Tamiya 1/32 F16 CJ bloc 50 Fighting Falcon.

[BarryW]

I have been making solid progress. First detailing the cockpit. After the pe I did a semi matt varnish then I used Micro Kristal Klear for the glass screens and dials.





Washes and dry brushing done.






Masked the main wheel wells


Fitted the nose weight and screwed in the cockpit.


Then I screwed the top fuselage on. Perfect fit. When firmly screwed on I ran around with thin cement to seal the joins. I had to hold the pieces together in a few places, as you would expect .




Bottom of wings into place


Cockpit masked



Then I sprayed primer to check joins.



As it happens the joins are perfect needing a very light sanding in some small areas. I have never put together the two major fuselage halves before without having seams to treat. The engineering and fit is amazing.

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Barry, another superb Tamiya offering.

[boatman]

HI Barry yes its lookin great will you have the Vulcan gun cover open so the gun can be seen ?
chris

[BarryW]

HI Barry yes its lookin great will you have the Vulcan gun cover open so the gun can be seen ?
chris

No Chris. I like my models all ‘buttoned up’ apart from an open cockpit. I have just put the Vulcan together (photos will be done soon) and it really goes together nicely.

in fact it all goes together really well

My sessions at the bench just seem to speed by so quickly as progress with building is so quick for a number of reasons:
The great engineering and fit. The quality of the mouldings and plastic means there is very little clean up to do.
The ZM sprue cutters and scraper are so good they really speed up any part clean up needed.
All in all a sheer pleasure in every respect so far.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Stunning detail. Very neat work.
Jim

[boatman]

OK Barry :sad:
chris

[JR]

Barry some stunning work blending those exhaust colours. Glad that you mentioned about the Gator Glue taking time to dry,I'd bought some and had't been impressed, I can see why now.

[scottie3158]

Barry,
Very nice some lovely detailing work

[BarryW]

I am working through various sub-assemblies and adding them to the core structure. You can see what has been aded so far on nthis pic



I am working on more and here are a few ready. I am not sure yet what I will add before painting and what after.

[BarryW]

Fin done and it is removable with pins fitting into poly caps. Here it is pushed into position



Some more subs done.

[BarryW]

The airframe is now ready to finish off the primer coat.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry

I am not sure yet what I will add before painting and what after.

I find making those decisions very difficult. I tend to try to add as much as I can before painting as gluing ready painted parts usually needs some touch up. I am sure with your experience you'll sort it.
Jim

[BarryW]

Another session and I have progressed to priming the airframe.



I scraped, sanded and polished the canopy seam line.


The canopy was masked and I sprayed first black and then rubber grey. I will need to remove that masking and mask again ready for the base camo coat

[tr1ckey66]

Looking good Barry
Cheers
Paul

[scottie3158]

Barry,
Looking good.