Spur of the moment project - F-16 with "Tiger" scheme

[mchoo2005]

Howdy all! I think it's official... I've gone CRAZY!  

As I was researching for some unusual scheme for my EF-2000 rebuild project (see: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28491.0.html), I saw some pics on Airliners.net of military aircrafts with some very interesting colour scheme. I wanted to try some of those schemes, but need another subject. Then, I found myself staring at one of my unfortunate victims for my experiment: Italeri 1/72 F-16C/D Night Falcon. Possibly the crappiest 72nd scale F-16.

The last experiment I did on this plane was testing "Milliput", which is a 2-part epoxy putty that can be sculpted etc. Now, I haven't used Aves' Apoxie Sculpt, but from reading the product description, these two products sound identical. Similar to Apoxie Sculpt, Milliput can also be sculpted and took 2-3 hours at room temp to fully cure into rock-hard putty that can be sanded and painted.

Anyway... there I was staring at this sorry little thing looking like patchwork quilt of Milliput, and a 6mm drilled hole underneath (just behind the main wheel wells). So, I decided to use this crappy kit to test one scheme that I thought out myself, by combining two different schemes that I saw on the 'Net.

Here are a couple of pics showing my progress thus far.



Initially, I wanted to paint the whole aircraft with orange basecoat, plus tiger stripes, until I saw this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Netherlands---Air/Fokker-F-16AM-Fighting/1707218/L/&sid=195a4f79df2ab3afe19497ff8ce3dc0b. I immediately thought: THAT'S IT!!!

The following list the paints that I used on this aircraft:
- Orange - approx. 50:50 combination of Tamiya X-7 (Gloss Red) and Tamiya XF-3 (Flat Yellow)
- Black - Tamiya X-18 (Semi Gloss Black)
- Stripes - GSI Mr Metal Color Dark Iron
- Exhaust - GSI Mr Metal Color Stainless

I used Blu Tack for masking

Up next, oil wash to highlight panel lines.

[GTX]

Nice!

Regards,

Greg

[Taiidantomcat]

That is great paint work!! 

[Swanny]

That's pretty sharp, nice job.

[mchoo2005]

Thanks all for the positive comments/feedback!  

Decided to finish off this side project last night. Made another spur of the moment decision: lightning pattern on vert stab and the nose. Created paper mask, then airbrushed Tamiya XF-3 (Flat Yellow) over. I didn't quite mask properly, resulting in overspray. Oh well...








Now it's time to concentrate on the other projects....  

[Cobra]

Very Cool it has an 'Iron Eagle' feel to it! Great Paint & Markings Job Keep up the Great Work :cheers:Dan

[NARSES2]

"Spur of the moment" he say's  I could spend weeks and not get a finish like that   

[mchoo2005]

Thanks all for the compliments! You guys are way too kind! 

[sotoolslinger]

Gorgeous

[Taiidantomcat]

  Excellent work... I wish i could just knock something that nice out "spur of the moment" 

[lancer]

"Spur of the moment" he say's  I could spend weeks and not get a finish like that   

I feel the same way. don't ya just hate these people??? Bloody smart aarses the lot of them  *mutter mutter mutter*

Seriously though great work and combining the two schemes was inspired. I may want to 'borrow' that scheme sometime

[mchoo2005]

  Obviously I'm in the right forum! You lot aren't nit-pickers!  I was once in another forum, where pretty much ALL members are bloody nit-pickers! Darned JMNs!

[NARSES2]

Obviously I'm in the right forum! You lot aren't nit-pickers!  I was once in another forum, where pretty much ALL members are bloody nit-pickers! Darned JMNs!

You definately are. The main thing about this group is that we ENJOY our modelling 

[mchoo2005]

You definately are. The main thing about this group is that we ENJOY our modelling 

Amen, brother!   

[philp]

Definitely good practice for the Tiger Meet Group Build (that didn't get picked  ).