jawkers Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Hello F-16A Fighter, scale 1:32 by Kangnam. I built the model for over a year. The elements were poorly folded, so I had to bend a little to make the model look something. Flags on both sides, I painted from masks. The antenna, lights and static charge scatterers are not set. Ventilation holes behind the plot and the ones on the opposite side, I cut out the laser in a 0.8mm plaque. Then profiled the plate and pasted into place. The wind deflector was ground and polished. Nice watch. 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Wow!! Nice and colorful! What a rarely seen schemem even less in big scale!! Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That is an absolute cracker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Super job, and a great scheme- but there is an error that could be easily repaired if you wish to: The Horizontal Stabilisers are not correct for the First FSD F-16, 50745. The aircraft had the original small Stabilisers (Pre- block 15) and didn't carry the rear RWR head on the base of the fin, especially in the early days when the Iranian flag was still present as a launch customer, as you have depicted. Small / Large Stabs Here's a model with the correct stabs shown 50745 Model Troffa, with a 1/48 scale 50745 on the bench! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That may be the best that poor old Kangnam kit has ever looked! Well done, on what I'm sure was a challenging build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZL104 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 A very nice paint scheme and a very nice build.👍 @Troffa, his F-16 does have the correct small stabilizers (trailing edges are flush with the speedbrakes) but for some reason the outboard edges are slightly cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawkers Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, PZL104 said: A very nice paint scheme and a very nice build.👍 @Troffa, his F-16 does have the correct small stabilizers (trailing edges are flush with the speedbrakes) but for some reason the outboard edges are slightly cut off. Yes, unfortunately this is a mistake from the manufacturer, which I have not corrected. When he was noticed, I already had everything painted and glued on the lightning rods. I decided that it will stay that way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZL104 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 To be honest, if Troffa wouldn't have mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed this tiny error since the smaller (and IMO more elegant) chord stabilizers are much more noticable and you simply don't expect these to be cut off. FYI, the 'lightning rods' don't have anything to do with lightning. These static dischargers are fitted to avoid problems with the navigation and communication equipment. when flying through precipitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Amazing result to have started with the Kangnam kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawkers Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 3 hours ago, PZL104 said: FYI, the 'lightning rods' don't have anything to do with lightning. These static dischargers are fitted to avoid problems with the navigation and communication equipment. when flying through precipitation. Yes, my mistake, I was suffering from electrostatic charge dissipation, not lightning rods.👍 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Lovely build. I remember getting a poster of this in an aviation magazine at the time, and thinking it was the most beautiful jet aircraft ever. You have realy done it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Superb job of a Kangnam kit. I remember seeing the jet being demonstrated in this scheme back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 That's a stunner! Love that scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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