Tamiya 1/32 F-16C
By Luc Janssen
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Introduction
A friend of mine was a F-16 pilot in the Belgian Air Force and participated in NATO strike and reconnaissance missions in the Middle East. Last year he flew his last sortie on F-16 and for this occasion I built this model for him. It should have been an A-model, but I could not find one so I made the C-model and he didn’t mind.
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The Model
This Tamiya kit is of superb quality, but all steps must be planned carefully to avoid difficulties when painting, decaling and weathering!
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The cockpit interior was finished with the QUINTA STUDIO F-16 INTERIOR 3D DECAL.
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For the BAF version of the fighter I used the Belgian Carapace Update from PWMP.
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I gave the landing gear and the wheel wells supplementary details and used the RES/KIT OPEN EXHAUST NOZZLE for the back end of the jet. The FOD cover for the intake was built from scratch.
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I used decals from the kit, from DACO Products and from my spare box.
The model is presented “without frills” in a plexiglass casing.
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Finishing
The paints came from Alclad, MRP, Vallejo, AK and Humbrol.
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For weathering, I did not apply washes, but weathered with pencils, oil paints and pastels.
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References
- Lockheed/Martin F-16 A/B/C/D from DACO Publications.
- F-16 Fighting Falcon from Duke Hawkins.
- Air Fan nr 454 and 478.
- AIR COMBAT December 2022.
- Photographs from the mentioned pilot
- The internet.
For questions or remarks, go to: https://lucjanssen32nd.com
© Luc Janssen 2023
This article was published on Saturday, May 13 2023; Last modified on Sunday, May 14 2023