YGTBSM, it's Stuart's Wild Weasel

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:49 pm

I'll be building one of these...

With this rather nice kit.

I've been looking forward to this GB.

Cheers!

Medicman71 · Post by **Medicman71** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:02 pm

This is gonna be good.

Post by **Stikpusher** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:17 pm

Oh yeah!

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:37 am

Thanks Gents, it's a really nice kit - if you remember I started building one a few years back (this is third year in a row I've built an F-16 in March

) which was going great until my daughter knocked it off the bench...

I'm hoping to get this one further than this (I bought this kit as a replacement after I realised the SAC set wasn't going to work).

I love me an F-16 though - these are the previous two years builds.

in 2021 it was the Airfix F-16A.

And last year it was the Matchbox F-16A (With pylons and other bits from the previous Tamiya build)

Unfortunately I don't have either of these builds anymore, as they're in storage at my mother in laws house and thanks to a family rift (She's extremely toxic and hates me) I probably won't get them back anytime soon - assuming she hasn't binned them. Anyway - Back to this build...

Here are my previous sprue shots.

It really is a super kit. By the parts breakdown it looks like Tamiya left the door open to do some further Viper variants - I wish they would, as it's easily the best F-16 kit I've built, although I've not build a Hasegawa kit yet.

Anyway!

YGTBSM!!!

tempestjohnny · Post by **tempestjohnny** » Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:21 pm

Don't forget about the Revell Germany kit. I have 8 in the stash and I've heard they're very good kits

keavdog · Post by **keavdog** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:36 am

I had to lookup the YGTBSM acronym. Pretty funny story. Those guys do have a kinda crazy job.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:15 pm

tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:21 pm Don't forget about the Revell Germany kit. I have 8 in the stash and I've heard they're very good kits

Never built one of the those - I'll have to take a look!

keavdog wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:36 am I had to lookup the YGTBSM acronym. Pretty funny story. Those guys do have a kinda crazy job.

It is indeed a good story!

They do indeed, but they've saved a lot lives by doing it! I think I may to build an F-4G this year. or at least an F-105G or Super Sabre

Medicman71 · Post by **Medicman71** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:55 am

Those guys are beyond insane. If you haven't seen this video, you'll see how crazy this mission is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uh4yMAx2UA&t=16s

Glamdring · Post by **Glamdring** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:22 pm

I recently developed a fondness for the F16 while building one for my Secret Santa GB over at FSM. As I remarked, it looks like the go cart of the fighter jet world to me, and I love it!

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:50 pm

Medicman71 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:55 am Those guys are beyond insane. If you haven't seen this video, you'll see how crazy this mission is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uh4yMAx2UA&t=16s

That's a cool video Mike.

Glamdring wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:22 pm I recently developed a fondness for the F16 while building one for my Secret Santa GB over at FSM. As I remarked, it looks like the go cart of the fighter jet world to me, and I love it!

Agreed - It's a great looking aircraft.

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