NöNöBärs's What-If Flugwerft (WIP: Greenland Airforce TS-11 Qinngorneq)

[nönöbär]

I wanted to use some parts of this F-16 model for another What-If project, but after some initial tests, it did not work as it should.
As I never build a F-16, I thought "Why not build a What-if from it".

Bad idea. The 1/72 scale Smer kit is - lets say it nicely - just awful. A very soft plastic, not very good to work with. and parts fit so good that a little hamster could climb through all the gaps.
So I don't know if I will finish this one or if it will fly out of the window.


The Box:


The Parts:


Progress so far:


Good fit quality.

[Dizzyfugu]

This looks like a re-incarnation of the (horrible) Intech F-16 kit?

Looking forward to your interpretation of Scottish national insignia!

[Scotaidh]

I've always regarded such ill-fitting kits as prime candidates for Whiffing projects.  After all, one could hardly be expected to expend all the time and effort necessary to build it OOB, when other, better-fitting, kits of the same subject abound. 

No - these sorts of kits are perfect for chop-and-graft jobs, if only because of the amounts of putty already needed anyway just to make the seams look good.    So find another similarly-sized fuselage of something completely different, add a cigar-tube, and Vulcan wings, and  .... well, whatever you want and think will be mind-bending!    Stick the cockpit on a VW Bug chassis and call it a Basic Trainer! 

[Snowtrooper]

The featureless tube pretending to be the burner can is also present on Mister/Mastercraft F-16 (have two in the stash as parts donors), and that is alleged to be a knockoff of the old Italeri mould (which obviously had a more detailed burner can). It's such a telltale sign that I wouldn't be surprised if these are actually all from the same knockoff mould.

[Dizzyfugu]

The Mastercraft kit is another Intech zombie!

[nönöbär]

I have some other Mastercraft kits here around and they have the same soft plastic like this "F-16".

Initally, I only wanted to use the wings of this one for another project, but they were too small for what i wanted. So I will try my best for it.

And I think the " featureless tube" as Snowtrooper called it must be a special Scottish improvement of the F-16, I still don't know for what....

[Scotaidh]

I have some other Mastercraft kits here around and they have the same soft plastic like this "F-16".

Initally, I only wanted to use the wings of this one for another project, but they were too small for what i wanted. So I will try my best for it.

And I think the " featureless tube" as Snowtrooper called it must be a special Scottish improvement of the F-16, I still don't know for what....

Smoothbore, for less induced drag and more power at the output.   

Hey, if it works for tank guns, why not aircraft?

[Doug K]

I'm suffering a Smer Corsair, what a waste of plastic! Raised panel lines but such a bad fit I could not be bothered re-scribing. Worst thing is - I have another one in the stash!

[nönöbär]

Has to use quite some putty and do a lot of sanding to remove all the gaps between the parts.



The cockpit was very simple, so I added at least a flight stick and upgraded the seat a bit.


Quite hard to get the special Scottish "featurless tuebe" in the right place, its a real putty mess at the moment.

[nönöbär]

Scottish Pilots must be brave. Very brave. There are so many holes and gaps between the parts in this plane, that it will be a real putty monster.

It was close to flying directly out of the sixth floor here, but now I definitely want to beat this pile of plastic. So here is how it looks now, I fear a lot more putty and sanding will be required before starting to paint it.

[nönöbär]

I really "love" this kit, and therefore I bought another one of those:



Seriously, its an awful one. However, the second kit - made by Mastercraft -seem to have some better production quality than the Smer one. Its identical, but has some other weapons and a few additional parts to "pimp" the plane a bit.

So why did I get another one of those?

I needed some parts that were identical to the ones of the Smar model, as I had an idea while building....

[TheChronicOne]

 

Looks good to me, man. Haggis all around! 

[Tophe]

Maybe this is not the very first twin F-16 that I see, but it is always a great pleasure, thanks!

[nönöbär]

Not so much to complain about this kit this time, but it was mostly painting.

So the main paint work has been done:

[Tophe]

Good! The YF-17/F-18 would have been in good company!