1/72 Revell F16c Block 50/52  

by Paul (KonaMonkey) Goretti

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This is my first submission to ARC, so a big hello to all the modellers I've nicked ideas from these past few months! I have little modelling experience, having built just a few kits but really like the F16. I saw the kit, bought it and put it away until I had some time to do it (in)justice.  On the sprue, the kit looks beautiful although some of the engraving actually finishes a little deeper than I thought it might. No real problem however.  I was surprised when I tried to fit the ejection seat into the finished cockpit as it doesn't fit. You have to hack off the bottom framing of the seat. Its not really noticeable, but not what I was expecting. Another small problem area was the intake. Needed a lot of filing and a little putty. Could just be me of course. Another problem relates to the national markings. Somehow Revell got these wrong and I didn't have any spare to replace them. I'll pop them on when I get them.

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I've tried a few techniques I learned on ARC as you might see from the images above.  Really just some basic stuff like thinned oil paint gently persuaded into the panel lines and a bit of shading with pastels.

Overall this is a really nice little kit. Cheers!

Paul

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