1:48 F-16 DG/DJ Fighting Falcon by Italeri

Hello!

Welcome to the forums, and you know what they say... "This thread is worthless without pictures"... Or at least I would very much like to see some. Also, I see no point of asking about the Hurricane - either you want to share the pictures, then post them, or don't mention them.

Now with Italeri you never know how it's going to be. Most of the time they are somewhere in the middle - not so bad and not so good either. With some real flops and science fiction models on one side, and beautiful gems on the other side (not so often).

Good luck with your builds and have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks a lot! 

Are you unable to see the pictures in this post? if so i will try to fix it, they are visible for me. It is also very true what you say about italeri

Nice cockpit painting! Is this a re-box of the Kinetic kit?

Nathan T

Nice cockpit painting! Is this a re-box of the Kinetic kit?

 

Thamk you Nathan, i believe it is yes

Hurricane looks great - looking forward to the F-16

Thanks! so am i hehe

Even though i dont have a whole lot of time to build at the moment, i have made some more progress. The aircraft is almost completely assembeled except for weapons and landing gear, which will be fitted after painting to make everything easier for my self.

The kit was fun to put togheter, but also a lot more work than anticipated. The majority of the parts had to be modified, sanded or cut to fit onto the kit. Especially difficult was the air intake under the cockpit, which simply seemed poorly engineered, i spent a lot of time getting it to fit, and even after that it still had some pretty nasty gaps. If you want to build this kit you will need a decent amount of filler, i also used styrene glue in some areas. But it does look great when its put togheter!

There was a nasty seam line running across the cockpit glass, i sanded it down with 3000 grit tamiya sanding sponge and polished with tamiyas finishing compound.

Fuselage put togheter

Test fitting the cockpit window

Final details to the cockpit

Nice work! Makes me want to pull my Vipers out of the stash. 

Thank you very much!

Thank you Johnny, i appreciate it!

I have put togheter most of the pieces and finished the paintwork, its now ready for a clear coat and decals.

Exhaust painted with AK extreme metal dark aluminium and sealed with ak shine enhancer.

Primed with mr surfacer 1000

Pre-shading with vallejo model color black, i thin model color with flow improver from vallejo, as i find it works much better than ordinary thinner.

Landing gear mounted and paintwork finished with the new range of ak interactive real colors for aircraft

Great job!

Your friend, Toshi