theplasticsurgeon Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Joining you with this Academy 1/72 F-16C kit, Costing me £8 from an IPMS colleague. Bought 2016. Instructions. Parts. The only option is deciding which number aircraft. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 welcome along Tim, I was wondering if we would see one of these colourful birds in the build. Just looking at the sprue trees and they almost look like a scaled down version of the 1/32nd monster I'm building. I have to say so far the Academy model is a nice one to build so with lucks your's should be a nice straightforward build. Good luck with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 My previous form for 1/72 F-16s. Airfix F-16A, built 1993. Matchbox F-16B Dutch Tiger, built 1993. Monogram F-16XL Cranked Arrow, built 1997. Hasegawa F-16CCV, built 2012 Hasegawa F-16B Israeli Falcon, built 2017. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Today the day of major construction. Resulting in an airfame looking like an F-16. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Coming along very nicely - already looking like a lawn dart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Canopy fitted an masked. Then aerosolled gloss white. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 she's coming along nice and quick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 Congratulations to England! Several afternoons of decals, which are not great. Some repairs and finishing off still needed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 wow she does look spectacular in that scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Exhaust fitted, plus a jetpipe. Quite a lot of plastic for the nose ballast to counter. Undercarriage fitted, and this is quite fiddly. And finally up onto her pins. Just a few aerials, insignias and aircraft number left now. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfa1983 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Nice.... I think you're gonna beat me to the RFI gallery..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 So yesterday I decalled for aircraft No1, and applied the pitot. Just the intake nav lights left. Better photos later today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Completion. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 well done on completing her, she looks so great in the colour scheme. Thanks for joining the build, I hope the build was enjoyable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Great work on that complicated scheme Tim! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Nice one Tim, looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 @theplasticsurgeon Not sure why but I can't see any of your pics on my Mac, tried Chrome, Firefox and Safari...anyone else have the same problem? Be good to see so I can keep mine on track when I get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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