Saeqeh goes to Dreamland!

[Charlie_c67]

Just thought. Aren't the horizontal stabilisers too far back or something? Or am I confusing it with Hobbyboss' F-16B?

[DogfighterZen]

You didn't fail me.  You did very well given the time constraint.

It's the nature of the 1WGB to rush.  There's a few misaligned joints on my M16 Truck which I would have noticed if I hadn't been in such a hurry.

Bloody well done, a great effort 

Moved as per request.

  Thank you, gentlemen!  I didn't have so many fit issues on my first build of this kit but i do remember that there are certain details that needed more attention but i think i'll be buying a few more of these cheap kits for other ideas.

Ken

I've wondered how a guy could build one of these. I'm looking forward to see how you do it.

i'll post the rest of the pics i took now so you can see my approach but there are other ways, obviously.
There a video on youtube of a guy building one out of the Dream Model 1/72 kit and he uses epoxy putty after he attaches the tails.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIgm_uk4KS0

I thought of doing something similar but decided to take a different approach to reduce sanding in small and cramped spots and time waiting for putty to cure... looking back at it, i could've done it that way and it wouldn't be the reason why i missed the deadline...
As you can see in the pics, i used the styrene bits approach and cut the shapes out of thin 0,05mm Evergreen sheet and glue them in place.
Finetuning was just a few swipes of a narrow round file and then i had to use a bit of sprue goo at the front edges to blend it all in.
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This way was faster and not as much work but maybe the epoxy way could provide better results? Not sure so maybe i'll try that on a future project.

One thing this kit has is a nice interior with an acceptable ejection seat and very nice instrument panels. The decals for the latter could be better but i painted some details with pics of the real thing as a guide and i'm satisfied with the result for this build. I'm sure that with a bit more time and some scratchbuilding, i think one can do a very nice cockpit with what's provided.
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Also added a pilot but from an Hasegawa F-16 that i was supposed to use on the real world PoAF A-7P. The kit's figure is rather poor compared to these...
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It was after i got the tub into the top fuselage and applied glue that things went wrong...
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Just thought. Aren't the horizontal stabilisers too far back or something? Or am I confusing it with Hobbyboss' F-16B?

I've never built one of the HB Viper and don't really know if it's accurate or not but it wouldn't surprise me... and i'm not planning to find out cause there are much better kits available for just a bit more money.
Now that you mention it, i think that the H stabs actually are in the correct place on this kit but the rear fuselage's dimensions are a bit weird indeed. Something seems shorter cause when i was going through pics of the real thing, i saw that the leading edge root of the tails starts right above the auxiliary inlets, in line with the aft edges of these inlet doors, if you trace a vertical line from where the tails begin.
IMO; doesn't matter much for a kit of this price range but it does make it harder if you really want accuracy.

Anyway, i haven't done much today as my wife went back to work and i had the day alone with my daughter. She's been learning new skills and teeth are coming so, she's a bit restless and needed my full attention the whole day so, maybe now that her mother's home, i can relax and a bit an do some work on this build.