F 16 N from NSAWC in 1/48
My model is from Hasegawa, starting
from a C box, added a
Black Box
cockpit from an A model as
I didn't have
anything else in stock...decals are from
Twobobs
sheet n° 48-038 F-16N
Old-School Aggressors.
As soon as
Twobobs
released their
new decal sheet about those Falcons, I started my project! I was checking what
I had in stock, a Black Box cockpit for an A variant, where I would modify the
instrument panel.
I paint the seat separately,
always
a thing I enjoy!
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The making of this resin cockpit
doesn't require much explanation, a careful painting job and dry fitting inside the
fuselage; gives you good results.
For the paint, I used
Testors
paints and I weathered it with a light drybrushing of light grey / white and
Tamiya smoke in each corner.
The next point was the air intake,
this C model didn't have the Big Mouth intake, so I used the normal one which
was thankfully provided in my box! To make it look better I decided to modify the
intake channel, adding a plasticard piece which I put in place as a channel, I
also
simulated the engine blades at the end of it.
After that, some light putty is
needed and it give a good result inside the intake! I've added a pic showing
the plasticard piece that I inserted.
Ok, next point was the wheel
wells, a light detailing inside, taking as reference the new DACO book about
the FALCON. As usually I used plasticard, I was just looking to have something
"close" the real one....
The job on the fuselage, with some
added putty at the junction fuselage / wings, nothing overwhelming with
that....closing the gap to all the pylons that are not used; with punched
pieces of plasticard; and adding a U profile on the Sidewinder rails.
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Watch for Part 2 of my article.
Hope you enjoy it !
Patrick
IPMS
Belgium
Ans Modelisme
http://www.ansmodelisme.com
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