Two Bobs Aviation Graphics

1/32 F-16C Big Mouth Big Mouths  Block 50 Part 1

Product #32-029

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Feb 28  2005

With the recent release of the big 1/32 Tamiya, Twobobs has been busy giving modellers some great looking markings to dress up their Big Mouth F-16.  This sheet includes the markings for two different Block 50 Vipers from Shaw AFB.

The F-16's include a tiger scheme jet and a MiG-29 killer from the Kosovo conflict.  

The first jet is a Tiger scheme Shaw big mouth F-16 plane #79.  The markings for this jet are from Operation Southern Watch in the Spring of 2002.  The markings on this F-16 caught my eye......I've got a soft spot for tiger markings.  There is a big Black Tigers head on the tail and well as a black and yellow Tigers stripe at the top of the vertical stab.  Also included is a yellow Tigers head decal for the big exhaust cover if you choose to go this route. 

There is a jet #77, but this isn't included on this decal sheet.....a bit of a printing error on the instruction sheet.

The next jet is a F-16 that scored a kill against a MiG-29 during the Kosovo conflict, which was the first MiG kill by a USAF F-16. Details of this story are included on the back side of this instruction sheet.  You can actually dress up this particular more than one way depending if you want to include the Mig kill markings on your F-16......although I can imagine anyone building this bird and not using the MiG-kill markings.

 

The decals are contained on two decal sheets and are flawlessly printed and in perfect register.  You get enough stencils to do up one of these jets.

The 2 pages of instructions include 4 view colour drawings showing camo scheme and decal placement.  Paint colours are listed in FS#'s as well as Humbrol, Testors, Gunze Sangyo and Xtracolor. 

I'd like to thank Twobobs for the review sample.

This sheet is available through http://www.twobobs.net/ and select US Hobby Shops.  Overseas customers can purchase these from Twobobs site or through Twobobs network of overseas distributors.  Remember, shipping is always FREE to US Customers at Twobobs!! 

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford