Eric2020 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I am building YF-16 FSD no. 3, #50747, in two-tone scheme. The old ESCI kit does not give the FS numbers. Any help greatly welcome! http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item16765.html http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item16767.html TIA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mig23 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Hi Eric, That aircraft was actually in a three tone scheme, details here from an article written by Ed Yarborough which may have been published in an IPMS USA magazine: Entire undersides (everything thing below the wing line) were FS36440 except the outsides of the ventral fins which were FS36270. Light grey on upper surface was FS36270. Dark grey on upper surface was FS36076. Wing walk way lines were painted FS36270 on top of FS36076 and vice versa on surfaces painted FS36270. The two fuselage national insignia had FS36270 stars and FS36076 bars and disc - the wing marking was the other way round. Cheers, Haydn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
omar Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hello Haydn, I was planning to work on the same project, your information is truly amazing. I have two more questions you might answer as well: FSD No.4, #50740 overall 36440? FSD No.5,#50749 overall 36473? Do you have info about them as well? Best Omer ERKMEN From TURKEY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hi Omar, All FSD, exept #3 and #7 were painted in 36270 all over. #4 had dark grey markings(it is 50748, not 50740). Check out this picture: http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/General-Dynamics-F-16A/1445631/L/&sid=1181ce16bc32d84d326af592fccc7b66 #5 had colored warning markings (like FSD #3). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
omar Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hello Lancer, Thank you very much for your kind and quick reply, you made it very clear for me. By the way is there any nice and clean photo of FSD no. 3, #50747? Best Omer ERKMEN From TURKEY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) Try this one. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hd0SIvGwouQ/ThCGxfxofII/AAAAAAAAAYU/g6NLoJeB_SI/s1600/75-747f16bird.jpg I do have a crystal clear picture of half of the left fuselage from the DOD image library, but currently the server seems to be down, or they locked out non US IP-adresses again. Edited December 28, 2012 by Lancer512 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric2020 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Perfect picture Lancer! I intend to build all the FSD aircraft. I believe one very early A pre production aircraft was used in overal grey at Edwards for testing the parabreak housing for Norwegian deliveries. It would be good to post prototype pics in this topic? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Plane Fan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Here are a couple shots of F-16 #747 from my files. Hope they're of some use. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Plane Fan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 A couple more... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 (edited) Wow! Haven't seen these pictures, yet. Great share! Is that a B-61 shape under the belly on the last picture? This are the two pictures of the third FSD F-16, which I found on the official US DoD Image Library. Edited to fit the forum size. Edited December 28, 2012 by Lancer512 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric2020 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 THANK YOU Tony and Lancer!!! These pics are wonderfull for modelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 THANK YOU Tony and Lancer!!! These pics are wonderfull for modelling :worship:/> What he said! I still plan to do the AFTI one of these days... Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
omar Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Thanks for the great pictures Tony They are very rare, I haven't seen them before. Best Omer ERKMEN From TURKEY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Plane Fan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 F-16 AFTI, now you're talking. Which version of AFTI do you plan to do? Original canards and black nose.. Canards, black nose and spin chute... Canards and gray nose.. Canards and Pave Penny pods... No canards and night vision sensors... or JSF testbed? Tony What he said! I still plan to do the AFTI one of these days... Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mig23 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Many thanks to you guys for posting all these fantastic pics ! One day I intend to go back and correct the most annoying part of my '747'.... Cheers, Haydn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric2020 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Looking very smart Haydn!! Do you remember which colour you used for the Dark grey on top? I did do an search for the FS number, I think I am going to use Revell 78 or Humbrol equivilent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mig23 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Looking very smart Haydn!! :woot.gif:/> Do you remember which colour you used for the Dark grey on top? I did do an search for the FS number, I think I am going to use Revell 78 or Humbrol equivilent. Thanks Eric ! (Don't forget to remove the ecm aerial at the base of the tail fin on yours !) I used Xtracolor enamels on mine, the dark grey FS36076 is Xtracolor X128. Cheers, Haydn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phasephantomphixer Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Thanks for posting historical pics. Always liked 50747's scheme. The LHS used to have the 1/32 Hasegawa kit on display (when I was young and couldn't afford such a kit). For AFTI I am waiting for someone to make the decals in 1/32 scale. The other hinderance was resolved when I found a shot of the intake with the canard bulges. I would prefer to build it gray nose/canards or Pave Penny/Canards. Was just too cool with the added canard capability. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 F-16 AFTI, now you're talking. Which version of AFTI do you plan to do? Original canards and black nose.. That's the one! The spine will probably have to be madeout of Milliput... Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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