F-16DC Double-canard Falcon (finished page 1)

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    For Christmas, my dear wife offered me a Revell 1/144 F-16C, and I plan to build one of my delirium drawings:

I consider building this F-16 in 2023, at 1/144 scale with a Revell kit (having 2 fins, 2 sets of tailplanes, 2 jet exhausts);

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwG_ee.jpg
(my F-16 what-if site is at http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/f16ofil.htm )

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Well, my first project was a little too normal, I prefer adding a touch of asymmetry moreover:      

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwH_ak.jpg

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Here is the kit full content:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6645_f16dc.jpg

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And here are the intersting parts for me:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6651-f16dc.jpg

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Starting "work" (pleasant one) cutting tail off + preparing sprues as booms to hold foreplanes:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6656_f16dc.jpg

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Now the model is seriously* taking shape...s:
*: uh, not seriously, because without rear tail anymore and with a first boom forward (and 2 jets and 2 fins ready to fit), this is already what-if  

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6665-f16dc.jpg

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Now the 2nd boom and the 2 jets are on. Then I will glue the canards and add some putty.

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6671_f16dc.jpg

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Then I will glue the canards and add some putty.

Done!

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6676_f16dc.jpg

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after first sanding:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6684_f16dc.jpg

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And adding the fins. The model is now completed (before paint), the very day of my birthday, in a single day!

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6690_f16dc.jpg

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Then painting the underside:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6692_f16dc.jpg

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Then the upper side:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6699_f16dc.jpg
Still all in a single day! Just remains the black pen for the canopy...

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The model is now finished (not a "normal" F-16 I fear):

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6700_f16dc.jpg

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4 angles of view of my tiny F-16DC 1/144 (5 cm long = 2"):

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/rm_IMG_6701-f16dc-x4.jpg

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