rafalbert Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) Despite being massively slow with other GBs I am in with the trusty Revell kit (not that I have built one yet). I saw my first Belgian -16 display at Church Fenton in 1985 where it blew the performance of the USAF -16 (which had displayed earlier) completely out of the water, along with my 12 year old mind. I have no idea what machine was used for that display, but I know they used "FA-17" from 349 Sqn at the 1986 display so I will be modelling that. After some of the issues I have had with ancient IM and resin kits (not to mention melting my Nimrod 🤦🏼♂️), I am looking forward to one which will hopefully go together fairly easily 🤞. The kit itself I bought from Jason on here who kindly put two kits inside, but only one set of decals as I had different plans for this kit initially. Luckily I have an old Italeri sheet from somewhere in the stash plus the Modeldecal sheet which should serve me well. Dave Edited June 19, 2021 by rafalbert 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 welcome along with a great build and what sounds to be a great scheme that has some importance to you. Unfortunately I've never seen an F-16 in the flesh much less one flying...... other that a couple off in the wee distance in Singapore. Good luck with the build and it is nice to have a nice straightforward one to clear the mind from other more problematic builds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/19/2021 at 12:38 PM, rafalbert said: I saw my first Belgian -16 display at Church Fenton in 1985 where it blew the performance of the USAF -16 (which had displayed earlier) completely out of the water, along with my 12 year old mind. I have no idea what machine was used for that display, but I know they used "FA-17" from 349 Sqn at the 1986 display so I will be modelling that. According to Scramble’s show report, the Belgian F-16A at Church Fenton in 1985 was FA-34, which according to F16.net was with 349 squadron. There was also an F-16B there on static, FB-13 that can be seen there in a couple of photos online. Unfortunately I can’t see any taken of FA-34 that day. Irrespective of particular serial, it’s a great choice of subject. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalbert Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Filler said: According to Scramble’s show report, the Belgian F-16A at Church Fenton in 1985 was FA-34, which according to F16.net was with 349 squadron. There was also an F-16B there on static, FB-13 that can be seen there in a couple of photos online. Unfortunately I can’t see any taken of FA-34 that day. Irrespective of particular serial, it’s a great choice of subject. Thank you for that, I will start searching for photos of FA-34 in 1985! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I took a quick look and there's not a lot out there I could find, but here's a couple of slightly grainy images and a couple of its tail behind another F-16, all from the Mildenhall Air Fete in 1985. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001378141.html https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000539885.html https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1195121 https://www.flickr.com/photos/132337785@N03/34258159821/in/photolist-qKAgS4-Uch2nX-it7s2c and one more from Chievres in black and white http://bdd.deltareflex.com/cns_affiche.php?image=25764 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalbert Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 That is excellent, many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalbert Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 I have made a start, made a bit of an error in not attaching the upper cockpit section to the upper wing section prior to attaching it all the the lower section 🤦🏼♂️. I am building a "what if" RAF 3 Sqn machine alongside this so will try this assembly method with that kit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalbert Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Now the Bison is finished I can crack on with my 16. It has taken more filler than I expected (no doubt due to my meagre skills) and I have messed up the join between the two upper sections which I will approach differently next time. The tail is not attached to make it easier for painting, and I am leaving off the tailplanes at the moment for the same reason. Looking at the instructions I am surprised that there is not much more to do before I can start applying paint so hopefully i will have more updates shortly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 great to see her all together. They do build up really quickly, even the monster scale ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalbert Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 Sorry guys, I am done building for a while. Since my Nimrod incident, I have managed to screw up every model I have built so I am walking away from them for a few weeks and not participating in any more GBs until I can get past this. Good luck with your builds guys and thank you for letting me play up until now 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 that's a real shame, sorry to here your builds haven't been going to plan. Hopefully a break can help restore your mojo, we all seem to have these periods But modelling is a powerful drug so know you'll be back and building better that ever. Look forward to seeing you back when you're ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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