Tamiya 1/32 F-16 (the big box )

[Guest]

"The look " enough to strike fear into most Mick :anguished:
Patience abounds doing those decals , good for you .

[Mickc1440]

Mick,
Hats off to you mate that is some serious patience, and another reason I don't build wingy things.

Thanks Scottie, had to make up another look a like decal after one fell apart

Looking real good Mick. This is going to be one impressive display piece. Love the detail and the subtle weathering - nice :thumb2:
Paul

Cheers Paul, I’m looking forward to getting this one done

"The look " enough to strike fear into most Mick :anguished:
Patience abounds doing those decals , good for you .

Oh god yes JR I think it must be a genetic thing

[Mickc1440]

More progress today with clear coating and ticking off more from a whole stack of little finishing jobs. Today saw some tooth pick painting to fill in the flares in the dischargers and decals on the 4 AIM-120C AMRAAM missiles, only 13 on each

[Jim R]

Your patience and skill in applying all those decals and that detail painting does you credit Mick. It will all be worth it in the end.

[Allen Dewire]

Looking great so far, Mick! If you start to get really stressed with the decals, then send them to Tony (yakface) as he's having a sale on decal applications for the Christmas season. 1/2 price for all work sent between now and Dec. 27th.......Just gurgle "Decals 'R Us" for his address...

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Your patience is noted Mick .

[Mickc1440]

Your patience and skill in applying all those decals and that detail painting does you credit Mick. It will all be worth it in the end.

Thanks Jim, much easier in this scale

Your patience is noted Mick .

Cheers John, nearly all done

Looking great so far, Mick! If you start to get really stressed with the decals, then send them to Tony (yakface) as he's having a sale on decal applications for the Christmas season. 1/2 price for all work sent between now and Dec. 27th.......Just gurgle "Decals 'R Us" for his address...

Prost
Allen

Now there’s a business opportunity

[Mickc1440]

Last two missiles sorted, a pair of sidewinders, with just two bombs to finish the decal total for the under wing stores just hit three figures
Never seen so much writing on a missile

[boatman]

Last two missiles sorted, a pair of sidewinders, with just two bombs to finish the decal total for the under wing stores just hit three figures
Never seen so much writing on a missile
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WOW Mick that side winder looks real an tbh i think if it was a real missle there would be a lot more writeing but well done very nice job an thats the good thing about a big scale kit you get all these decals to fit on an to me it makes it look more real than ever like on a 1/72 scale model very well done my freind
an hope you had a good one yesterday ps Mick have you removed the maskin from the canopy yet ? as thats what im waiting to see
chrisb

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Never seen so much writing on a missile

Americans love their warning labels …

[Mickc1440]

WOW Mick that side winder looks real an tbh i think if it was a real missle there would be a lot more writeing but well done very nice job an thats the good thing about a big scale kit you get all these decals to fit on an to me it makes it look more real than ever like on a 1/72 scale model very well done my freind
an hope you had a good one yesterday ps Mick have you removed the maskin from the canopy yet ? as thats what im waiting to see
chrisb

Hi Chris, had an enjoyable day yesterday and hope you did too. I’m working with actual pics on this build and to be honest there’s only a couple of minor stencils missing. It won’t be long now until I remove that canopy as it’s a spare from the kit I’ve used while painting

[Mickc1440]

Americans love their warning labels …

Don’t they just

[boatman]

YES THEY do as i'll never forget the very first phantom i saw was more like reading a book there were so many warnins signs on it took me well over a hr to read just some of them writeing everywhere
chrisb

[adt70hk]

Mick,

Well done for persevering!

ATB.

Andrew

[Guest]

Wow !