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Article by Andreas Dollinger |
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This is a F-16 MLU from the 31. Squadron Belgian
Airforce at Kleine Brogel (Belgium). It was built from the new Revell F-16
MLU Kit, which is in my eyes the finest Viper-Kit in 1/72 scale available
today.
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The Kit was built almost straight out of the box,
with
only the ejection seat being changed with a True-Details Resin-Seat. The were no
problems building the kit, all pieces were excellent with the exception of the Air-Intake.
I found the air intake area to be difficult and would require filler if you
didn't get it just right during the assembly process.
The Fighter is armed with two AIM-120 Amraam
on the wing-tips, two AIM-9L Sidewinders under the wings and one 1,136 litre
tank. One bad thing about this kit is that there are no offensive ground-weapons like MK.82's or GBU´s
included in the
kit.
The fighter was colored complete with
Humbrol-Paints
applied with my Airbrush. Later I weathered it with WATER-COLORS (YES!).
Water-colors
are much cheaper than oil, much more forgiving to use: only take a wet
toilette-paper and wipe over the model, to remove the wash so you can try it
again and again and again....
After weathering, the model was finished with a
clear coat from the hobby-shop.