Thanks alot guys! I really appreciate the comments.
The cans were pretty easy...just alot of steps. The first thing I did was to cut apart the exhaust interior piece. This makes painting the interior easier. I used Mr. Color 316, which is a sort of off-white color, and AB'd some thinned out Mr. Color black to create the sooty areas:
I painted the flame holder jet exhaust and weathered it with Tamiya weathering powders:
The can itself was primed with Tamiya primer then painted with Mr. Color 316. Then I brushed some dark grey pastels over the white. Then I applied Alclad II Gloss Black Base (which is great stuff BTW) and then Alclad II Stainless Steel:
I masked off the petals using thin strips of Tamiya tape, painted the areas between the petals regular Alclad II Steel, masked that off then painted the dark areas a 50/50 mixture of Alclad II Jet Exhaust and Gunmetal:
I also painted the ring that joins to the fuselage Alclad II Aluminum to match the shroud at the back of the plane:
I brushed some Tamiya blue weathering powder over the shroud to give it that blue tinge that you see on alot of PW F-16s.
Bigb123
Great stuff!! Excellent build! My hometown is about 20 minutes from the Fort Smith AR base where these birds used to be..now they've got the A-10s. But, you gotta love the hog art on the F-16 tails and the A-10 noses!!
I used to fly EMB-120s in and out of Ft. Smith from DFW for another airline that I used to work for (ASA). Saw the F-16s all the time! There was a little cafe in that airport that made some good apple pie!