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Offline KiwiZac

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Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« on: January 16, 2017, 02:31:50 PM »
A little while ago I built a 1/72 Avro Arrow that had no armament. The Big Gimper offered to send me some missiles (many more than I needed, an excellent armoury for future kits!) and pylons, and at the same time offered me a good deal on a 1/144 F-16XL.

Did I have a plan? No. Did I remember I was expecting it?  :-[ But then I had an idea! Didn't I buy a bunch of Academy 1/144 kits a while back and shove the markings into the spares? Wasn't one of them a Luftwaffe F-4?

Aha!

Instead of the Tornado, the Germans go for the F-16XL....












Airfix 1/144 F-16XL with an Academy nose (the original was like a duckbill), Academy decals and Tamiya paints. Kit weapons plus some Dragon bombs.
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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2017, 09:53:08 PM »
Very nice!
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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 01:54:18 AM »
 :)
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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 02:24:47 AM »
tiny & beautiful :-*
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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2017, 02:57:42 AM »
Nice job!!
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2017, 03:14:55 AM »
Thank you!

I forgot the canards! They're from an Academy 1/144 F-16 too, one I built as an FSW in the early days of my time at The Other Forum. It felt right to add canards to this.
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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2017, 07:51:03 PM »
Very cool! Any reason to make an F-16XL is a good reason!
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Offline pigflyer

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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2017, 02:14:57 AM »
Very nice, love the finish.  :)
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Offline Crbad

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Re: Das Deutsche Falke - 1/144 F-16XL
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2017, 07:17:09 AM »
You can't go wrong with an F-16xl.   ;D
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