Jon Bryon Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) Hello all, My eighth completion of the year is the venerable Hasegawa 1/48 F-16A. I believe this tooling originates from 1983, which makes it kind of sad that IMO this is still the best kit of the F-16A available in 2020! Aftermarket is limited to a Quickboost seat and Eduard main wheels. The nose pitot is scratchbuilt. Paint is MRP and Hataka lacquer and the flat finish is Mr Color GX113 thinned with Mr Rapid Thinner, which has resulted in a grittier finish than when I use Mr Leveling Thinner. The decals are from the Kinetic F-16A/B kit and are not quite accurate in detail. Thanks for looking and a more thorough build review is at https://jonbryon.com/hasegawa-1-48-lockheed-general-dynamics-f-16a-fighting-falcon/. Comments welcome. Jon Edited November 1, 2020 by Jon Bryon 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter W Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Great build and finish and who doesn’t love an aggressor. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Great to see a model of an early F-16A. And a very well one too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Superb!!! It makes me wish that I could get at the controls of this Viper. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 While I'm not crazy about the US Navy Aggressor colors, your model is excellent and your paint work and decal application are superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Hello Jon, Excellent F-16A in a very special paint scheme. Regards, Orion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 What a great looking F-16. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Great looking F-16, absolutely a stunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Very nicely executed! Love the brown "Flogger" scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Wow, that is excellent work. The camo finish and weathering are superbly executed - well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Great looking model.q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Smart! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Thank you all for your comments. It was a fun scheme to model! I shall be doing a Kinetic F-16B in the blue Flanker scheme next. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Neat, great looking Viper. Very good paint job, indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Beautiful job all around! I love the scheme. Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Fantastic build Jon, I love the crisp finish with subtle weathering and the colour selection is just spot on. I'm pondering about getting the Kinetic kit also for the decals to do one of the blue F-16As, the Fightertown and Two Bobs sheets seem impossible to find! David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 5 hours ago, mirageiv said: Fantastic build Jon, I love the crisp finish with subtle weathering and the colour selection is just spot on. I'm pondering about getting the Kinetic kit also for the decals to do one of the blue F-16As, the Fightertown and Two Bobs sheets seem impossible to find! David The Kinetic kit box is a bit misleading. You get three schemes: a brown single-seater, a blue single-seater and a blue two-seater. The decals are designed by Fightertown and as I made comment in my article, are not quite right for the model I made. Kinetic also got the actual camouflage scheme wrong in the instructions. Fortunately, you can find the Fightertown instructions online if you look. Another option is the Eduard kit (if you can get hold of it) but I have some accuracy concerns in relation to the markings there, too. Thanks Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyg352 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 That's rather nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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