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mirageiv Very Obsessed Member

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Hi guys,

I managed to finish my first two models of the year (It only took till May :lol:) .

First up is an F-16A from the RDAF. I wanted to model the first jet as it entered service in 1980, a brand new Block 1 example with inspiration coming from two photos like these:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alfblume/8194950032/in/photolist-nbar31-68i3L6-pJNy3p-898n97-898naQ-8958J4-cWKpMN-pJNyfP-psj7WZ-9HoHUi-6T6hj6-6TaiQN-6T6idx-6Tai5f-p7fqc1-oQEaJt-gWfR6E-p71Xt6-duag8W-p5eKXb-oQE4bP-oP5c4A-p6wuY9-oMZ5gU-p5rbF3-oPMhHR-oMYTEH-oPLLtJ-oPMQbP-oMY7mD-oMYZDX-p71rsz-oPMn4c-p8ah8c-oMXyvW-p8aexn-p7f8tS-oQERKj-oPMctJ-oMYcUc

http://www.f-16.net/g3/f-16-photos/album37/album20/abd

The idea being a celebration of the first F-16 entering RDAF service and tooled up showing what it could do, little what-if I guess about it but what the heck. Imho I didn't manage to pull off the brand new look, looks a bit toy like maybe but I learnt a few things that I'd do differently for the future to maybe help convey this appearance type on other builds.

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I chose a mixed load of Mavericks (IIRC evaluated initially but not purchased until the 90's), Mk.84 slick, Mk.82 slick and Mk.82 Snakeyes on triple launchers, active seekers for the Aim-9s. Of course it would never have flown with this but I like it :) Having a few troubles with my camera atm so sorry for the slightly grainy images.

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The canopy tint is stronger than I wanted but RDAF examples do have it quite dark, well thats my excuse :P , live and learn I guess. The WIP is here (plus 4 other F-16s in various stages of construction-http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234993893-f-16s-172/?hl=barak.

The second model is a F-104G (Hasegawa kit) from the Marineflieger Geschwader Zwei, during the last years of service early to mid eighties. By this time many jets had the chaff/flare upgrade. I chose number 26+72 which later was repainted the the striking airshow Viking scheme. Aftermarket was the seat, nozzle and Kormoran missiles, oh and the excellent DACO decal sheets. Some of these later jets looked pretty battered so I went for a heavy amount of weathering.

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Uncommon as it was, I made everything live, including the chaff and flare dispensers.

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In natural light the jet takes on a nice blue hue which is noticeable in many photographs,

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The Hasegawa 1/72 kit is a gem, great for doing multiple 104s. The WIP is here, http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234998633-marineflieger-f-104g/page-1. I'm doing a 1/32 kit as well, currently experiencing a minor hick up but should have a RFI for that a few weeks down the line.

As always thank you for all the encouragement and advice during my builds, sure makes it a pleasure to construct models on here :)

I hope you like them, the Starfighter is one of my favourites in my finished pile now, just need to replicate that in 1/32 and I'll be content indeed.

Thanks for looking and any comments much appreciated,

David.

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RMP2 Very Obsessed Member

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Both are lovely.

The shine on the Viper canopy really works well, but the 104 is stealing the show.

Looking forward to more of your work.

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Both gorgeous builds, but that 104 really is so beautifully painted, and just weathered to perfection as well, really stunning work.

Eng

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Very impressive work, you have a really good eye for a realistic look to the weathering and paintwork, one day I hope to reach the same level as you have achieved here!

Rich

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:thumbsup: Thank you for the all kind words guys, the 104 is my favourite too. The weathering I tried to achieve was something like this picture: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Germany---Navy/Lockheed-(MBB)-F-104G/0628137/L/&sid=432e096d16c6fce48c6fc3cd1f860d96. The real one seems almost even more weathered but maybe it would look overdone in this scale.

David.

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Great work David. The F-104 is a real standout but the F-16 does capture that near-new look you were going for.

I really liked how stencilled the F-104 was, made it look like a larger scale, full points to Daco there and yourself for having the patience to put them all on.

It was pleasing to see them come together so thank you for making the effort to share it with us.

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Plain splendid! The Starfighter is greater-looking than life.

Congrats!

I am collecting the Hasegawa F-104S next week and I can't wait. I missed the 104G by a few days unfortunately, but a Marineflieger is on my to-do list!

At least now I know what can be done with it.

Superb

JR

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