Kinetic Belgian F-16A Finished-Up

[Tojo72]

This is the beginnings of Kinetic's retooled Gold Series Nato Viper with D-Day commemrative decals.The kit is Tamiya good,no issues yet,the Quinta Decals went in nicely.Im moving real slow,I think the large invasion stripes will be touchy.I will try to post progress pics,hopefully it won't end up on a shelf of doom.

[deafpanzer]

WOW! Can't wait to see it done! Pulling my chair along now.

[handiabled]

I'm on board for this one!

[Medicman71]

I gotta watch this one. I have the Texas ANG boxing of this kit.

[406 Silverado]

Oh GOODY!! An F-16 build. I should've snagged one of these at the Nats when Mike ( Medicman71 ) and I were looking at 'em.

Bookmarked......

[stikpusher]

Always enjoy watching a F-16 build. 😏

[Tojo72]

Got the paint down,different from armor,so much masking and redoing.Also put down the main decals they went down pretty easy,but still got a ton of placards and markings to apply,but do far,so good.

[ogrejohn]

Thats pretty sharp looking Tony!

[406 Silverado]

That looks GREAT so far Tony. This whole scheme is pretty classy looking.

[stikpusher]

I like it! It's too bad that the BAF did not at least also add a dark green disruptive pattern to the upper surfaces with the invasion stripes for a more WWII Spitfire style commemorative scheme like the RAF has done on occasion.

[handiabled]

The invasion stripes look perfect!

[deafpanzer]

Those invasion stripes look pretty too cool on a modern aircraft!!!

[dupes]

Man, that Quinta stuff is awfully good looking. I wish they weren't so expensive!

Of course, I have most of the variants of the old-tooled Kinetic kits to build. I haven't researched enough to find out why Kinetic thought they needed to do a whole new line...I'm not optimistic.

[Medicman71]

Oct 8, 2023 16:09:08 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Oh GOODY!! An F-16 build. I should've snagged one of these at the Nats when Mike ( Medicman71 ) and I were looking at 'em.

Bookmarked......

You had a chance! I had to get one.

[themongoose]

Ooooh beautiful!!

[Tojo72]

Finished up today not perfect but I'm pretty happy with it,will look good on the shelf with my Indy ANG Super Bowl commemorative bird.Decals fit nicely and went down well.I used mostly AK-Real paints.Thanks for checking in.

[reserve]

Sweet!! The spitfire on the rudder draws the eye

[jeaton01]

Lovely!

[406 Silverado]

There's no exaggeration when I say that I've always thought of these aircraft as the best of the best in terms of fighter aircraft. The lines of these birds are as sleek as it gets and just screams superiority with the way they look.  This was already a good build and then you threw in some invasion stripes and a knockout banner on the vertical fin and it became a real eye catcher. Tony, that sucker looks SWEET!! Very good finish up with an attractive scheme. Nicely done bud.

[M1Carbine]

Tojo - I'm blown away. Best F-16 build I have seen. I have head nightmares about kinetic kits but they must have turned it around withn the Gold series. I have the F-105 Gold so maybe Ill dig it out soon. Awesome job!

-Bob

[Tojo72]

Thanks everyone,as I mentioned,it's Tamiya good.

[eaglecash867]

Gorgeous Viper, Tojo! 

[dupes]

Whoah, that is SHARP! Really dig the markings.

[stikpusher]

Very sharp clean build Tony! The commemorative markings are a great choice. Bravo!

[deafpanzer]

Tony,

I really love how it came out especially its invasion stripes... freaking way too cool! Thank you for keeping us entertained the whole time.

[tcoat]

[handiabled]

What a fantastic finish to this! The invasion stripes make this jump out of the screen at you. Gorgeous is a great word for it

[Medicman71]

[castelnuovo]

Looks great Tojo. Love that tail art.

[TJ]

How I missed this. Tony this is awesome. The Belgians and the Dutch come up with some really good commemorative schemes