F-16V Block 70

[DogfighterZen]

Thanks Zen, but I'm a Yank, and a relatively poor one at that, lol. My kids come first before my hobbies.

You get all my respect, brother. I'd do the same i had my own to take care of. This is just plastic to play.

[nighthunter]

Thanks Zen, but I'm a Yank, and a relatively poor one at that, lol. My kids come first before my hobbies.

You get all my respect, brother. I'd do the same i had my own to take care of. This is just plastic to play.

If the Fates are kind, I should have some spending money here soon, if I get some of my surplus minis sold.

[DogfighterZen]

Thanks Zen, but I'm a Yank, and a relatively poor one at that, lol. My kids come first before my hobbies.

You get all my respect, brother. I'd do the same i had my own to take care of. This is just plastic to play.

If the Fates are kind, I should have some spending money here soon, if I get some of my surplus minis sold.

I'll drink to that!

[DogfighterZen]

Looking back at my older Viper builds because of HarryPhishnuts' Sea Viper and noticed i never got around to posting some better photos i took of them last year so here they are...











Was supposed to finish a pair of 600 gal drop tanks but that got sidelined by other stuff... i still have some of the paint i mixed for this so i should get it done...
Anyway, hope you guys enjoy these new pics, there's nothing in the background distracting from the model unlike in the old pics.

 

[perttime]

Vipers have become lumpy!

  

[Gondor]

You lucky so and so getting hold of a Hasegawa F-16E in 1/72. I am going to be converting an earlier version into an E. It could get interesting with the contour of the fin base. I do have a 1/48 to use as a guide though. Yet another of my "Projects" that may never get past the planning and material gathering stage.

[chrisonord]

Marvellous 

[DogfighterZen]

You lucky so and so getting hold of a Hasegawa F-16E in 1/72. I am going to be converting an earlier version into an E. It could get interesting with the contour of the fin base. I do have a 1/48 to use as a guide though. Yet another of my "Projects" that may never get past the planning and material gathering stage.

You can say that again, i managed to buy two of them and one in 1/48th... 
I understand your frustration perfectly, Alastair. I spent way too much time looking for them everywhere and i really mean everywhere on the web, every listing on google, ebay, you name it... all the online stores that still had them listed. I think it took me at least 6 months to find the first one in Australia and then the other one in Canada just a few months later. The 1/48th kit came from a private seller from Japan. And i can tell you they weren't the cheapest kits ever... all that to avoid the conversion work, which i actually had already started on a normal C fin before i got these kits...
If only Hasegawa had kept both 1/72 F-16E/F kits available like the SUFA... I wonder why they do this with those limited editions like these two and others like the F-15EX?
I had the same issue when i found out they did the F-16A ADF, which is one of the two variants used by the PoAF and has the fin base with the bulges on the sides. Luckily i found some aftermarket resin conversion sets and bought the Hasegawa kit that has the correct fin for the ADF variant and although they've released it in a few different editions so far, those were also limited edition kits.
They had the 1/48th F-16E/F/I, the E and I were limited edition and the only one of those 3 still available as a regular product is the F... Still, not much of a problem when Kinetic has been doing all 3 variants in this scale.
I've already used both 1/72 F-16E kits on this build and on my second F-16W but i saved the specific F-16E parts from one of the kits to use on a Tamiya F-16CJ and build a Tamigawa F-16E...

Marvellous 

  

[Gondor]

You lucky so and so getting hold of a Hasegawa F-16E in 1/72. I am going to be converting an earlier version into an E. It could get interesting with the contour of the fin base. I do have a 1/48 to use as a guide though. Yet another of my "Projects" that may never get past the planning and material gathering stage.

You can say that again, i managed to buy two of them and one in 1/48th... 
I understand your frustration perfectly, Alastair. I spent way too much time looking for them everywhere and i really mean everywhere on the web, every listing on google, ebay, you name it... all the online stores that still had them listed. I think it took me at least 6 months to find the first one in Australia and then the other one in Canada just a few months later. The 1/48th kit came from a private seller from Japan. And i can tell you they weren't the cheapest kits ever... all that to avoid the conversion work, which i actually had already started on a normal C fin before i got these kits...
If only Hasegawa had kept both 1/72 F-16E/F kits available like the SUFA... I wonder why they do this with those limited editions like these two and others like the F-15EX?
I had the same issue when i found out they did the F-16A ADF, which is one of the two variants used by the PoAF and has the fin base with the bulges on the sides. Luckily i found some aftermarket resin conversion sets and bought the Hasegawa kit that has the correct fin for the ADF variant and although they've released it in a few different editions so far, those were also limited edition kits.
They had the 1/48th F-16E/F/I, the E and I were limited edition and the only one of those 3 still available as a regular product is the F... Still, not much of a problem when Kinetic has been doing all 3 variants in this scale.
I've already used both 1/72 F-16E kits on this build and on my second F-16W but i saved the specific F-16E parts from one of the kits to use on a Tamiya F-16CJ and build a Tamigawa F-16E...

Marvellous 

  

I managed to get the Hasegawa F in both 72 and 48. Also like you I would like to get hold of the ADF version, but as you say, only a few short runs and that's it. They are no help at all. And some people wonder why I buy so many kits, you got to get them when you can at times.

[Pellson]

Wow! I like the F-16W too, but this, being closer to reality, is way more up my alley. Very, VERY good indeed!   

[DogfighterZen]

And some people wonder why I buy so many kits, you got to get them when you can at times.

Indeed, i became aware of that ever since i first saw the Monogram 1/72 F-16XL kit and quickly found out it's OOP and very hard for me to buy one at a reasonable price... Lucky again there as i managed to buy a couple of them.

Wow! I like the F-16W too, but this, being closer to reality, is way more up my alley. Very, VERY good indeed!   

Glad you like it, my friend! 
I also like to keep a bit of reality in my whiffs and yes, this is much closer to what could've been a real Viper on steroids...   But still, this would've been an F-16E with F-2 flight surfaces, plus the DSI, P&W F135 engine and LOAN from the F-35, all stuff that was tested on the Viper in reality so, if someone paid for it, i believe that it could easily be done.
The only thing i want to do different when i build this in 1/48 is to use the F-2's fuselage because of the stretched airframe but with the F-16's canopy because i don't like the F-2's split canopy.

[kerick]

That HAVE GLASS paint would look good on the Super Viper I want to build. An F-16XL with all the extras from the Sufa kit in 1/72. Is the HAVE GLASS paint the same color top and bottom?

[DogfighterZen]

That HAVE GLASS paint would look good on the Super Viper I want to build. An F-16XL with all the extras from the Sufa kit in 1/72. Is the HAVE GLASS paint the same color top and bottom?

It's the same color on the whole aircraft, Ken. I mixed my own paint from Tamiya XF-24 and-16, 75% - 25% respectively. I do want prefer other metallic colors for mixing and there are quite a few brands making the HG paint so it should be easier to get a better match.

[kerick]

That HAVE GLASS paint would look good on the Super Viper I want to build. An F-16XL with all the extras from the Sufa kit in 1/72. Is the HAVE GLASS paint the same color top and bottom?

It's the same color on the whole aircraft, Ken. I mixed my own paint from Tamiya XF-24 and-16, 75% - 25% respectively. I do want prefer other metallic colors for mixing and there are quite a few brands making the HG paint so it should be easier to get a better match.

Thanks for the info!

[su27rules]

Very nice!!