1/48 Hasegawa F-16 D Viper Block 50

Gallery Article by Oxiel Carrizo (Necsac) on Sept 18 2009

Chile Independence Day 

 

Here is my Viper dressed in colours of Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACH). The kit is the Hasegawa F-16 D which has included some aftermarket and a lot of modifications to represent the F-16 Block 50, in the configuration used by the FACH.

I added the instrument panels, spine and extension for the parachute in resin produced by a local manufacturer; the ejection seats are from Avionix/Black Box, which are appropriate to the type used by Chilean Viper, along with some details from Eduard photoetched set. I also added a lot of details in scratch, mainly in the cockpit, wheel wells and landing gear.

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To make the camouflage I used acrylic paints Vallejos painted on a base coat made with Grey Primer from Model Master. The washing of panel lines was made with artistic oils and the weathering was made with pastel chalk.

For metallic areas I used Alclad II, which gives a very real aspect to the nozzle

Finally, the paint was sealed with Testors Dullcote.

The decals used correspond to the sheet released by Two Bobs for Chilean Viper (F-16 Peace Puma) complemented by some decals made by my friend Francisco de la Cerda. The stencils of the missiles are from Two Bobs and the LGB and pod Litenin have data from Flying Leathernecks decal sheet.

I want to say thanks to all my friends in the forum IPMS-Chile, who gave me a lot of information about this Viper.

You can see the entire process of assembly of this kit and then the finished model on the following links

In progress:

http://ipmschile.multiforos.es/viewtopic.php?t=854

Finished:

http://ipmschile.multiforos.es/viewtopic.php?t=2535&highlight= 

I hope you enjoy it. Happy modelling,

Oxiel Carrizo (Necsac)

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Photos and text © by Oxiel Carrizo (Necsac)