discussion Hard to miss F-16

[Guest]

My Royal Netherlands Air Force demo team F-16 is now finished:

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I sprayed semi-gloss varnish over the model to seal in the decals and tone down the high gloss orange a bit.

The model is suspended from two steel rods in the smoke pods, which I painted white and then covered in PVA glue and cotton wool to replicate the smoke coming from the pods on the wingtips.

Here’s the whole display stand:

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This is a 50 by 15 cm piece of perspex, bent at a 90 degree angle to give a horizontal bit of about 30 cm long, and two holes drilled for the steel rods (actually, those were added before bending). Bending the material was quite easy with a hot-air gun and a piece of wood held in a vice: I had first marked out where to bend, then heated that up as evenly as I could, and when it seemed bendy enough, I carefully pushed the free (short) end down over the edge of the wood.

 

[Guest]

That's brilliant. Love the display.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Jakko
Well that is a great and very inventive way to display it. I know you still have reservations about the paint job but it actually looks good so well done. I'd be happy with it.
Jim

 

[papa 695]

Great work Jakko,

 

[Guest]

Thanks, guys. I wanted a way to show the lion the correct way up, and though I at first thought of using the same method as on my Lightning F.6 (a perspex rod up the tailpipe), the F-16’s exhaust is far bigger and it would probably end up looking too thick. Happily, the steel rods seem to be enough to support the model — though it remains to be seen if the glue between the smoke pods and the wings will hold up

 

[Lee Drennen]

Looks very good Jakko. You need to be very proud of the work

 

[Guest]

Thanks

 

[yak face]

Great job , love the display , excellent idea . Its been a good watch and you should be well chuffed with the finished model , cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Stunning method of display Jakko, and a beautiful piece of work, well done.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I’m well pleased with the stand, it came out as I had it in mind (for once) and was much less trouble to make than I had expected

 

[Fernando N]

Although you had your doubts about the orange paint, when finished it looks very nice Jakko. :smiling: :thumb2:

Fantastic idea and execution for the display:surprised:, hopefully the KLu will use a similar scheme for the Viper in this year’s Luchtmachtdagen (Airforcedays for the non Dutch) probably not…:sad-face:

 

[scottie3158]

Jakko,
The build looks great and a very neat way of displaying it.

 

[Guest]

Although you had your doubts about the orange paint, when finished it looks very nice Jakko. :smiling: :thumb2:

I agree it looks nice — I just think it doesn’t look correct

Fantastic idea and execution for the display:surprised:

Thanks, and you too, Paul

hopefully the KLu will use a similar scheme for the Viper in this year’s Luchtmachtdagen (Airforcedays for the non Dutch) probably not…:sad-face:

Do they even still have a demo team? I thought I’d heard something about it being disbanded a few years ago.

 

[Mickc1440]

That's a very clever way to display your build, looks superb

 

[Guest]

Cheers

 

[flyjoe180]

That's one colourful F-16 Jakko. Awesome paint work, the display smoke brings the model to life and it is very well posed and photographed.

 

[Guest]

Thanks

 

[colin m]

Great job and nice to see an aircraft in flight.

 

[minitnkr]

Top stuff. Both the build/paint & the display. PaulE

 

[Guest]

Cheers, guys I kind of like aircraft models in flight too, I find they often look better that way than on the ground. Now I wonder what I’ll do with my next one …