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Re: F-16N Viper MOC
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lugnet.build.military
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Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:40:16 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Justin Vaughn wrote:
> Impressive build. I especially like your solution to the nose, which seems to be
> a sticking point for so many. You also pulled off a camoflage look very well
> (something I doubt I'll ever be brave enough to try, piece limit or no), and as
> mentioned by others, your landing gear is ingenious. Now you just need to
> exchange the Navy stickers for USAF and it'd be perfect! ;)
Hi Justin,
Thanks for the comments. Many people have mentioned the aircraft's nose. The
nose on any jet is a very hard bit to get right (just look at LEGO's new Boeing
787 and you'll see what I mean). I have quite a few of those curved wedges, but
really haven't gotten used to using them yet. I suppose that I am a bit of an
old-fashioned builder in the sense that I would tend to make curved shapes with
plates or regular slopes. All my other aircraft were built like that. However, a
couple of weeks ago the thought that these wedges were perfect for the F-16 hit
me all of a sudden and I built the nose straight away. I had already built the
aircraft's tailfin in order to see whether the camouflage would work, so the
nose was actually the second bit I built. The landing gear, which I myself am
very happy with as well, came third. Then it took several weeks before I
started actually building the rest of the aircraft.
On the USAF: I know you were kidding, but I probably wouldn't build it in USAF
markings anyway. If anything, I would have liked to build it in Dutch AF
markings (being from The Netherlands myself), which are very similar to the
USAF's, but I don't have enough medium stone/ old grey available.
Cheers,
Ralph
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