So here it is, in all its’ glory, my completed build of the 1970’s vintage F-16 prototype kit. I painted it in the sky camouflage worn during the fly off competition between the YF-16 and YF-17 in 1974 at Edwards AFB. I built this kit OOB, and even though the kit did not show how to paint this scheme, the decals are for another scheme worn by this aircraft later in the flight test program and usable on this scheme.











With my other 1/48 F-16s

and compared to the real bird


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Very nice work Carlos. I think you captured the look of this particular aircraft quite well. 
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Very nice Viper. Not a scheme typically seen on F-16s. And great collection of F-16s too.
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Chris and Aggie, thank you.
Aggie, this scheme was a one off, only worn for a comparatively short timespan during the fly off. This aircraft wore at least two more schemes during its service lifespan, including the Red, White, and Blue demo scheme. This scheme was more attractive to me compared to the Ghost Grays that it also wore and that Tamiya included on the instructions sheet.
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