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Yet another 1/48 Hasegawa F-16CJ Block
50. Black Box cockpit set and Eduard photoetched detail set were
used.
Decals are from ASTRA. Daco's excellent
F-16 book and pictures from www.af.mil were
used as references. Modifications to the kit (except the detail sets)
include:
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-Cut and opened up the speed brakes
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-Colored the canopy using a mixture of various
Tamiya clear paints (clear orange, clear red, clear yellow and clear,
experiment with them until the correct tone is achieved)
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-Replaced the nav light at top of the vertical
stabilizer with a clear one
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-Detailed the landing gear using fishing lines
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-Corrected the fuel tank fins (It's easy, just cut
off the tips)
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This kit suffered from severe mishaps, I dropped
it two times to the floor (one is after all painting was complete), lost
various parts, broke the pitot tube a hundred of times, moved my house during
the construction period, spilled superglue on the finished kit... I was
starting to think that it was cursed, but at least it is finished. This time I
have included a photo of the real plane.
Happy modelling
Kaan
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Post Script: On 20 March, two days
prior to the release of this article on ARC, a F-16CJ crashed 3km ahead of the
runway at Spangdahlem AB. Sadly, the pilot died.
On Mar 29 2002, it was revealed that the aircraft that crashed is tail
number 91-415/SP, the aircraft above! This is not officially confirmed,
but the source of this information is reliable.
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