1/48 Academy F-16C Blk52+ HAF

Gallery Article by Panos Kalaitzis on July 27 2009

 

F-16C Block 52+ 340Sq "Alepou"

This 1/48 kit comes from Academy and needed a lot of extra work to be done for an accurate Hellenic Air Force F-16.

The CFTs are aftermarket made from resin and needed a small amount of putty to close the gaps between them and the models fuselage

The drag chute hose made of Milliput putty and a lot of patience (and photos of the real one of course).

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The colours I used are from the Lifecolour series and are the following

"Ghost Cammo" 

  • -UA 034 Light Gray

  • -UA 113 Italian Light Bluegray 1

  • -UA 145 French Bluegray

The model represents the first year of the Block52+s in Greece so the weathering paneling etc are in normal levels...If you want to represent the present situation of a HAFs F-16-52+ you must mix the colours as I mentioned before with a little drops of black...

The weapons are training and one Centerline fuel tank used only (cause of CFTs)...

Hope you like it!!!!

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Panos Kalaitzis

Photos and text © by Panos Kalaitzis