F/A-18SE and F-16TE

[Firefox]

I have the idea of a single engine F/A-18 and a twin engine F-16 for a long while. Finally, I'm motivated myself enough to make both. Both are from Hasegawa in 1/72 scale. To my surprise the width of the mid-aft sections of both aircraft are almost identical, at least in 1/72 scale. Fusing the fore section of the F/A-18 with the aft section of the F-16 is a breeze. I couldn't say the same for fore section of F-16 with aft section of F/A-18, there are simply not enough contact points to glue them together securely.

Completed models are on page 2

[Firefox]

After applying some putty and sanding, things started to look better. The F-16TE continued to be a nightmare to work on. I had to reworked it a few times to a point I nearly wanted to chuck it in the bin. but the F/A-18TE went on smoothly

[Firefox]

Finally, both started to look good. more putty and sanding. Originally, I planned to re-do the F-16TE main landing gear housing. But the time spent on the re-work in the beginning meant that I have to leave it as is and applied a simpler solution as seen here.

[NARSES2]

Oh I like where this is going 

[PR19_Kit]

Impressive PSR work there. 

[Old Wombat]

Oh I like where this is going 

As do I.

[DogfighterZen]

Excellent work!   
I'll be watching very carefully cause i've also had a twin engined Viper in mind for a while, this will surely help when i get to build mine.

[Firefox]

Excellent work!   
I'll be watching very carefully cause i've also had a twin engined Viper in mind for a while, this will surely help when i get to build mine.

Can't wait to see yours. Mine one is a bit of after thought. My main focus is the F/A-18SE

[DogfighterZen]

Oh, at the rate i've been building, it'll be 2040 when i get to it...
Anyway, i can't wait to see how these two come out, they're looking great already!

[Wardukw]

This is looking very cool ..a twin engined F-16 done wrong would end up looking like a wonky Mig 29 but a single engined F-18 will look like a F-18 and I like that 
Next on the cards..a F-18 delta 

[su27rules]

Excellent work!!  

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice.    The F-16 will propably look pretty tail-heavy, though? The F-18SE is also my favorite.

[perttime]

This will be interesting. Can't wait to see side views.

[mexchiwa]

Looks great - but one problem may be that the F-18SE is too short.  There isn't enough room for the engine behind the wheel wells. Maybe add an extension? 

[Steel Penguin]

looking good so far, and i can see it confusing a lot of folks when finished as well,  the cockpits and intakes will say  one thing, then the tail ends something utterly different.