haneto Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) Hello everyone It has been a while since my last post. This work I want to present to you, was finished during Shanghai lock down in 2022. Although the number of works completed in last year is only two, which is the lowest score in terms of quantity, I am now comforting myself with the two works that I am very satisfied with in terms of quality. One of them is this "Downed Bald Eagle" F-16CG Block 40 US Air Force 555th FS Commander's plane. The base kit is Tamiya's 1/48 F-16C/N "Aggressor", modified to Block 40 F-16CG. Aftermarket parts include Fabscale's F110 nozzle, Orange Hobby's metal and resin AIM-120B missile, Eduard's resin GBU-24 bomb, AN/ALQ-131, AN/AAQ-13 and AN/AAQ-14 pods, Master metal dischargers. The AIM-9L "Sidewinder" missile is by AMK parts. Well, the key feature of this work is the background and its history. -Reproduced the aircraft of Mr. David Goldfine, commander of the 555th Regiment of the US Air Force stationed at Aviano, Italy, which was shot down in "Operation Allied Force" on May 2, 1999. He was rescued immediately after being shot down, and after that he was able to rise to the rank of 4-star general. The mounted armament is the position at the time of the mission that was shot down(not quite sure since I did not find exact reference from Internet), and the painting is also based on the advice of a former 555th regiment official, recreating the moment of the last takeoff before being shot down. Another interesting thing was that a friend in Serbia sent me some of the wreckage of this plane, so I custom-ordered a wooden base and exhibited it together with the work. I am very grateful to him for his kindness. By the way, the wreckage of this shot down aircraft is still exhibited in the museum in Belgrade, the capital of the Republic of Serbia. For modelers, it was a great blessing to be able to make friends on both the American side and the Serbian side through modeling. That may be the true charm of scale models. Thank you for watching. Edited July 11, 2023 by haneto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Stunning, through and through! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Very, very nice ! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 WOW... a true museum piece 🙂 -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillS Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Just stunning! Technically correct as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 That's awesome! The build...the base and blurred runway are really giving it the rolling look. The piece of wreckage really adds to the intrigue of the model. Great job! Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Whose decals did you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyAndFight Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Amazing art work. Model, base, story, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 Thank you all for your encouragement! I love the normal "battle scheme" but with some background stories. On 7/18/2023 at 5:28 AM, habu2 said: Whose decals did you use? I used Afterburner decals 48044. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afterburner Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 That's a stunner of a build Yufei! The tailpipe looks like it'll throw an afterburner tail it looks so real! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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