jrasia Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) Hi Everyone, This model represents a lot of firsts for me. 1st submission to ACRFORMS. 1st model I've built in over 25 years. 1st time using airbrush. Its also my first time trying to do any sort of photography with my camera phone, so I got a bit to learn. I used a lot of aftermarket for this build (listed below), so dealing with resin and photoetch was a bit of a learning curve as well. Took me over a year to complete this build, but I definitely learned a lot along the way. Thanks for looking! Jason Aftermarket: Aires F-16 Cockpit Aires Landing Bay Eduard Airbrakes TwoBob F-16 Decals Phasehanger JHMCS Orange Hobby Static Dischargers Orange Hobby AIM-120C\B Kopecky Missile Rails Kopecky Wild Weasel Set Bandit Resin ACMI Pod Brengun AIM-9x Eduard AGM-88 HARM Eduard Sniper Pod Hasegawa HTS pod Katran GE 110 Engine Kopecky FOD Covers Various RBF tags (Eduard, HGW, Quinta) -Jason Edited August 26, 2023 by jrasia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ytsejam87 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 What a beauty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Extremely well done! All the aftermarket really makes this pop! I have a lot of the same sets, so I am happy to see how good it all looks. The ALE-50 is awesome. I dont think I've seen many builds with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Great work!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrasia Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) Thanks for the kind words everyone! @Specter1075 The ALE-50 seems pretty common on the Shaw viper reference photos I have. Tamiya includes one in their kit and its well detailed. The Kopecky ALE-50 is just a little more refined. The Kopecky HTS pod however is not accurate to the ones I've seen. I assume he must be referencing a different, maybe older version of it. Edited May 11, 2023 by jrasia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Outstanding! Mr. Happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 15 hours ago, jrasia said: The Kopecky HTS pod however is not accurate to the ones I've seen. I assume he must referencing a different, maybe older version of it. That's good to know. I will have to check what one I have, but I think I bought GT Resin's set that lets you mount it on the left side of the intake (allowing for a Sniper on the right.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrasia Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) I would avoid GT Resin. Had it, and threw it in the bin right away. I kept the nose cover however:) Look for the Hasegawa Weapon Set E for a nice HTS pod. It was a perfect fit for my Tamiya kit, including the ability to mount it to the right intake lip. The other weapons in the kit are nice, plus you get decals for everything. https://spruebrothers.com/has36117-1-48-hasegawa-aircraft-weapons-set-e-us-air-to-air-missiles-target-pods/ Edited May 11, 2023 by jrasia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 One of the best F-16 models I've ever seen! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Absolutely gorgeous 🙂 -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Great looking jet, especially considering all of the “firsts” mentioned. Well done sir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew83128 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 GD! That's one of the best Vipers I've ever seen on here. What's the name on the right side the canopy (The Crew Chief)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrasia Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 I don't seem to have too many close ups of the right side canopy, but it appears to be SSGT Jesuel Rosa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starfighter1974 Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Very nice look. Very good modellers work ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew83128 Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 13 hours ago, jrasia said: I don't seem to have too many close ups of the right side canopy, but it appears to be SSGT Jesuel Rosa I don’t know him. Once in a while I’ll see a name of someone I know on the side of the canopy on here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
racerman Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 WOW!!! Fantastic build, you should be proud! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
racerman Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 What happened to all the pics? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrasia Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 5 hours ago, racerman said: What happened to all the pics? I guess another first to add to the list is using google drive public folder to embed my photos. Nothing changed on my folders or photos, so I'm not entirely sure what happened? I had to regenerate new links in this forum for them to show up again. If anyone has any tips on how to avoid this in the future, I'd rather not have to redo this again in a couple months:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 I use IMGUR. It's free and stable for image hosting. -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) No pictures for me, just blue boxes with question marks inside. Hope you can fix this. I would really like to see your build after reading all the superlative comments. Edited August 26, 2023 by okthree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 it looks like OP has moved/removed the image files on their google drive space? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrasia Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 Fixed.......hopefully for the last time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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