Pauls's F-16 Egg Plane

[Paul]

So i wanted the Su-33 but couldn't get it in the Uk, so i thought this would look cute next to the 1/32 F-16.

Kit shots



Now I've no idea what the girl is gesturing with her hand and mouth, but to me it just doesn't look right for a model box lol



Quite a lot of decals for an egg plane


So a real over-easy (sorry) build, not a hard boiled build at all (sorry again), it was fried, sorry i mean built in less than 30 mins and a little bit of filling and rescribing and she's where she's at now.



The pilot (or elephant as hanna calls him) all build up sanded, filled and polished

[wappynutter]

Nicely done Paul......
Like you said, will look sweet sat with the "Real" build.... hahaha..

Take care Bud, Happy Building.....
No rush.....

[George]

Looking good I hope mine goes that well.

[T3hGuppy]

Nice one dude.

[JonseyAU]

You should have much better luck with your decals than I did with the Thunder Birds F-16

Ben

[Paul]

Been working on this for the past couple of nights, got a fair bit of progress done to it

Got all the fuselage sanded (where needed) and polished up. The pitot tube was removed (well it fell off) i knew i would add my own anyway.

As this is going to be a "mini me" next to my 1/32 F-16 i wanted the canopy tinted, so using some mr hobby grey smoke thinned with Ultimate thinner i spayed several light coats inside the glass work. once dry i used Ultimate cleaner to remove and over spray from the outside



Gave the cockpit a coat of mr hobby flat black ready for the pilot


The pilot was primed and test fitted



He was then airbrushed in olive green and his helmet painted vallejo Meduim sea grey, the canopy was also masked (a real tricky bugger to do)



The painted black in the visor and couple of different vallejo greys on the hose and face mask,



He was then glued in position on an angle, to add some interest. Then to try out the UV activated glue for the first time on a canopy.


A small amount of the clear glue was placed on some masking tape and using a cocktail stick i applied it to the canopy in the same way i would with micro scale crystal clear. The uv glue is about the same consistency as medium thick superglue and once the canopy was in position i cleaned up any excess with a damp cotton bud, again cleanup is as easy as with a pva based glue. Once i was happy with everything i gave the glue a blast with the uv torch and it dried instantly forming an as strong or to be fair a stronger bond than crystal clear gives. The uv is well worth trying, works brilliantly, clean and easy too.



Ok woodworking time to replace the pitot tube.

Using my low speed mini craft "dremel tool" with a cocktail stick in the chuck i turned and new tube using two Ultimate thinny sticks



Once shaped how i wanted i superglued it in place and filled around it with gap filling ca glue will leave this overnight and then sand it all flush, ready for primer

[CrackedCubes]

Amazing work. I learned some scratch building techniques just from the first part of your build! Love it.

Eggzpescially like the smoked tint work on the canopy!

[T3hGuppy]

Looking great buddy.

The tinted canopy is a great idea.

[warpedcrisis]

looking nice

[Stonkmer]

Looks good Paul!!

Good to see the UV Glue is working well.. I look forward to giving it a go myself!
Really like the Pitot Tube idea from a cocktail stick.

Look forward to seeing more...

Pete
;O)

[wappynutter]

Coming along nicely Mr Paul Sir.....
Love the smoked canopy and the scratch built pitot... Egg-cellent matey..

Continued success, Happy Modelling.....

[Paul]

So the egg f16 was primed then sprayed the same colours as my 1/32 F-16. Mr hobby 331 and 308 and the radome 317


This was then glossed using alclad aqua gloss, great stuff i doubt ill be using john sons clear ever again


Decals on and set, didn't use them all as they didn't look realistic and wouldn't have matched the 1/32


The sindwinders, wheels where painted and the exhaust painted in alclad magnesium

[UKguyInUSA]

Side by side with the 1/32, will it be Mother and Daughter, Father and son, or Mother and son, or Father and Daughter? You're going to tell me it's Uncle and Nephew now!

Cheers,

Martin

[Paul]

Side by side with the 1/32, will it be Mother and Daughter, Father and son, or Mother and son, or Father and Daughter? You're going to tell me it's Uncle and Nephew now!

Cheers,

Martin

I think the biggest question should be "what came first? the falcon or the egg"

[CrackedCubes]

I'll place an order on the internet and see which one comes in the post first!

[davidowers]

I imagine that it was a bit different from Tamiya F-16 (1/32)

[Paul]

I imagine that it was a bit different from Tamiya F-16 (1/32)

Just a little yeah lol

[davidowers]

I imagine that it was a bit different from Tamiya F-16 (1/32)

Just a little yeah lol

hahaha
considering doing one of these egg plane they look like good fun!