Rahulred5 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) Hello all I have been a long time lurker and thought I’d post my build. It’s the famous Tamiya Viper. Took about 1.5 years mainly due to having to restart the build after screwing up the intake and the Aires wheel bays. In the end gave up on the Aires bays since I felt the effort to make them work was not worth the effort and instead detailed up the stock gear bay with Eduard PE and lead wires. Aftermarket used - Aires F16CJ cockpit (not really worth the effort but fit was generally ok) Eduard F-16 late seat (found it better detailed than Aires) Quinta 3D cockpit (only for the instrument panel) Eduard exterior and undercarriage PE Eduard 1/48 SNIPER XR targeting pod and AGM-88 HARM Reskit 1/48 AIM120C and AIM9X Kopecky HTS pod and LAU129 pylons Eduard Resin wheels KA models 3D printed exhaust combined with eduard resin fan section Master Model pitot tube and static dischargers Speedhunter wild weasel decals and stencil sheet The toughest part for me was getting the paint smooth in the intakes. I decided to airbrush it using GX gloss white followed by micromesh to smooth it out. Overall the paints used for the main camo are from MRP. Thanks for looking Edited February 8 by Rahulred5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Good looking Viper, nice work. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my favs are F`s Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Very nicely looking! Lovely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Great job. Very informative on the AM parts used and painting the intake. Appreciate that tidbit. The MiG killer has been on my list of 'to-do' for a while so nice to see it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Nice build and extra kudos on the photography 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amato1969 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Great build - and photography! The Reskit products are really nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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