1/72 USAF F-16 "Back on the GRID" (W.I.P.)

[Guest]

For the records, Project USAF F-16 "Back on the GRID".


Featuring total of 3 F-16 Vipers in a vignette.


➊ "Coup de Grâce": Colorado Air National Guard F-16C Tiger Meet scheme, 120 FS of 140 FW, customized Traxex - DROW Ranger themed tailfin KT612-AF87.


➋ "Brandy": It's a NSAWC gray camouflage scheme Viper. 1/144 scale, not much of customization I can do on this.


➌ "Arctic Bandit": Aggressor themed F-16 with Arctic camo scheme, 18 AGRS, 354 OG, It's using Twobobs decals for AGRS markings and some other Fishbone Inc. custom decals.


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Depth of Field, Forced Perspective.


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Paperclay, for the base.


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Bondite Epoxy putty.


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I use Bondite for the "foundation" as it becomes very hard & heavy after curing so I think it is the best medium for this.


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So-called Dry-fitting.

[monica]

very nice work on the jets all looks great very nice and clean ,


will be waiting to see what you do with the base,

[Guest]

Well its off to a great start with those jets, they look great. Will subscribe to this

[Guest]

Hi guys, I'm back, have been busy working lately. Here's some photos of my finished build!


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Varnish application. Super gloss when cure.


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Varnish cured, now it looks super glossy.


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The LED thruster of Arctic Bandit.


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Another one.


Spend like few days for the diorama work, I glue the brass rod onto the base with Epoxy glue, it's very strong and effective adhesive. After everything cure, I took them out for some simple photoshooting under natural sunlight.


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This the tag artwork:


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And Finally, a proper photoshooting in my mini studio.


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Comments and critiques are welcome!


Thank you for viewing, have a nice day!

[Guest]

And a short video showing LED glowing thruster of those Vipers.


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[Steve Brodie]

awesome work.

[Guest]

That's amazing, I love it mate, great planning and execution. The jets look awesome

[papa 695]

Like the rest have said some awesome work there

[Guest]

Hello everyone, already done everything, but a little mistake on this build: The brass rods are too long and can't really make the forced-perspective effect right. I should have make a shorter rod or bigger vignette for them.