A very Happy New Year 2014 to all ARC members
and other hobbyist alike.
This is a 1/144 Academy F-16A kit converted to depict an all light gray camo Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16AM.
I came across the RNoAF demo kite while browsing for a new F-16 build. This one has participated in several Tiger meet events. The usual scratch-builts and enhancements were added to make the F-16AM as reasonably accurate as possible:-
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Scratch-built canopy to replace the “flat-out” one supplied
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Scratch-built the pilot for in-flight display
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Scratch-built drag-chute extension
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Scratch-built the larger horizontal stabilizer
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Scratch-built the CATM-120 for the wing tip pylons.
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Re-shape the drop-tanks.
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Added the navigation lights on the sides of the intake and on the wing tips.
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Replace the pitot with a fine pin and added the probes and antenna
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Used Tamiya and Mr Hobby basic colours to mix the shade of gray for the camo paint. The decals were custom made. Very light weathering was done as I read that the air in Norway is pretty good and hence the kites are well maintained. Finished off with a few coats of flat.
Enjoy the photos.
S K Loh
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