Nearly Completed - 1/32 Tamiya F-16 CJ (Block 50)

[Jamesv9820]

I recenlty posted this on another forum and got zero replies. Anyway I have enjoyed building it so far and just have the AIM-120c's to finish, the JAADAM's and the underside to do and she is there.

Some shots of the upper surfaces. I am after some constructive critisism if possible (don't get too personal!) of the kit - after all how do we improve if we don't get told? I know there are some areas on the bottom where I have not fully removed the pro wash so these will get sorted once I have completed the bottom.

On with the pics, as I say Any comments would be greatly appreciated















James

[B Oeuf]

looks good to me.....apart from a shiny pilot. I always found pilot figures never looked realistic so I used to chop their heads off and glue em back on slightly further forward, this gave them a more human 'slouch'

[Eric Mc]

Nice - although I can never get too exited about F-16s. I don't know why - I'm just odd.

[Jamesv9820]

I've got to sort him out too - I did not put enough matt varnish onto him. Thank you for the comment though - I have an EE Lightning to do some shots of soon too; one for now though

[B Oeuf]

what kit is that?

[Jamesv9820]

The Lightning is a 1/32 Trumpeter Lightning F1a/F3 (F3 modelled here). Nice kit to build

[Eric Mc]

Now THAT I DO like.

Not the cheapest kit around. As I'm a 1/72 man (figuratively speaking, of course), I have a stack of 1/72 Lightnings to build -

Revell F6 (ex Hasegawa)
Airfix F1A
Airfix F3
Trumpeter F2A

[dr_gn]

I don't particulary like F-16's either, but your model looks great. I always hesitate to criticise work I couldn't (or havent yet!) matched, but since you asked:

Not sure if it's intentional, but there seems to be some kind of 'tide marking' behind the stbd side ejection seat decal. The wash around there, and on the dark grey camo bits in general seems to my eyes to be a bit over done compared with other, lighter greay areas.

There is also a bit of ingrained wash around the teardrop blister in front of the port RESCUE decal which jumps out at me a bit.

Personally, I'd loose the pilot completely.

From the Lightning picture - I can't fault it: it looks fantastic.

[Skodaku]

The weathering on the F-16 is really good. So easy to overdo it, but you haven't. Lovely build - as is the Lightning.

[shakotan]

dr_gn said:

Personally, I'd loose the pilot completely.

What, like, unscrew him? Or just leave his harness off. That would make him pretty loose, I guess?

[Prolex-UK]

I like it

[Jamesv9820]

Guys,

Thanks for the comments, weathering is always a tricky thing to do. I wanted the jet to look used and I hope I achieved that. As the comments say, there are some areas that need to be looked at so thank you for lettingme know.

As for the Lightning - i have done some pics now, and will get them on here soon