Since I like to build a modern jet along with a prop kit at the same time I thought I would start on my Hasegawa 1/48 F-16A Tiger Meet 2003 kit tonight.
I painted the cockpit parts but am a little disappointed in the level of detail, or lack thereof in this kit. The instrument panel only has one CRT on the left side and none on the right even though the instructions show both of them in the drawings. [:(!]
This must be older tooling I assume.
Oh well, this kit is more for show of the paint scheme anyhow so the interior is not that important. [:D] [;)]
sounds cool mike!! i’ve got an F/A-18E on the bench from italeri and detail is scant in the pit too. i bought the SU-17 resin ejection seat for around $3 bucks from squadron and it dresses up the pit fairly nicely. i used the kit supplied, dreaded decal instrument panel, but i’m not worried about it. you got a ref. pic we can view? is the tiger stripes decals? have fun friend. later.
The artwork are decals, yes.
Here is a photo of the real plane on this page: http://www.tiger-link.com/NTM2003%20-%20page%202.htm
The picture in the middle of the second row from the top is it.
This is the Belgian Air Force F-16A and is not quite as colorful as some of the others I have seen. Maybe I will do a more exotic one down the road.
I would like to try and freehand a paint job on one sometime with the Sotar. [;)]
I think you may have misunderstood me there Mike. The F-16AM (the subject of your kit, not an F-16A) is supposed to have TWO crt’s in the cockpit, different HOTAS system, wide-angle Hud and some other mods. You can easily recongize the AM version by the IFF vanes in front of the canopy. The MLU aircraft do seem to differ slightly between the various airforces, that’s why I only provided links to Belgian aircraft.
My point is, the instructions may well be correct. Then again, if it were me I might just glue the parts in that are included in the kit, and then add the (obvious) IFF aerial to the nose, and call the thing finished[;)]. Don’t wanna be pedantic, just wanted to make sure you don’t misunderstand me. Do show some pics, whatever way you build it![8D]
Thanks for the info Filibert and sorry if I misinterpreted what you were trying to say. I must have read the post too quickly. [:D]
I don’t really care about accuracy on this kit as I bought it mainly for the cool looking graphics on the outside. I will look into your suggestions though and may just add the IFF aerial to the nose as you said and call it good. [;)]
That works for me.
Man I love those Tiger Meet birds. Some of the best paint schemes I’ve ever seen on a plane come from those. Are you planning any more Tiger Meet birds after this one Mike?
mike, i know you have the kit decals, but if you ever plan to do more of the tiger jobs, have you seen Albatros’s offerings of thier tiger meet decals? pretty cool, i’ll have to dig up the link. later.
you doing this tiger and a jug… at the same time!!! gonna take twice as long now [;)]. Why dont you just base coat it, future it and do the theme yourself using the decals as reference with your sotar and ink
