunately the decals were a let down, very fragile and most of them split, so I ended up spraying the walkways on.

    I added a couple of Quickboost resin seats and an Eduard cockpit photo etch set, which I feel is a must with all that glass to look through.

    Painted with Mr Color, weathered with oils and pastel chalks.

     

    Thanks for looking.

    Gary

     

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  4. 6 hours ago, RichG said:

    Thats a fantastic build Gary.

     

    I still have the kit I started years ago and planned to build as an early MR.1 in these markings. Well when I say "started", I took the main components off the sprue and ended up snapping the big lower wing/ fuselage section (vulnerable to excessive dry fitting..!) I think I was put off at the time by people panning the kit, but your's looks superb and is certainly the inspiration that I need to have another look at this cold war warrior - I'll study the WIP.

     

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    Rich

    Many thanks Rich, I never realised there would be so much love for the Nimrod.

    Don't be put of by other peoples opinions the kit is not too bad, just a few silly mistakes by Airfix which can be easily rectified.

    One part that I feel does need changing is the canopy but I'm not sure if the Alley Cat replacement is still available.

     

    Thanks everyone for your kind comments, much appreciated.

     

    Gary

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  5. 2 hours ago, pigsty said:

    Just the right colour scheme ... but as it's a Mk.1, without the ESM pods, how did you sort out the fuel dump pipes near the wingtips?

    Thanks pigsty

    The fuel dump pipes were scratch built out of plastic strips and brass micro tubes. There's a close up photo on page three of the WIP.

    Cheers, Gary

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