kozlok Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Finished my 1/48 Tamiya with TwoBobs Makos decals. The kit and decals were a dream, my skills less so. Decided to go completely clean on this one, as all the pics I've seen of this bird show it super clean. I decided to arm her to the teeth, though. One question, looking at pics of various GBU's and JDAMs, I saw severl pictures of each without the yellow stripes, so I went that way (I hate painting them). Does anyone know if this is common usage? I did deviate from my references by adding a gloss black centerline tank, since I didn't have a travel pod. I'm thinking of putting the travel pod's decals on the centerline tank, but can't quite bring myself to do it. Enjoy and comment as you will. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liberator24 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Nice lay down with the Black. What are you using if you dont mind..... Thanks! She looks great!! -Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 GORGEOUS...She is such a super looking F-16... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LA2019 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Wow, nice job. Looks clean and neat and the paint job is awesome! re: GBU's & JDAM's...I checked my "Modern Air-Launched Weapons" book and it looks like the GBU-31/32/38 on the port side is correct. The GBU (10?) on the starboard side has a yellow stipe in my book. But that's in the book. If you've seen them without stipes then leave it as is. Hey, looks good to me either way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Great! Love the paint/decal work!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twobobs Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Wow dude, that looks really nice!! Great job! Did you use the travel pod markings that I included? I can't make those out on the pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pep Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Nicely done!!!! Looks amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kozlok Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the kind compliments. The black is just model master gloss enamel, sanded between coats. Bob, I didn't use the the travel pod markings, that's the regular fuel tank on the center, left gloss black. I'm still thinking I might buy a Hase F-16 someday and use the travel pod from that, and then it would be more correct. One tip for anyone doing this bird, put the checkers on the bottom of the tail FIRST. I did mine last and didn't have enough room below the "Makos". I had to pull them and replace with new decals. Avoid my mistake! Also, I painted the intake (inside and out) and put the checkers on the intake area before putting it on the model. It worked really well. Edited August 9, 2011 by kozlok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jezones Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Love this scheme. Not sure it's the same plane but I saw this scheme at the dobbins arb airshow last year. I'll have to find my pics. The model looks great, you should be proud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Nice job! That's a great scheme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike C Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) Very nice! One of these days I'll build a clean bird too. Been a while since I build one with "fresh from factory" look. With regards to the GBUs, IMHO, painting the stripe on would've made them look even better. The black is just model master gloss enamel, sanded between coats. What grit? Wet sanding or dry? I might try that on my current build: "D" Hornet with VMFA-224 markings which have black gas bags. EDIT: BTW, what paint and colour did you use for the burner can? It looks AWESOME!!! Edited August 10, 2011 by Mike C Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Really nice Viper!! I like the markings! Great build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyAndFight Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sweet looking Viper! Nice job, all around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
utley Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Hmm...I knew this aircraft looked familiar! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basman Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 A very nice model and the paintjob is beautyfull. I see that you forgot to put on a view parts. There is a pitot tube missing on the right side and also on the vertical stabilizer you forgot some parts. It would be nice if you add these parts to complete the model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 All right, I am glad to see someone doing this scheme. It looks great and clean finish gets a big Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.linus Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) wow looks awesome! i just got that decal set. i'm about to start that build soon! really great job! Hey by the way, which tamiya kit did you end up using? Edited August 26, 2011 by .linus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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