F-16ZA-4 special Twin-Falcon (finished page2)

[Tophe]

Today for Father's Day, I had the joy to start my XP-3851 models, both A-3 and C-2, but my wife said that I bought them myself so, to fully celebrate this day, I am allowed to order one more model! And this will be the F-16ZA-4, scale 1/144, from a Revell kit I bought several times that included 2 fins and 2 sets of tailplanes. I will use them all (from 2 kits)! Delivery scheduled this Wednesday...

from my F-16 CGI topic: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=39083.705

A F-16 zwilling does not require a simple layout...:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwG_bx.jpg

[perttime]

Will it have the variable exhaust nozzles? What about something at the wing tips? Smoke generators are good for airshows.

[Tophe]

Ahem, I had jet at wingtips on a previous F-16: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=48060.0
now I think there will be no visible engine at all, you see there are no air intakes under the noses (on the front view) so I plan no exhaust at all on the rear. Powered by magics or something, this seems enough in my dreams.

[Tophe]

Well well well I understand you need explanation.
Maybe this is not "rational" explanation but as what-ifers we do not require that, do we?
Here is the secret, revealed to you:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwG_by.jpg

[kerick]

All I know is pity the poor bird that gets in front of this magic machine!
Wonderful madness! Carry on!

[Tophe]

Thanks!
(that is not what the psychiatrist say but I do)

I don't pretend that some magic carpets are supersonic actually, I just mean that some magic carpets look like replicas of famous aircraft which are supersonic (scale 1, in metal)...

[perttime]

Perhaps it also uses wave lift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_(soaring)#Wave_lift

Still.... smoke from the wing tips would be cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z36MlrF1lhA

[Tophe]

pleasant links, thanks!

[PR19_Kit]

Wave Lift, I've seen it but never flown in it.

At my club, The Cotswold Gliding Club, we're right on the eastern end of a wave from the Brecon Beacons, when it's really blowing and the wind is westerly. Just now and then we see lenticulars waaaaay up there above the Severn, but you need a really good sailplane and be an excpetional pilot to reach them.

I'm have neither of those attributes however.

[Rheged]

Ahem, I had jet at wingtips on a previous F-16: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=48060.0
now I think there will be no visible engine at all, you see there are no air intakes under the noses (on the front view) so I plan no exhaust at all on the rear. Powered by magics or something, this seems enough in my dreams.

It's back to that slight misquote  I gave you some time ago from "The Moody Blues"  ".........speeding through the universe; thinking is the best way to travel......"   It's all done by the power of the pilot's thoughts!!

And here's the full piece for those who want to listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOiZjwQKaU

[Tophe]

I was afraid not to understand with broad American accent, but I found the lyrics written at
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=moody+blues+the+best+way+to+travel+lyrics
And this is a perfect lesson, thanks!

[Tophe]

American accent

Wrong: Wikipedia tells me they are British, sorry...

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Here are the parts I plan to use on this model: 2 canopies, 2 noses, 4 fins, 8 tailplanes, simply

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/f16za-44.jpg

[Tophe]

First drops of glue, before truncating and twinning:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_5619_f16za.jpg

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An here comes truncating then twinning:

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