F-16 for parts reclamation

[Guest]

Thanks Joe I am in he middle of building a second pallet to go on the dio as well.

[Guest]

Just caught up with this, and it looks really good, and a great idea ! Looking forward to seeing how it turns out

Cheers, Neil

[Guest]

Just caught up with this, and it looks really good, and a great idea ! Looking forward to seeing how it turns out Cheers, Neil

Thanks Neil

[Guest]

Looking great Terry ,its like I'm back at Davis Montham all over again!

[Guest]

Looking great Terry ,its like I'm back at Davis Montham all over again!

Thanks Trey that compliment coming from someone who has actually been there is amazing.

[Guest]

This is coming along very nice Terry

The pallet is great idea

[Guest]

Thanks Polux

[Lee W]

This is turning out very nicely Terry, the weathering is really effective

Lee

[Dave W]

This is looking great Terry.I like the base with tufts of grass.Thinking of doing something similar for my Maryland.Not sure where to start though.

[Guest]

Lee and Dave thanks for the kind remarks.

Today I have carried on doing a bit more weathering to one of the tanks as can be seen in the photos the difference is quite vast. I have used crushed pastel for the yellow dusting as the Flory's sand is to red and the Humbrol powder would have made it look jaundiced. I have also weatherd the main undercarriage doors and the tressles that he airframe sits on.

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The belly tank is not yet finished.

[Guest]

This is looking great Terry.I like the base with tufts of grass.Thinking of doing something similar for my Maryland.Not sure where to start though.

Dave I started with a bit of MDF from an old headboard cut to size. I then gave it a rub over with a course sandpaper followed by a good brush off. Once this was completed I spread a cheap filler over the whole board (done in two stages due to running out). While doing this I set the tressles in where I wanted them.Once dry I brushed PVA over the plaster and then sprinkled fine sand all over. At this point I wasn't to happy with the way it looked so I purchased some railway board sand from the LMS then repeated the above process. At thay is stage even with the aircraft and hummer sat on the board it looked a bit stark so I went on evilbay and purchaesd two boxes of the grass one was a sample box with different colours in and the other was desert grass. I found it quite hard not to leave the grass looking staged and I hope I have managed that. Before starting I already had an idea of what I wanted the dio to look like I hope this helps.

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carraige assembly on but left it hanging.

[Guest]

That's looking good Terry, there's a lot of detail going into this one!

Just a point, bird sand (£1 from Wilkos) is great for dios, nice small grains.

[Guest]

Thanks Patrick I shall keep that in mind.