I suppose I’m so immersed in older subject these past several years, having lost my interest in modern American and British subjects as they grew more and more drab, that I did’nt realize that color is making a comeback. I just got the latest releases from TwoBobs and these F-16’s are outright riots of color compared with what I’m used to seeing in the current USAF inventory. I have them both in 1/48 and 1/32, and after they have served their function I know I’ll never use the 1/32 scale sheets, and it makes me a little disappointed. But now I think I can plan a 1/48 F-16 once again using these markings.
And the new TwoBobs Sidewinder and Sparrow missile markings reminded me of just how colorful these weapons are (nothing like adding a little Martha Stewart cheeriness to the instruments of death and destruction), and how much the right markings can add to the overall effect of a model. I especially like the way TwoBobs was able to reproduce the metallic areas of the missles, in both shiny silver and copper (the latter representing the long fuses along the front of an AIM-7).
If you buld Vipers, you owe it to yourself to check these out.
TOM