1/48 Academy F-16C

by Shahrukh Ali

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This is my second article on ARC, my first article was about those poor 1/72 F-4M/K Phantoms from RAF and RN, which were my very first creation of scale modeling. Though at that time I didn’t have anything but gradually and right after my first article on ARC I’ve got so much help, so much information and scale models from the friends all over the world. I want to say thanks to all of them and specially thanks to ARC through which me n my oldie Phantoms get popular.

Here is the link of those first models.

http://www.arcair.com/Gal3/2801-2900/Gal2865_F-4_Ali/gal2865.htm 

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Still the lack of modeling tools and paints compel me to use some techniques and to think about the alternatives to finish this model.

Here I want to let you know guys that now as I’ve few Academy and Italeri kits to make but still the biggest problem for me is that how to paint them! And you will be quite surprise to know that how did I paint this Academy F-16.

When I was following the instruction manual for making this kit, I found out that I would need three important paints Dark Gray, Light Gray and White. So I decided to use the ordinary house hold spray paints for it because these are easily available at every local paint shops here and that was the only way for me to make this model more realistic.

Now you may see the results. Upon closer look you may find the major gap between the upper portion of wings and fuselage. It was because the wings were not fitted properly and I didn’t have any kind of putty fillers. Besides you will also find more other gaps beneath the wings.

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Overall I really enjoyed making this kit because it was supposed to be my first 1/48th scale model and this kit was also really lucky for me because right after it, I got my loveliest fighter I ever wish the ‘Dassault Mirage IIIE’ kits with the help of my Indonesian friends.

At last, I want to specially thanks to my calling brother Jung Yong Woo in Gwang-ju ( Republic of Korea) who gave me this kit as a gift during my father visit to Korea last year.

Shahrukh

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Photos and text © by Shahrukh Ali