Janissary Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) Hello, I have been inspired by Viperbite's recent great set of F-16s (linky) so decided to get one. I have been eagerly awaiting the 'D' model from Tamiya to no avail :) So, decided with the regular one. I am also very impressed by the following builds: http://www.scalespot.com/onthebench/f16c/build.htm http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=179065 http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....amiya&st=40 Edited February 16, 2011 by Janissary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) After painting the intake, I attached the surrounding pieces. I did not like how they joined together so I stripped all the paint in alcohol and started from scratch. To later insert the support rod, I removed it from the top following some surgery. I also tried to rethread the tires after losing all the details to sanding. The cockpit was painted with XF-19 and the panels with Tamiya semigloss black. I applied a light grey wash between the panels, a black wash in the cockpit, and did some drybrushing. Edited February 16, 2011 by Janissary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) I tried to add some detail to the nozzle using aluminum foil. It didn't work as well as I hoped it would but I guess it is better than nothing (still looks like a wrinkled table cloth to me). The front view of the intake. Not too bad but nothing spectacular either. Still the seam line is visible and the border between the grey lip and the white intake is not super sharp. Edited February 16, 2011 by Janissary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 I tried to finish the nozzle with some washes, matt coat, and pastels. Also, put together the major pieces. It took me about 15 days for me to come to this point. I started many phases from scratch multiple times along the way like the intake, cockpit and the nozzle. There is some puttying and sanding I will need to do on the body. Hope I can do that without losing too much detail.... The next set of pictures will probably be after priming. Thanks for watching! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Great work!!! Intake looks magnificent! i try this method, but it looks awful after.... is this paint enamel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
agelos2005 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 great work mate! what markings? anything exotic or a Turkish one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 So will this Viper wear the IFF and extended tail fairing that I sent you? If so, looking forward to seeing it! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 nice start Janissary, the nozzle are awesome with the scratch work cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thank you very much for your comments. Qian, yes, I am using the IFF you have sent me together with those Jason has sent me. The parachute will be used in another block but I already have plans for that. Mario, the white paint is latex paint I got from Home Depot. The key I think with that dump method is that the surface has to be very clean (free of dust, oils) and it should not be too shiny. A little bit of grit is necessary for good coverage. And yes, I plan to make this a Turkish bird. I have been working on the external pieces and the main body. I tried to make a few pods I have seen in pictures. I also added handles to the canopy frame piece from bent wire. I have also done some painting. I first applied Surfacer 1200, followed by Gunze acrylic 36375, 36270 and 38118. For the nozzle, I first primed it wirh MM enamel gloss black. Then, I applied Alcad steel, followed by some post shading using Alclad pale gold. Next, I applied very thinned clear blue and clear orange. Finally, with a polishing stick, I gently scrubbed the metallic surface. I thought it gave a reasonable discoloration but I also think it could be much better. I will be posting some additional pictures soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tavendale Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Amazing work thus far! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Great work!! :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viperbite Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Man, I love the way you've made up for the burner tube. Really looking forward more! P.S. Thank you for liking my vipers:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Thank you all. I have finally applied some primer. I used surfacer 1200, followed by some touchups. I then went over the surfaces with #2000 sandpaper. I then used Tamiya XF-20 so recheck some sections. As you may see, there are a number of seamlines and panel lines I should have done a better job with (both bottom and top) but it is just taking too long. I have decided to continue with painting. Hopefully the weathering will help suppress some of those issues. I hope I can pull this off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Excellent work so far and thanks for posting all the great pics! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 This is turning out to be an good looking Viper. Watching with interest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Hello, I have been working on painting. I have done some shading as well but I am luke warm about it. I have a few more steps to go before I can move to decaling and washing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) Edited March 16, 2011 by Janissary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 magnificent painting and shading!!! Great!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viperbite Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hi Janissary, Great painting and weathering, I love the different shading panels on the vertical tail. Jin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
agelos2005 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 great shading mate...how did you do it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Great job so far, but are you going to fill this panel line that is circled? Tamiya made this little error that this panel is present on on B/D models and Block 50/52 PLUS models. Yours is a normal Block 50 so the panel shouldn't be there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anders_Isaksson Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Very good work, I really like the subtle shading you have achieved! Cheers, Anders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollie 17 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 This is one F-16 that is made right. I want to wish you all the very best on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thank you very much all. Periklis, I do shading by adding a little bit of white and black and sometimes smoke colors to the main colors and thinning them a lot. I appy this with a 0.3mm airbrush (crowncap off) at ~10-15psi. It takes a while to get the hang of it but it actually is not too difficult. Qian, you are right about the panel, I learned that also recently. But I think it is too late now for me to fix it. I have been working on a few things. I did not like the wheels so stripped the paint and repainted. Also decalled and washed the fuel tanks. I then tried to do some more shading. However, things went downhill from there and I ran into a lot of issues with the paint. Details aside, I ended up not liking the final result: With that, I decided to hold on to the hard-to-find Tuaf decals I received from a fellow modeller and instead go ahead with the kit's decals. I chose Spangdahlem decals, old school, no have glass etc. I just wanted to finish this model the best way I can. This change obvisouly makes the IFF antenna now the wrong type, but I chose to live with that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Here are a few more pictures. I airbrushed future to select regions, applied the decals and an oil wash. The most difficult part was to clean the excess wash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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