F-16A Block 15 OCU Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU)
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Upper panels not properly aligned with lower panels.
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Obviously panel lines not aligned.
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The canopy though fits ok.
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Aligning the lines and panels leaves an almost 2mm gap.
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Panel lines seem aligned.
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After the alignment the canopy doesn't fit.
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The instrument panel cover is not in the center.
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Instrument panel cover and about 2mm of plastic removed towards the radome.
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Canopy fits rather good. With it being open nobody will notice.
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Hasegawa's cockpit looks much better so I'll be using it instead.
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Why on earth did Italeri make this rectangular hole on the bottom of the fuselage?!!!
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Hasegawa's 'pit masked and some plasticard added.
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Hasegawa's 'pit is a charm. Now the tricky part with the switches.
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The Viper office
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The Viper office
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Upper panels aligned and glued.
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The Hasegawa instrument panel cover (right) against the Italeri one.
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Puttywise should be ok.
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Dryfitting. Ignore the seat!
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Dryfitting. Ignore the seat (again)!
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I amputated a pilot to use his leg as an engine throttle. He is ok!
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Cockpit glued in position. Throttle painted and glued. Much better than the Hasegawa one.
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I am satisfied with the end result.
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I scratched the Halon tank.
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Initial work in the wheel bay.
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Not representative of the real thing, Italeri put a lot of plumbing in there.
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The finished intake trunk seems pretty much ok.
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Test fitting the upper back half that lead to the engine fan.
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Crude, but does the part.
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Laying the paint down around the intake, since it will be difficult later on.
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Test fitting the intake so as to ensure the paintjob is ok.
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Looks ok!
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Guide for scraping the paint in order to achieve a plastic-plastic bond instead of plastic-paint bond.
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Paint scraped.
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Glued in place with no trouble at all.
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Some gap filling needed, it's an old Italeri kit after all.
Komentarzy
43 28 July 2016, 21:23
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Italeri's F-16 is a rather modest kit, seems quite good for a beginner. For the non beginner however, it poses a challenge in order to be built correctly. At first there is a 2 mm misalignment of the top panels to the rest of the top fuselage half. Then, it seems that the fuselage is bit shorter than a Hasegawa F-16, and finally the radome is also shorter. All that translates to about 3.5 mm shorter overall length than Hasegawa's F-16.
There is also a misalignment of the instrument panel cover.
Since I am not in rescribing yet, I decided to push forward the top of the fuselage part and remove a little bit of plastic where the front of the canopy rests. I also removed the instrument panel cover. All the cockpit interior will be replaced by Hasegawa's cockpit. Italeri's cockpit resembles more a block 1-5 aircraft.
28 July 2016, 21:49
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Slow progress on this one. Hasegawa instrument panel cover has been glued into place. Some dryfiting, still some issues to be sorted.
24 February 2018, 21:44
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Cockpit glued in place. The instrument panel is about 1mm away from the instrument panel cover. It just wouldn't squeeze further up. But I am satisfied with the result. The HUD projector lens was constructed with some Micro Krystal Clear and aluminum foil underneath it. It looks ok I think.
Next will be the main wheel bay subassembly. Lot's of dryfitting there, there are some gaps there too.
9 March 2018, 18:45
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Thank you Clifford.
One other thing that needs fixing is the engine nozzle. Well, you can't fix it actually...! The F100 engine, built by Pratt and Whitney, has 15 turkey feathers. The F110 engine, built by General Electric, has 12 turkey feathers. Both engine nozzles in Italeri's kit have 14 feathers!!! So I am going to use a nozzle from Hasegawa's kit, since they will be built as Block 40/50 machines.
13 March 2018, 20:23
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Welcome Jos. I have been working on and off. Some wiring has been added to the main wheel bays, maybe I'll post a photo or two. My attention is on the Spangdahlem Viper, I have been working on the bits and pices (canopy, landing gear, seats) left. Yesterday I got her on her feet.
4 January 2019, 08:14
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Can't wait for the reveal pics Maciej 😄 👍! For your reference, I build an exotic Viper two years ago:
scalemodels-jansen.j..odels/f-16c-block-25
18 January 2022, 11:53
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LOL at pic #21 and #22 😄
Maybe the pilot could use his head too, somewhere 😉
Good progress, Maciej, can't wait for more 👍
21 January 2022, 06:51
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Sergej 😄
Thank you Robert and welcome!
While waiting for the putty on the Eurofighter to dry, I started tackling the intake. It is the biggest hurdle in this kit.
21 January 2022, 08:24
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In order to have some decent progress on the intake, I got some work done in the wheel bays. More wiring needed before I glue it in place.
27 March 2022, 12:03
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I build this kit not so long ago and I know it's a rough build. You did much more than me to fix the problems. Very nice to follow this.
27 March 2022, 17:42
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Yes Vincent it's a rough kit and you did yours justice. You made some nice additions behind the seat as well as the oxygen hose looks good and I will try to copy them.
27 March 2022, 18:00
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Thanks Maciej. The detail on this kit really needed some scratch building. That was one of the fun parts. Good luck with the rest of your build.
27 March 2022, 18:08
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Welcome Ben!
Thank you Clifford. Since I lost the mojo on the Su-57 for the time being, I grabbed the old builds. The goal on this one is to at least close up the fuselage.
28 March 2022, 11:53
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Not much to brag about after all these days, the right hand side of the wheel bay got its wiring and extra detail. Some wiring will be added when the landing gear will be put in place.
9 April 2022, 07:19
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After sanding the outer surfaces of the air intake I dryfitted the hand made upper part of the air duct. The kit doesn't have one so I had to make one. Lots of putty and sanding to follow and painting obviously after that. I think it is a good step forward.
14 April 2022, 18:58
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Welcome Panteli!
Thank you WhiteGlint, still some work to do though.
25 April 2022, 15:00
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Main gear bay done! The battery will be added when the bay will be glued to the fuselage. The rest of the wiring will be added when I attach the legs.
6 May 2022, 22:25
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Thank you Clifford! Still smoothing out the filled gaps. The first try was so and so and there are a couple of holes to fill.
12 May 2022, 10:37
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After spending summer with touching any piece of plastic, some progress on the intake. The photos fail to show what's happening further deep, but all in all I think it'll do. Some issues here and there, might be sorted out, or might not. I'll see.
25 September 2022, 14:13
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Thank you Clifford! I think I have come to an acceptable result on the intake trunk.
Since the paintjob is a wraparound camo, I decided to paint the intake and its surroundings before glueing it in place. Much easier me thinks. I will apply some gloss varnish too so as to have it ready for decals later on.
Next big step will be closing the fuselage and masking the canopy. After that I think it will be a straightforward build.
4 October 2023, 10:03
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Agree with Clifford - intakes are perfect. One question - why did you cannibalize a Hasegawa F-16 for an Italeri?
14 March, 22:18
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Welcome Guy!
Thank you CaptGPF. That's a good question. I have 3 Hasegawa twoseaters plus some spare tubs and I have an Aires cockpit to use in one of them. So I used a spare tub and I cut off the front instrument panel cover and used them in the Italeri. Yeah, I know it will a pain fitting the aires tub in the hasegawa, but it will be a great improvement over the hasegawa tubs.
As for cannibalizing the Hasegawa, wait until I start building one of them, it will be a carnage!
15 March, 07:15
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After a lot of back and forth, I finally got to glue the intake in place. At first I had to apply a gloss varnish in order to do some line wash. After that I used a satin varnish and then I waited a bit before I went on with the glue. In order to have a good bond, I carefully scraped the paint (kind of nervous with that). Glueing it after that was a piece of cake.
As I suspected, it would have been difficult to paint it if glued unpainted. Quite the effort but I think it was totally worth it.
Welcome Cristian A!
3 June, 20:22
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Thank you Seb! I have to pick it up, I've been dragging myself with another project, hoping it would be easier or faster, but it stalled too. Darn!
1 August, 19:46
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Oh wow Ronan, glad you like it! Sorry if I missed the other likes guys, the feed only shows the last guy who pressed the button.
12 August, 11:02