Next, a Tamiya
F-16CJ. Really liked this model. Nothing wrong with all my Hasegawa models but
the Tamiya kicks their butts three ways come Sunday. Much better build, so
simple, so little putty. Just a great kit. So much so, mid-way through the build
I went and acquired the Tamiya 1/32 by trade with Tony Hayes. I won't be
building it for a while...but it sure looks like an amazing kit.
The Tamiya kit was
built completely out of the box with the exception of the Afterburner decals for
the 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Wing. It has next to no weathering
as its the squadron flag ship.
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The next models are much
older. The ADF (North Dakota) is the Revell kit with a combination of kit
decals and spares to represent a photo I had of this plane flying over the
Pentagon after the 2001 attacks. If I remember correctly the only thing I
added to this kit was a spotlight on the port nose. This is one of the
models my cat went and wrecked on me a couple weeks back. Notice the MI
tail next to the model, That's the only part left on one of my better
models that I could not repair.
The IDF model is a
Hasegawa B. It too is out of the box, aftermarket decals but I do not remember
who made them. This was another model damaged by my cat. This is not one of my
better paint jobs. Was at the time, but as we all know the more models you do
the better you get.
So....of these
models I really like the Tamiya.....Amazing kit. Hasegawa is still very nice,
and even the Revell looks like a F-16 when finished.
Shawn
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