I have ordered one more F-16 Fighting Falcon 1/144th: the Revell one with 2 fins (to chose one from, normally). My project is to build a very short model with box-tail (like TT-tail). I will remove the air intake under the fuselage for sure, but I don't know yet if this will be a glider (GF-16C²) or crazier: an asymmetric jetplane with jet on the port wingtip (AF-16C²). ;D ;)
I have been informed by the mail post that the parcel should arrive today, but it is not here yet. :-\ :unsure:
A carton box arrived in my mailbox, but my wife's decontamination process will make it available tomorrow only... ;)
I have opened the carton box received yesterday, and... it is not at all the F-16 Revell that I ordered first, but the F-104 I ordered 2 weeks later...
Today, coming back from holidays in the mountain, I found the Revell F-16C 1/144th in my mailbox, I will make a photograph tomorrow, and maybe start the build immediately, we will see. (And I will check the new threads on this forum, including a promising P-388 pusher it seems...).
Here is the kit content:
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There are 2 fins (good! as expected! for the scheduled box tail.
But there are also 4 tailplanes (I had forgotten, as I already built this kit) and either this will be a canard 3-surface or else: a complicated tail (box + external at mid height)... :unsure: :-\ ;)
You know what to do with the parts you don't want, my friend, lol
Yes, and I think you have not received (yet) also the Chinese weapons from https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=47877.0
They will be sent next month. ;)
Quote from: Tophe on July 17, 2020, 07:18:01 AM
Yes, and I think you have not received (yet) also the Chinese weapons from https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=47877.0
They will be sent next month. ;)
No worries
Among the 109 parts, I planned to use less than 15... <_<
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The second jet nozzle seems interesting too, and I plan to make it a twin-engined F-16, maybe at wing-tips to be different from the F-16L at Grand Theft Auto. (And the extra tailplanes could be winglets on the jets).
Then building started immediately: <_<
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The TeF-16C² (twin-engined F-16C²) is taking shape (the jets are not glued yet): <_<
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Building the TeF-16C² is now finished: <_<
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(this is not a "normal" F-16, sorry) :unsure: :-\ ;) ;D
incredible, as usual with your imagination ;D
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Oh, I do like that Tophe :bow:
Thanks a lot!
Yesterday evening I painted the underside, but I was ashamed to show it (so imperfect, never to be seen again): :unsure:
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Now I have painted the side above: <_<
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The TeF-16C² model is now finished! <_<
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristofmeunier.fr%2FIMG_4130_f16c2.jpg&hash=766653ef771e87c1687d5dd18baee3995099ca90)
On a more horizontal view appear the air intakes and is featured the box tail: <_<
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A low profile view shows the wheel I have been forced to use to keep a balance: <_<
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And here are the 4 normal oblique views: <_<
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I like it - a lot! :) Good job, sir! Well done! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
That does look good :thumbsup:
Thanks!
... and a mirror copy created a 2-seat 2-nose derivative: <_<
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Brilliant stuff Tophe, another build I could see flying round in a distant universe. :thumbsup:
Thanks! <_< but... please don't say that to my psychiatrist :unsure: ;D
Quote from: Tophe on July 23, 2020, 07:07:24 AM
... and a mirror copy created a 2-seat 2-nose derivative: <_<
or 2 seat and 3 noses (and 4 fins instead of 3), this is endless... :unsure: ;D
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I love it!! Didn't expect this one. What a nice surprise!
Thanks! ;)
(Maybe other ones were in summer holidays too) :unsure:
I add a version with an even bigger ratio span/length, is it called F-16U-2? ;)
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Wow! Great work, I never knew that you could do all that using a mirror :thumbsup:
Thank you.
Uh, this is not using with complexity and angle calculations a mirror true object, this is the mirror copy tool of Corel PhotoPaint software (or PhotoShop). Many users find it crazy/useless but this is welcome for us what-ifers ;)