F-16XL - ‘Go BIG or go Home’ !!

Started by George Schembri · 6 · 11 months ago
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    George Schembri said 1 year, 2 months ago:

    ‘Go BIG or go Home’ is a phrase we always say when playing euchre, and I figured it’s a good motto for this build as the plane is the F-16XL - even though it’s in 1/72nd scale.

    I always wanted to build this F-16XL version but figured I’d have a hard time hunting it down and pay some big $$ for the not easily found item; thus, I was very excited when I found the exact kit I was looking for at the Toronto IPMS Hobby Show held earlier this year in Brampton. I was excited to find this ‘pre-owned’ kit intact with the original decals in great shape - I thought it was an incredible deal for $10.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 2 months ago:

    This is an interesting F16, George @georgeswork
    I was not aware of this variant, need to do some reading about it.

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 2 months ago:

    $10 - and molded in color! You are going to span the entire development with this and the YF.

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    Alfred van Paaschen said 1 year, 2 months ago:

    A pity this variant never made it to production.
    Top-view reminds me a bit of the Saab Draken.
    Look forward to your build.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 11 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Another excellent entry that I look forward to, my friend @georgeswork!

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    George R Blair Jr said 11 months, 2 weeks ago:

    This will be a cool one to build, George (@georgeswork). I have always thought this was the best-looking version of all the F-16s. Not many paint schemes to worry about.