This is my.... well,
I can't remember how many F-16 I have built in TNI AU marking. No, not hundreds
of them.. I just can't remember because I have none in my house.
This one was built
for a customer also. It is a 1/48 scale Hasegawa F-16B with Italeri
parabrake. Not the most accurate one especially its side profile. Nothing more
can be written about the Hasegawa kit. Everybody can easily find
hundreds of them.
I shaved off the
backing plate of the intake's navigation lights as Indonesian double-seater
F-16s don't have it. Another tough job was to make smooth the inner side of the intake.
Well, it worked, but I choose to replace it with aftermarket part if I build any
Hasegawa F-16 in the future.
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images below to see larger images
As for the
colors, I used Xtracolor Flanker Pale Blue for FS 35414 which I feel is "too
blue", MM Intermediate Blue FS 35164 and MM True Blue FS 35109. I sprayed
lightened colors on the center of panels to break monotonous colors.
Decal are from Zotz'
which silvered a bit. Perhaps the coat was not gloss enough before
decalling. I added the walkway/no step lines along the wings and fuselage using
old Hasegawa F-16A decal which has been yellowed due to age.
MM Flat coat was
used to finally end the build.
Alex
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