LyleW wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:18 am
Looks quite loverly! Neat project.
Brandons_Iron wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:41 am
Nice! I do like me a good Viper.
BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 2:47 pm
I’ve ebbs wanting to do that Viper kit along with the commemorative Viper that’s out. Kinetic has it as the Demo Team scheme.
Duke Maddog wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 4:59 pm
Already looking great! Keep it coming.
I also agree that some of these simpler models can be a joy to build due to their simplicity.
Medicman71 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 24, 2025 11:09 am
Oh cool! That's the old school tooling of the Tamiya Viper.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
Sweet looking build Chris! I think at some point that I repainted my build from that scheme to the production scheme... probably when I first saw it in an IPMS Journal....
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
Monogram's F-16A was the third model I attempted after getting back into scale models in the late '80s. It was probably done in late 1988. I finally decided to take pics of her in July of 2021. Not that much to look at, it's been a place-holder that needs replacing with something like this Tamiya kit you're building, Carlos.
Nice Monogram F-16 Gary! I always love your airport photos. I built two 1/48 F-16s as a kid, the original Monogram kit, and the ESCI/Scale Craft kit, but those didn’t survive my mom putting them into storage after I left for the Army. I built a couple more since then… another go at the Monogram kit with a Missing Link Models resin conversion for the European tail parachute pack, and an Academy Thunderbird, which is a really under appreciated kit.
I’ll have to get a family group photo of them all together when this current build is finished.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
I always love your airport photos. 
I built two 1/48 F-16s as a kid, the original Monogram kit, and the ESCI/Scale Craft kit, but those didn’t survive my mom putting them into storage after I left for the Army. I built a couple more since then… another go at the Monogram kit with a Missing Link Models resin conversion for the European tail parachute pack, and an Academy Thunderbird, which is a really under appreciated kit.
I'm looking forward to that group pic! 
