F/A-16 Dragon ***FINISHED*** Pics Pg.6

[TheChronicOne]

Cheers! I kind of wish I knew what I was doing back when I built that Fujimi kit... I would have saved it for something more appropriate.     


The Nuke... hell yeah.... the Heller pictures shows this fatass bomb with a bulbous shell but the actual piece is a little skinny thing. I forgot about that and never re-investigate the center pylon. If I hadn't grabbed the old Pre-War F-16 I probably would have never remembered.     Must be this Okie Chronic again. 

[DogfighterZen]

Cheers! I kind of wish I knew what I was doing back when I built that Fujimi kit... I would have saved it for something more appropriate.     


The Nuke... hell yeah.... the Heller pictures shows this fatass bomb with a bulbous shell but the actual piece is a little skinny thing. I forgot about that and never re-investigate the center pylon. If I hadn't grabbed the old Pre-War F-16 I probably would have never remembered.     Must be this Okie Chronic again. 

I was thinking of suggesting this earlier but i thought you wanted to keep that station clean but, you cou gain more space for weapons if you ditch the drop tanks on the wings and put a tank on the center line...

[TheChronicOne]

I like my double drop tanks.     We'll come up with something. I'm going to play "Musical Ordnance" again tomorrow or the next day and see if the puzzle pieces fit better. This reminds me of video game puzzles. I get everything in the right place and we'll be good to go. 

[DogfighterZen]

I like my double drop tanks.     We'll come up with something. I'm going to play "Musical Ordnance" again tomorrow or the next day and see if the puzzle pieces fit better. This reminds me of video game puzzles. I get everything in the right place and we'll be good to go. 

I understand, i used them on mine, too. 

[TheChronicOne]

There's just something about having them big tanks......  it's like she REALLY MEANS BUSSINESS. 

[zenrat]

Dragon is an appropriate name given the shape of the aircraft is not dissimilar to that of the Draken.

[TheChronicOne]

There we go!  Nice catch. Now I can pretend like I intended that all along! 

[zenrat]

i was looking at your pic which includes the box art and the similarity struck me.

[DogfighterZen]

I've read something about the XL test pilots flying a Draken before to get used to the cranked delta wing flying characteristics. The wing design is very similar indeed.

[TheChronicOne]

OK, back to work on this.

I have a loadout I can live with finally.



Glued all the ordnance parts together. For some inexplicable reason the fins weren't attached to one half of the nuke and I glued the TV missile together. I'll have to sand the seams later but at least it's all in one piece now.

Hooray for LEGO! Last time I messed with this the most frustrating part was keeping things situated. Difficult because I already have the fin attached so I made this junk just like they would IRL with pallets and stuff and it helped a lot.



Putting it away for now. Next round will involve finishing the interior and getting the canopy painted. 

[TheChronicOne]

Disregard some of what I last said like painting the canopy; I forgot that I'm going to mask it and paint it with the rest. I'm confusing this with another project.

With that correction out of the way I have other things to report. I have cut out the three pylons I need. I still need to refine the shape a bit but all the "heavy lifting" of doing the measuring and cutting is done. Going to do that and glue them on very soon.

Associated work means getting the interior painted. Both of these "seperate" phases of work are for a common goal of closing up the fuselage. So, for the painting, I've finished the few details on the upper fuselage and finished painting my Lil Buddy and his cockpit tub. Kind of sloppy but also one of my better efforts so I like 'em!   



Next up is the stuff I mentioned and things like the canopy masking and getting weapons ready.   

[zenrat]

Good job for 1/72!

[DogfighterZen]

Good job for 1/72!

Ya ya, i agree, especially for the pilot, looks very good!

[NARSES2]

Good job for 1/72!

'Tis indeed 

[kitnut617]

If you can do that in 1/72 scale Brad      what could you do with the 1/12 Esci/Italeri F-16 cockpit.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/esci-601-f-16-cockpit--130008