Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:37 pm
Today I started getting decals on.
Still have a bunch of small stencils to add….
Still have a bunch of small stencils to add….
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Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 9:06 am
Oh boy. Modern AC and stencils. YAY!!
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 10:35 am
This one is not too bad compared to say a F-4 phantom or F-15 Eagle, which both seem to have a ridiculous amount of them. It’s like they came up with a make work job in the Air Force to create and place stencils on those two.
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 4:37 pm
Never done stencils on an F-15 Eagle since I was a teen. But… stencils on any F-4 Phantom is pure stencil hell. 
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 10:38 pm
Yeah, the last F-15 I did was shortly after Desert Storm… last Phantom was around the same time… I just remember lots of stencils on both… 
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 2:27 pm
I find putting decals (when they're good ones) on kinda therapeutic. Plus it really gives it life.
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 6:38 pm
Mike, I agree on both points regarding decals. And as long as they don’t fight you, application can be a pleasant task.
I finished up the stencils on this over the weekend.
I also finished painting the exterior of the afterburner and gave it a test fit.
More to come next week…
I finished up the stencils on this over the weekend.
I also finished painting the exterior of the afterburner and gave it a test fit.
More to come next week…
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 7:05 pm
Looking good, Carlos.
Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 7:44 am
. Good progress! Re: 1/48 F-16 Prototype
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 9:52 am
This is certainly a far better kit than the old Academy 1.72 version of this I built.