Here are some
pics of my recently completed Tamiya F-16 CJ Viper. For further
detailing I bought the awesome DACO-Book
"Uncovering the Lockheed Martin F-16 A/B/C/D" by Nico Deboek and
Danny Coremans, which I can highly recommend. The
study of the book led to some additional detailing to areas where the
kit lacks detail:
- Wiring/piping added to the engine, engine-bay, wheel-bays,
landing-gear and the cockpit
- Oxygen-/ Compressed-air-hoses and locking-handle added
to the cockpit
- RBF-Tags from Reheat
- ACES II Seat from Aires
With every model I build I try something new.
This time
it's the first time I used ALCLAD II paints and I used a special technique
for painting the model which was described in a modelling magazine.
The ACLAD II paints - which are really easy to use -
were used for the engine, part of the Sidewinders and the APU-exhaust.
For the Sidewinders and the gear oleos, I also used
bare-metal-foil.
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The
painting of the aircraft was done with XTRACOLOR colors. The new method I
tried was to first paint the complete camouflage, then preshade the
whole plane and then airbrush the camouflage with a thin mix a second
time. Afterwards you only have to use oil-paints for weathering where
decals cross the panel lines and nowhere else. The result looks more
realistic to me than doing it in the "normal" way.
Further weathering was done with postshading of several
panels, the use of pastels and a TAMIYA "Weatherine Set" which
gives realistic results.
A real challenge was
the elimination of the seam inside the intake which caused a lot of sanding and
wasn't easy to paint afterwards. But it is clearly visible on the finished model
if you don't eliminate it. Otherwise the kit is really a "shake and
bake" and really worth the money I paid for it.
Kai
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