1/48 Hasegawa F-16B

Fighting Falcon 

by Alan Williamson

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The Kit

  • Hasegawa F-16B Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds kit 09406  

Additional Parts

  • Verlinden Aces II Ejection Seats 0062

  • Eagle Strike decals Falcons Part II 48073

 

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Construction

I started this kit in back in 2002 (minus the three years that I took a break from modelling), 2005 saw the return of the models and the completion of this F-16. I found this model to have a few fit problems with the intake joining to the fuselage and the nose required a little putty and some light sanding. The other hassles I found was the closed afterburner can needs more attention when constructing to make sure all of the pieces line up, in my case I had some filling to do with putty and some light sanding. I also found joining the can to the rest of the fuselage also resulted in putty and a lot of sanding to get the fit right.  The other trouble I faced was the speed brakes, Hasegawa gives the modeller the option of cutting off the speed brakes before the fuselage halves are glued together.  I however found this a bit of a hassle, but with the help of (yep you guessed it) some putty and a little sanding, I over came the problem. The only other thing that I did was cut the flaps out of the wing and reposition them in the down position as they appear on the tarmac awaiting the next mission.  I have noticed in most photos I have seen is that the F-16 flaps are dropped as it sits on the tarmac.  The rest of the kit went together with little hassle.

 

 

Painting and Finish

The kit was painted in FS36118, FS36375, FS36320 and FS36270 as well as some white and black, the decals were then applied. As with all my models a gloss clear was then sprayed over the kit followed by a pastel wash and finished off with a dull cote. All and all not a bad kit to build and I have two more F-16s to build yet one with the black box cockpit and I’ll post it on the site when I finished

Alan 

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Photos and text © by Alan Williamson