F-16CJ "Block 50" Tamiya FMM MdT

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February 11, 2021
Starting eleven!
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March 2, 2021
All set!
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March 2, 2021
All set!
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March 2, 2021
First steps, cleaning up and preparing for photoetched parts. Dry fit of the fuselage to stimulate the build 🙂
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April 13, 2021
Preparing the cockpit
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April 13, 2021
Some basic wiring to detail up the rear of the seat
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April 13, 2021
Nice detail by Eduard 🙂
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April 13, 2021
I broke the back part of the seat while cleaning it, fortunately it wont be seen 🙂
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April 13, 2021
The detail of the resin seat is nice!
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April 13, 2021
The detail of the resin seat is nice!
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April 13, 2021
Preparing the exhaust...
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April 13, 2021
Cleaned 🙂
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April 13, 2021
Loads of extrusion marks in the wheel bays area...
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April 13, 2021
A ton of work here, some parts are impossible (for my skill) to repair correctly
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April 13, 2021
Front wheel bay finished, nice detail from Eduard
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April 13, 2021
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April 13, 2021
Ready!
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April 13, 2021
Wiring finished, a nightmare tbh...
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April 13, 2021
Priming the office!
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April 22, 2021
Almost finished 🙂
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April 22, 2021
Starting to see I little bit of colour 😄
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April 23, 2021
Mr. Surfacer 1500 White!
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May 3, 2021
And now some color 🙂
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May 3, 2021
And now some color 🙂
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May 3, 2021
And now some color 🙂
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May 3, 2021
Preparing to close...
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May 3, 2021
Finally, its closed!!
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May 6, 2021
Main wheel well done 🙂
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May 6, 2021
Main wheel well done 🙂
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June 19, 2021
Starting the exhaust...
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June 19, 2021
Ready to paint!
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June 19, 2021
Ready to paint!
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June 19, 2021
Some difficulties to bend these properly, but definitely better looking 🙂
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June 19, 2021
2 hours worth of masking...
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June 19, 2021
Finally starting to see some color 😄
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June 19, 2021
Marbling done!
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June 19, 2021
Marbling done!
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June 21, 2021
Undersides done!
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June 26, 2021
Color almost done!
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June 26, 2021
Color almost done!
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June 26, 2021
Color almost done!
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July 4, 2021
Radome repainted, the initial color was too light
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July 4, 2021
Some postshading and ready to gloss barnish and decals!
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July 4, 2021
Some postshading and ready to gloss barnish and decals!
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July 8, 2021
Decals done!
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July 8, 2021
Pane liner applied
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July 12, 2021
Undersides weathered and done!
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July 12, 2021
Exhaust interior
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July 12, 2021
Exhaust interior following photos and Diejo Quijano's step by step.
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July 12, 2021
Exhaust interior
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July 12, 2021
Exhaust exterior, I think it has ended a little orangish, but I wont remake it, so its ok 🙂
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July 12, 2021
Exhaust exterior, I think it has ended a little orangish, but I wont remake it, so its ok 🙂
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July 12, 2021
Exhaust exterior, I think it has ended a little orangish, but I wont remake it, so its ok 🙂
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July 19, 2021
Seat ready!
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July 19, 2021
Instrument panel also ready
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July 19, 2021
All in place
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July 19, 2021
AIM-9M and AIM-120C
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July 19, 2021
All in place! Only pitot, cockpit and fuel deposits left. I also included the static dischargers using toothbrush fiber.
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July 19, 2021
All in place! Only pitot, cockpit and fuel deposits left. I also included the static dischargers using toothbrush fiber.
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July 19, 2021
Preparing the ladder...
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July 19, 2021
Some color...
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July 19, 2021
General outline of the base 🙂
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!
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July 22, 2021
Finished!

Kommentarer

61 11 February 2021, 16:16

Patrick Hagelstein
I see nothing but the highest quality stuff here, should build like a breeze. 😉

11 February 2021, 16:36

Slavo Hazucha
let´s have a look!

11 February 2021, 16:38

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Starting with it soon... Let's see how it goes 🙂

12 February 2021, 09:52

Spanjaard
nice stuff to be put together, i am in 🙂

12 February 2021, 10:06

Konrad -
Count me in here as well🙂

12 February 2021, 10:39

Jos Jansen
Me too...in!

12 February 2021, 10:59

Treehugger
Do you get to have electrostatic wicks? Those thiny rods off the wings.

2 March 2021, 09:02

Mark D
Can you let know how the exhaust ring from Eduard matches the rear of the kit?

2 March 2021, 09:45

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Threehugger, no, I dont have the wicks, I will think later on the build how to do them...

Mark D, sure, I will dry fit the Eduard exhaust later this week and I can post here the result. I have heard that it does not match very well, but I already bought it :/

2 March 2021, 13:17

Jos Jansen
That's a lot of AM stuff for this great Tamiya kit, looking forward to see all the progress pics...👍! Those electrostatic wicks called "Static Discharges"...great stuff from Master:
F-16 Static Dischargers (16p..re) (Master AM-48-112, 1:48)

2 March 2021, 15:32

Maciej Bellos
Joining in late. Looking forward to the build.

2 March 2021, 20:26

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Thank you for the info Jos 🙂

3 March 2021, 09:57

Sergej I
watchin 👍

3 March 2021, 10:09

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
It has been a crazy month at work, and I havent had so much time, but here are some progress 🙂

Jos, I think I am going to make the wicks with toothbrush fibers!

13 April 2021, 12:34

Spanjaard
details looking good

13 April 2021, 12:50

Alexander
Nice range of aftermarket you got there, together with the selfmade wiring this should turn out really nice 👍 - awaiting further progress. 🙂

13 April 2021, 15:17

Slavo Hazucha
Very cool progress on the details 👍

20 April 2021, 08:42

Patrick Hagelstein
After seeing your pictures I have to come back to my previous remarks: Yes, it should build like a breeze..........except that darn landing gear! 😄 (I included the Aires Wheel Bay set and forgot about this.....)

21 April 2021, 13:58

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Yep, that's right Patrick, the landing gear is coming up together nicely, but it consumes a loooot of time, luckily I am almost finished with all the photoetched parts 🙂

I considered using the Aires Wheel Bay set, maybe it would have been easier and faster, but I found the BIGED set relatively cheaper so...

22 April 2021, 08:20

Sarunas D
Do you apply lacquer on the Eduard coloured photo-etch?

22 April 2021, 08:38

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Hi Sarunas, yes, I applied Mr Surfacer 1500 White over Eduard coloured photo-etch, as I thought it would be easier than paint everything and then glue the photoetched parts.

3 May 2021, 09:38

Mark D
Nice progress! What I am not sure of is if this block version does have the newer aces II Seat with the stabilizers of the chute downwards at both sides of the headrest or still the earlier one? Maybe someone does know this? (I know the MLU has the newer version.)

19 June 2021, 14:49

Jens J.
The ACES II updated headrests have nothing to do with the F-16's MLU.

19 June 2021, 20:21

Mark D
Jens, OK, i wasn't sure about that, thanks.

20 June 2021, 10:08

Mark D
To be more specific: they are the pitot tubes for the environmental sensor, that gives information to the recovery sequencer to determine which ejection mode should be activated at different speed/altitudes. (Thank you ejectionsite.com ?)

20 June 2021, 14:32

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Very interesting Mark, didnt know that 🙂

20 June 2021, 20:49

Guillaume Boulanger
very nice job

23 July 2021, 04:33

Konrad -
Awesome work and roll out pictures👍!!
Very nice Viper !

23 July 2021, 05:19

Spanjaard
i agree with Konrad

23 July 2021, 06:25

Alexander
How did I miss the end of this build? Really great looking result, clean and professional! 👍 I also think that the exhaust looks very good too. 👍

23 July 2021, 09:12

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Thank you everyone!

23 July 2021, 13:41

Pero Susinger
Neat!

23 July 2021, 17:00

Mark D
Great result!

24 July 2021, 10:38

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful result! Also, a very nice base. 👍

24 July 2021, 10:40

Rui S
Looks great 👍

25 July 2021, 16:25

Maciej Bellos
Stunning result! Thumbs up!

25 July 2021, 18:17

Clifford Keesler
Great looking Viper, very well done.

26 July 2021, 02:20

Slavo Hazucha
Oh wow, what a finish on this one!

Can't fail to mention the exhaust-job being a top notch affair, but man, the whole thing just looks great! I'm having my own fun with a grey-grey paintjob right now, and this is just a fine example how just shades of grey can look super cool & realistic without over-blasting the shading. Spot on 👍

7 August 2021, 19:16

Jorge Gallego-Madrid
Thank you very much everyone 🙂

And thank you Slavo 🙂 I did the exhaust following the guidelines from Diejo Quijano's book "F-16 Aggressor"

8 August 2021, 10:00