Pierpaolo Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Hi gents 1993, I was 18 and I was in the last year of high school. In a hardware store where I had gone to buy other things they sold some models, I bought a 1/72 scale Desert Storm AMT-Ertl F / A-18A that I mounted without painting it, putting the decals on the bare plastic. Shortly afterwards I purchased an F-16A of the same series dedicated to Desert Storm accompanied this time by 5 jars of Humbrol colors : 5, 33, 34, 116 and 127 (if I remember correctly). I was convinced that with these colors I could do everything. This is the oldest model I still have (sorry for the dust). I then painted the Hornet with the blue angels livery (without decals) but I don't remember what happened to it. Last year at a model contest I found this ESCI-Ertl kit which is the same mold as that same aged AMT kit but the reason why I took it,was that the boxart represented the same plane that I had a large poster of in my room when i was young. Some parts are separated from the sprue, the exhaust and the wheel wells are already painted by the previous owner (am I in the 25% rule?) The model I will make for this Group Build will therefore be an 1/72 scale F-16A of the 186th FIS of the Montana ANG 'Big Sky Country' Can I use the cockpit on an Academy kit for which I planned to use an Aires cockpit or is it against the rules? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 another great trip down memory lane, for me. I had that same Desert Storm box version. If I remember, it had options to build the A or B version? Really fun kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Welcome to the GB and thanks for sharing the great backstory and old model. Yes that’s well under 25% complete so you’re fine and you are welcome to ‘pimp’ the model all you wish so using annother cockpit is fine also. Good luck with the build! Edited May 13, 2020 by Dansk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 A great choice and a very nice choice of decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the welcome The mold is also designed for two-seater version (notice the long "hole" on the fuselage and his cover) but that kit (amt) provided for 2 options both single-seater and did not contains the necessary parts for the two-seater. Also the 5 options of the ESCI kit are all single-seater As you can see from my notes written on the instruction, i made a comparison between two other kit (Academy and Tamiya F-16C) to establish the colors of the livery Edited May 13, 2020 by Pierpaolo addiction 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hi all! This is the cockpit of an Academy F-16CJ kit mounted on the ESCI kit I didn't worry much about correctness because the alternative, the original cockpit was not quite up to par I started with in jets but for many years I made mainly WWII planes, I re-started making jets recently and one of my main difficulties are the ejection seats: too much colors and little details This mess is the best i could do. Harnesses are made from masking tape strips This is air intake I like the separation between gray and white but I made a mess when the blade in the middle (i don' know how it's called) didn't want to stick straight 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Super work all round. The seat is great even for 1/48 scale! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I agree, I think your ejector seat looks excellent. The F-16 is coming together very nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thank You 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hi! Some little progress on my F-16.. Fuselage closed and wings glued I have to finish sanding the joints 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 She has come together very nicely, good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Thank You I am amazed too, I haven't yet used putty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Pierpaolo said: Thank You I am amazed too, I haven't yet used putty Tamiya eat your heart out. 😊 great work it looks like this will be a super tidy build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Hi between Saturday and Tuesday I had 4 days at home to model, yesterday in fact it was our National Republic Day So I was able to work a lot on both the F-16 and the Corsair that I am doing for the F4U Corsair STGB I painted the entire model with his four colors Preshading MrHobby H305 FS 36118 for the upper surfaces MrHobby H308 FS 36375 for the bottom surfaces MrHobby H306 FS 36270 for the sides MrHobby H317 FS 36231 for the cone 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Really looking great now. The last shots with the radome painted really brings it together. This is gonna be good. 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 That really is a very neat and very good paint job, very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Thank You 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 This is looking quite nice, it helps to have four days to take your time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Hi The more careful will have noticed that in the previous photos the engine exhaust was missing I made some touches with the darker color (H305). the paint is still wet 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Looks super nice, particularly for 1/72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Thank you Dansk The decal sheet includes those for making the lines that delimit the walkway but they are long and narrow and I don't trust them, so I preferred to mask and paint them 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 49 minutes ago, Pierpaolo said: so I preferred to mask and paint them Now that is just showing off! Some of the neatest masking and painting I've ever seen, excellent work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi! The decals are about 30 years old but they went well 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Those decals look perfect despite their age, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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