AMT F-16A 1/48
Re: AMT F-16A 1/48
Thanks, John. If I had to guess, I’d say the flat spot to which the pitot tube was mounted was maybe 1/32”. No way I could drill that out to use wire.
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Re: AMT F-16A 1/48
That looks fantastic Lyle - very nicely done and man, much faster than mine!
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Thanks, Stuart. Y think there were only thirty os so parts. Went together quite easily.
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Sure you can, Lyle. Take a new #11 blade and make a center point with the tip, then drill with the drill bit the size of your wire, probably .032. Fix any bad stuff that happens with Epoxyclay. I do it with my shaky hands so I'm sure you with your eye surgeon touch will have no problem!
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I appreciate your confidence! But....for example, I drew blood today from a cloth apron tie that was tangled on my chair...my hands are somewhat stiff, eye a little blurry and all that. Making tha venter hole I’ve done. It is the drilling that gets me. I have a slightly better set now, so who knows?
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What an exceptional job Lyle! Magnificent, despite the missing nose tube. Believe me, out of the probably one hundred aircraft that I've built that has one, I think maybe five still have them.
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We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Thanks, Mark! Those are pesky little rascals.
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Nice looking Falcon Lyle. Looks different without the wing tip rails
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Thanks!
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I may need to go back and add the rails. I've now seen pics of with and I can't really tell.
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