F-16rhs Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) I started the Kinetic's 1/48 AM Viper with the Syhart Decals to represent the aircraft on the photo above. The Tigermeet 2005 of the Belgian Air Force 31 "Tiger" Squadron. The kinetic kit represents almost perfect the shape of the real plane (except from the nose) but it also has serious fitting problems. I will need a lot of putty to fill the gaps but.... "patience is a key of success"! For the cockpit i used the F-16AM S.A. Eduard's set, and the ejection seat is borrowed from a Tamiya Block 50 Viper. The seat's pillow is from real black cushion which i cut to fit in the seat's dimensions. The other details (seatbelts, rbf tag, handles) are from the Eduard zoom set. You can see the result on the photos below. The cockpit also fitted with the eduard p.e. goodies. And some photos with the seat in place... So...comeback to modelling 1 year + ago... hope i 'll finish it! Cheers Panos Edited January 13, 2011 by F-16rhs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Looking really nice. Can you provide me any information about the kit quality as I'm really interested to buy one or two to me. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BK974 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Looking good there! I have also got the Eduard PE goodies for my BM build, have built one Kinetic AM and now buliding two BM I have another AM to build later this year... Will follow this with interest! Finn-Ove Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) Looking really nice.Can you provide me any information about the kit quality as I'm really interested to buy one or two to me. Thanks Thanks Icarus... About the kit... Goodies: -Full set of decals (stencils etc), Choice for 4 Air Forces Planes Netherlands,Denmark,Holland,Norwegian) -Extreme amount of weapons systems (Amraams, Heaters, Laser Pods, Penguin Missiles, CBUs, and smart bomb series ,GBU,JDAM) -No extra parts needed (IFF Antennas, Jammer Antennas, and all external details for a correct F-16AM are included) Bad isssues -Serious fitting problems. In almost all connections you will need putty to fill the gaps -Wrong nose (HERE the user "ch9862" tells exactly how to fix it) Compare them and make your choice! Looking good there! I have also got the Eduard PE goodies for my BM build, have built one Kinetic AM and now buliding two BM I have another AM to build later this year... Will follow this with interest!Finn-Ove Thanks m8! Looking forward to see your Viper also...! Edited July 15, 2010 by F-16rhs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Thanks a lot for you explanation of the kit!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BK974 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Thanks a lot for you explanation of the kit!! I have also built one AM this year, if you need any second opinions send me a PM! Finn-Ove Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 nice work in the cockpit...like the seats too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Thanks for your kind comments gents! A little work on the Wheel Bays section. The Eduard set applied to the Main landing gear bay and after that i primered the whole area with the hycote's spray primer. After that i sprayed the gloss white colour on the bay area. The wheel bay had a "wash" with dark gray oil. With a small brush i paint the details. The battery of the aircraft is the one with the orange colour.The blue hydraulic lines are the flex tubes that feeding the landing gear's doors actuators. The black colour are the wirings and with the silver is the Halon tank and some other hyd lines. Thanks for watching, hope you like it! Panos Edited July 23, 2010 by F-16rhs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Not a very interesting progress but the model started to seem like a plane... The Upper Surface and the lower one... I used a lot of putty to fill the gaps that the Kinetic F-16 had. Note the fixed nose on the model. (The kit's one is "hanged" down...") From Coffee's aluminium cap i scratched the Wing's Strengnething Plates.(Falcon UP structural Upgrade) And i apply them after scribing and bolting... ...so in the L/H Wing as far as in the R/H Wing. Here are the Strengnething plates position in a Block 25, but there are the same as in a Block 15 MLU. (Source: Afterburner Decals) Next step is the exchast's painting... Thanks for watching, Panos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Update here with the exchast of the F100-PW220 Engine. Here are all the parts painted except from the flame holder of the Afterburner The engine's Turbine. Painted silver with citadel and with black pastel to replicate the high temperature that blades are operating. The exchast pipe is painted with the Humbrol Matt 28 (Camouflage Gray) which is a colour that matches a lot to the real one exchast. After that with black pastel i made the burner's heated areas. The last part of the engine before the exhast nozzle (Ring) is painted with citadel's silver and after that i put the Tamiya's weathering dusts to seem like burnt blue, as in the real engine. Last but not least the convergent part of the PW200 Engine, also painted with the matt 28 inside and with black pastel i made it's heated material Soon i'll continue with the Nozzle of the Engine... Cheers Panos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 nice job on pit, looking forward cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) So, new Progress...! Τhe Strengnething plates on their places on the fuselage. They are copys from the original Tamiya's Detail Up Parts set to aluminium foil from nescafe pack. Cockpit: Added some wirings and the electrical motor of the canopy. Nose: The nose fixed after lots of dryfits, puttying and again puttying!! The most difficult part of the construction. Primer: After i primered the lower surfaces with the Mr Hobby Mr Surfacer 1000 (Code B505) I unfortunately had some oversprays on the cockpit, but fortunately on the upper parts such as hud etc, and can be easily fixed! Thanks for watching! Edited January 13, 2011 by F-16rhs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Nice work on the Viper. I really like the MLU F-16. The wire bundles you added look good, but the ones going up to the decking behind the canopy actuator are not present on an MLU. They are only on the later Blocks. Jake Edited January 14, 2011 by jmel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks a lot for your comment Jake! I 've seen them on a haf block 52 and i thought MLU have them also after their upgrade! Thanks a lot for the heads up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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