General Dynamics F-16N Top Gun

Subject:: General Dynamics F-16N Block 30B Fighting Falcon
US Navy (1794-now)
Navy Fighter Weapons School BuNo 163270/43
NAS Miramar, CA
FS36307 FS36251 FS36270 FS35237 FS36152
Scale:: 1:72
Status:: Completed
Started:: August 15, 1992
Completed:: August 30, 1992

Hasegawa kit (first release),
Added cockpit details from scratch,
modified canopy stay to rotate to opened or closed position,
added vinyl rings to horizontal stabilizer mounts to allow these to be posable,
changed Sidewinder missile into TACTS (ACMI) pod (back when I made this kit there were no weapon sets containing this pod 🙂 );
replaced nose probe and AOA probes with cloth pins.
Painted with Humbrol Authentics, nozzle with Humbrol MetalCote 'Polished Steel', canopy tinted with mixture of Tamiya acrylic X19 Smoke, X24 Clear Yellow and X22 Clear.