okthree Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Okay, it’s about time I got around to posting this… This is my first group build on ARC. I am doing the kit that I was going to do for the Air National Guard group build, but never got around to starting. Life just got too busy and I knew I would never finish it in time. Life isn’t any less busy now, but I am hoping that I will finish this before the deadline. I am building the old Hasegawa F-16C, kit V3. Here's the obligatory photo of the kit in the box. Also I will be using Two Bobs "60th Anniv. Green Mountain Boys" decals. Black Box cocpkit and LITENING pod from Wolfpack Designs will be added. I don't feel like trying to do too much work to the intake so I am taking the easy way out and using an intake cover from Steel Beach. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 October was a busy month and I didn't have much time for working on this. I've got a couple other models on my work bench at the moment that are close to being finished. I really want to finish those up before I dive into this, but I am anxious to get underway with this kit. I have a little more work done than what I have to show here, but have yet to take pictures. As soon as I can get around to it I will get some more in progress pictures posted. The first cuts were made in preparation fro the black box cockpit. While cutting off the resin pour stub from the bottom of the seat I managed to break off one of the braces> I completely destroyed it so a new one was scratch but from Evergreen plastic. That's it for now. More to come... Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drhornii Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 A lot of work ahead, look forward to the progress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 This should be a nice Viper with all those aftermarket stuff. Watching with interest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Just a comment, the Afterburner stencils are sized for the Tamiya kit, not the Hasegawa kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 (edited) Just a comment, the Afterburner stencils are sized for the Tamiya kit, not the Hasegawa kit. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm aware of that fact. I not going to use too many from the Afterburner sheet. Basically the ACES II decal for the seat and the state inspection sticker, err, I mean the optical correction placard for the inside of the canopy were about the only decals I am going to use. I'm going to save the rest for the Tamiya kit I have in the stash. Mark Edited November 9, 2007 by okthree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Ghost 531 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Here's a couple of pics I took at the airshow for the GMB's 60th. As you can see, it was damp that day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThePhantomTwo Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Don't mean to butt in on the thread but Dave,do you have any contacts there at the base that can get me a pic of one of thier P-47's from back in the day?I've got two Tamiya T-Bolt's in the wings that are going to be in ANG markings,one will most likely be in Mass. ANG markings,still searching for a suitable scheme to put the other one in.I also have a P-47N that will go in Delaware ANG markings after I get done with the Tamiya T-Bolts. I also notice the squadrons you were with,did/do you know "Pork" Peters?He flew with both of those squadrons before he took over our unit in the 90's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 Quick update. I have installed the glare shield, rear deck, and side walls for the cockpit. As I was installing the glare shield I noticed that the AOA indexer (to the left of where the hud is mounted) had broken off. I looked in the little plastic bag that the parts came in and the box and could not find the broken piece so I scratch built a new one. Also this is Black Box's early release of the F-16C cockpit. It comes with only the WAR hud. This will be a block 25 so I needed a WAC hud. I ended up scratch building the correct hud. I wasn't sure what I was going to use for the hud glass, but then I looked at the box that the cockpit came in. I cut off a little bit of the box for the hud glass just to see how it would look. Painted black. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 Here's a couple of pics I took at the airshow for the GMB's 60th.As you can see, it was damp that day. Photos look great Dave. Thanks for sharing, I wanted to go to that show, but circumstances prevented me from going. Looks like it was wet. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Man it has been a while since I updated this one. I had to go all the way back to page 9 to find it. I had hoped to have more work done on this by now and it is getting down to the wire. November and December are always months where I can't get a lot of model building done because of the holidays. I also have been very busy fixing things around my house to get it ready to put it on the market for sale, so my time at the workbench has been sparse. I've only got back to this kit just recently. Anyways here's what I've got done. First, after I got the seat primed I noticed that the manual chute release handle was missing and the O2 supply line for the supplemental O2 bottle looked as if someone had taken a bite out of it. I rebuilt the handle with Evergreen strip and patched up the supply line with a small snake of Miliput. Before priming. The missing items are circled in red Here's a couple of the seat painted. I had to use the kit ejection handle because the resin one was missing from the Black Box set that I have. It doesn't look too bad when you see it in real life, but the photographs make it look fat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Here's the cockpit tub painted up. I was going to take more but the batteries in my camera died and the spare was dead too, so I'll have to wait until its charged up to get more. I have the fuselage joined up. also using the Aires wheel wells and have that installed too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viperbite Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Great detail! Nice painting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 nice progress so far!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Good to see you back at it. The cockpit looks great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Good to see you back at it. The cockpit looks great. Thanks, it's good to be back at it. Thanks to everyone for the compliments. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) Okay, the batteries for my camera are recharged so here's a quick update of what I worked on today. Had to scratch build the beer can antennas. I used Jason's aka messy60 technique of cutting a slot into the wing to insert a short piece of plastic rod. I turned the rod in my battery powered Dremel tool to round off the tips. I then used half round pieces to make the aft portion of the antenna where it tapers back. I need to do a little sanding and filling to clean them up a little. I'm afraid I went a little too short on them. With the half round strips added. Also did a little work on the drop tanks. Added strips of Aluminum A/C tape for the support straps and worked on the panel lines for the pylons. That's it for now. I won't get anymore work done on this for a few days as I head out for a four day trip tommorrow. More next week. Mark Edited February 13, 2008 by okthree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
messy60 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Mark- Great lookin build! those beer cans are beauties! And your seat looks great too. I'm gonna borrow your technique for the drop tanks! Aluminum Tape. Cool, i've been trying to figure out how to fix them, since sanding the seams took off the raised detail. (also, i didn't think there was raised detail like that on the real deal.) Keep up the good work and have a nice trip!!! Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Great start! I'll be watching this closely. Looks to be a nice one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks everyone for the positive compliments. Despite the fact that I had all of last week off I have made very little progress on this kit. My kids had school vacation all week so that may have had something to do with the fact that I had very little time to work on this. After looking at my refernces I was not happy with the beer can antennas I had made From my references the antennas went the full chord on the underside of the LE flaps so I reworked those. I'm happier with the results, although they are not perfect. I spent way more time on them than I had planned. I was going to scratch build the LAU 129 wing tip launchers, but in the interest of time I took a set from a Hasegawa F-16 CJ that I have. I'll just have to scratch build a set for that kit. Also started to work on the re-enforcing panels on the wing, with .005" thick plastic sheet. That's it for now. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Mark - great work - looking forward to it progressing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Very nice paintwork on the cockpit/seat. That is the first cockpit I've ever seen that had the a/c vents on the aft bulkhead molded correctly. Good catch on the bottom of the RWRs as well. Just keep in mind that the bottom is not half-round like the top. It is an altogether-different shape on the bottom. Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) Thanks Jake, That is the old Black Box set, their orginal issue. I have your book and from stuying the pictures it looks like the antennes are flat on the sides, am I correct? I have tried to shape them that way using a sanding stick, but it is not real noticable. Edited February 24, 2008 by okthree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jmel Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 That is the old Black Box set, their orginal issue. Interesting. They've managed to get it wrong each time since that first release. As Greg's photo shows, the bottom of the beer cans are only flat towards the rear. Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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