My next project is Tamiya's Aggressor F-16 in 1/48. I'm building this in the arctic splinter scheme seen here:

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Cockpit looks great. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build. The paint scheme should be fun with a lot of masking. Do you have some extra rolls of tape ready to go? :o)

I got some masks from http://www.DNModels.com which should make things easier. I'm planning on black basing and then layering up from there. Maybe the base coat will be a different shade of black to the top coat and hopefully it will add contrast.

Good progress here - I like the "whiteburned" pipe!

Forgot to take pics of the masking process. Using the pre-cut masks was tricky to get some aligned and I had to use masking tape to secure a couple of gaps but the main paint job is complete and glossed, ready for decals.

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Thankfully not too much tape needed due to the pre-cut masks. They made the paint job much easier once I'd worked out the order to do the layers.

Paints are either Vallejo Model Air or Tamiya acrylics. For this I used Tamiya flat black, Vallejo insignia white, USAF medium grey for the main colours and aggressor grey for the nose. I think the medium grey was too dark when I compare it to reference pictures now but the colour listed on the paint guide seemed too light in comparison so I picked the shade of grey out of the many, many greys I have that I thought best matched. I'm still happy with it though.