Chris Bucholtz Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Here's my latest completion: the FROG re-pop of the Academy F-16C Block 52. The kit's overly-pointy nose was replaced with a Wolf Pack nose. Also lending a hand was a Wolf Pack burner and tailpipe, Aires cockpit, CMK main gear bay, and Master Models pitot, AOA probes and static discharge wicks. To get a Night Vision Goggles-compatible canopy, I swapped the tinted kit canopy from one from an old Hasegawa kit. The paints were a mix of ModelMaster and Humbrol enamels. Weathering was applied with a Payne's gray sludge wash, followed by the application of fluid leaking with a Staedler .05mm pigment liner, and finally pastels once the flat coat was on. All the ordnance - save the Hasegawa ACMI pod - came from the kit. The decals are from TwoBobs for 91-0362, which has served at Nellis AFB (right by Las Vegas!) at the USAF Weapons School for its entire career. This is how it appeared in 2006. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Really nice fighting Falcon! If you hadn't specified 1/72, I'd have taken it as bigger with the excellent details and photography! Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Brilliant work Chris! That is most impressive for an old FROG kit. You have some mad skills man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 That turned out really well! 👍 I had no idea that Frog did repops of Academy kits. The things that one can learn here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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