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Re: F-16N Viper MOC
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:59:42 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Ralph Savelsberg wrote:
> A few weeks ago Ryan Parrish introduced his new F-16 Fighting Falcon MOC to
> lugnet: http://news.lugnet.com/build/military/?n=2252
> We had a bit of a discussion about it, in which I announced that I too had plans
> to build an F-16 as well. Guess what? It is finished and can be seen on:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=195584
> I would have liked to build it in the colour schema common to most F-16s, that
> is dark grey on top and lighter gray on the bottom. However, sadly I didn't have
> enough parts to do that, and since I am a bit of a fan of navy aircraft anyway,
> I decided to build a camouflaged U.S. Navy F-16N instead. A total of 26 of these
> aircraft were used as adversaries in air combat excercises by the U.S. Navy
> Fighter Weapons School (a.k.a Topgun) as well as a number of other adversary
> units between 1986 and 1994. They were basically F-16Cs stripped of their gun
> and other weapons systems, and fitted with a lighter radar.
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> Let me know what you think.
> Cheers,
> Ralph
Nice plane, Ralph. I know how tough camo is. And the landing gear is
especially cool. As a technic-impaired builder, I'd like to learn how you did
that. Perhaps closeup photos and a blow-by-blow breakdown of the building
process would be possible?
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| (...) <snip> (...) Hi Leigh, Thanks for the feedback. The camo was tough, but turned out okay. I'm no hard-core Technic builder myself. I admire people who build cars with working gearboxes and pneumatic engines or machines that can actually walk, (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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| A few weeks ago Ryan Parrish introduced his new F-16 Fighting Falcon MOC to lugnet: (URL) had a bit of a discussion about it, in which I announced that I too had plans to build an F-16 as well. Guess what? It is finished and can be seen on: (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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