A trio of Tamiya Vipers, 1/48 F-16N, F-16D and F-16C

[Habu12]

Hey all! Thought I'd show these over here too, in case some of you don't frequent Zone-Five any. All three Tamiya kits. The first in an F-16N, which I converted from the Block 25/32 kit, before Tam released the uber C/N kit. So I pilfered a GE exhaust, and donut panel from a CJ kit. Decals are Fightertown, which I had a hand in creating. The chin pods were taken from a Hase N kit, and the ACMI pod came from a Hase weapons set:

[Habu12]

Second, was a conversion to a DG, using a Hasegawa rear canopy hump, and the canopy itself. It was relatively easy conversion, as the parts fit very well. BB cockpit, Afterburner decals:

[Habu12]

And last. not least, a Hellenic Viper. I tried to use the Wolfpack parabrake tail set, but it was useless. The resin they use just shrinks far too much, and didn't fit ell at all. I ended up using only the ECM fairing, chute pack and navlight fairings. The parabrake tail came from a Hasegawa F-2 kit. It fit perfectly. Decals are Icarus:

I apologize for the wonky look of these pics, my aperture was giving me hell, so I had to put my pshop skills to use.

Enjoy!

[AnonymousDFB1]

Well you hae just made my weekend. they are a trio of beautiful Vipers, thank you.

Mega sized drool buckets required here......

[Mike]

Nice Vipers... what's the story with the faded/blue N & Y on the spine of top one?

[Habu12]

Nice Vipers... what's the story with the faded/blue N & Y on the spine of top one?

That's how it was painted. Most Adversary birds had the NAVY or MARINES markings cross from one color into another to accommodate the camo scheme.

Thanks guys!

[HOUSTON]

Habu12,

AWESOME Vipers.... Worth the wait .....

Thank you for posting them here...they are bsolutely stunbningly BEAUTIFUL..

HOUSTON...

[hatchet]

Beautiful Vipers Daniel

Edited March 29, 2009 by hatchet

[smuts]

great work on all of them.

Andy.

[Skii]

Oh you're good, very good

I had seen these over on Z5 and I was hoping you would post them up over here - three examples of how to build the Tamiya Viper to the highest standard.

More More !!!!!!

[Gundylunch]

Thanks for sharing Habu !! Nice Vipers !! Tell us more about fitting the Hasegawa Twin seat bit to the Tamiya kit please !!

[Habu12]

Thanks for sharing Habu !! Nice Vipers !! Tell us more about fitting the Hasegawa Twin seat bit to the Tamiya kit please !!

It was simpler than I thought! The Hasegawa parts fit very well, though no problems. The trouble I had was getting the Black Box cockpit to fit well. In the end, the fron cockpit sits a bit too low, and the seats don't have the correct angle. But it was a first time. Here's some pics of the conversion:

That's the Hase canopy sitting right atop the modified Tamiya front fuselage, fit almost like a glove. The panel lines matched up quite well, too.

[Alan P]

Just goes to show what a good kit in the right hands can look like

Excellently finished the three of them, and nice to see three unusual versions of the Lawn Dart.

VERY

Al

Edited April 3, 2009 by PHaTNesS

[Bennet]

Hey Habu12,

 

I know it is 10 years later, but is there a possibility to get hold of the pictures?

 

Thanks in advance,

Bennet