Father and Son Entry

[hilld]

I asked my son to join in on the BSC this year. He is just completing a '68 Vette and has a Batmobile he has been itching to start. I am amazed he was able to hold off until today. The Batmobile is from Polar Lights and is very cool. It will be his second build ever!

I am going to build Academy's 1/48 F-16C Flying Falcon. I knew I wanted to do a jet but I had a tough time deciding on which one. I always liked F-16s so this model won out.

Good luck to everyone. Enjoy your builds!

 

[FW190A-8]

Looking forward to see the good ol Batmobile come to life again and good luck with the F16 as well hild.

 

[hilld]

I opened up the F-16C and read some online reviews. Seems that it is a good kit but lacking in cockpit detail. I looked around and found an Aries cockpit for the Falcon at Lucky Model. I hope the delivery time is as advertised. I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[errains]

Vary, Vary Kool! you guys have fun and Good Luck

 

[Grendels]

Love to see the batmobile!

 

[hilld]

I have a decal question for my F-16C. I have read more than once that Academy decals are not easy to work with and can silver badly. Has anyone had experience with Academy decals good, bad or otherwise? I like the Razorback scheme that comes with the kit but there are some great aftermarket sets available. http://modelingmadness.com/decals/decals%20F/f16.htmOpinions please.

 

[Eastrock]

didn't encounter any problems with the Academy Decals... Just what I did on the Academy raptor.

 

[hilld]

Thanks Eastrock.

 

[Quaralane]

Looks like a couple of fun projects

 

[hilld]

hillv decided he wanted to finish his 68 ' Vette before tackling the Batmobile. Mission complete! As I mentioned this was his first build. He did an awesome job on the airbrush (Yellow is not an easy colour). Today the Batmobile heads to the Bat Cave for a primer coat!

 

[Eastrock]

The vette looks wicked sick, Hill V!!! great job, looking forward with the Bat!!

 

[Grendels]

The Vette does look good!

 

[Fruit]

Lovely build - send my congratulations on a job well done to your son!

Spectacular finish!

 

[hilld]

It looks like I may be waiting a bit until the cockpit upgrades arrive for the F-16. I thought I better get at what I can get at. Job #1 is tackling the seams in the arms and fuel stores. I used Mr. Surfacer and a whole lot of sanding on these tanks. I have painted them a dark grey and will be hitting them with light ghost grey later. I will chip off some of the LGG to reveal this darker grey.

 

[hilld]

Wow, it's been a while. I've been doing a bit of work on the Falcon and now it's time to get serious. Work has been a pain but we are back and ready to go. In the video you will see the resin kit I got for this build. This is a first for me. I did a bit of photo etch for the last contest but the cutting and fitting of this cockpit is a bit intimidating for a first timer. Here goes...

F-16 Update

 

[ModelMakerMike]

That vette looks great! He did a very good job!
I am waiting to see how he does with the Batmobile!

 

[Junkie]

Nice vette. Great job on that.

 

[Quaralane]

Vette looks really good.
Cockpit on that F-16 looks like it'll be really sharp once installed.

One small critique on the video:
You might want to see if you can either boost your voice volume, or turn down the background music a little.
It was hard to make out what you were saying at times.

Very nice work on these, though

 

[hilld]

Thanks Q. I did the editing at Youtube. There are not a lot of controls. I probably should have just left the music out. I was trying to embed the link myself. I have done it before. What did you do to get it to show up? I could not get it to embed.

 

[hilld]

It's been awhile but I am trying to push to the end on the F-16. Progress has been slow and I have serious doubts if we will make the deadline but we will forge ahead.

Cockpit is complete. I was pleased with the detail and how everything turned out. This was my first resin cockpit.





We did manage to fit the tub in which required more cutting than I thought.



The fuselage and wings went together well except for two big gaps at the wing root. I filled them with styrene and will be using Mr. Surfacer 500 to smooth them out.



I seem to have a long way to go. If I can paint this weekend we may just get to the finish line.