Not much progress as of late. Just prepping my build for paint. Hopefully, some paint will go on tonight. Been.battling sore throat and runny nose. I suspect one of 2 things the cause:
Pollen. Ive been busy doing outdoors chores on Sunday. Mow the lawn, power washed the patio, cleaned the grill.
Chemical inhaled by accident from fumes of foam grill cleaner (damn wind). Yes, I wore a mask.
I slept downstairs last night. Felt a bit better this morning. Throat a tiny bit irritated but tolerable. Still blowing my nose due to pollen.
F-16AB Viper, Luke AFB
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Sorry to hear that Tom - I hope you feel better soon.
It's that time of year isn't it - not hot enough to kill all the winter bugs, but warm enough for all the pollen and crap to get into the atmosphere.
It's that time of year isn't it - not hot enough to kill all the winter bugs, but warm enough for all the pollen and crap to get into the atmosphere.
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Thank you, Stuart. Funny thing… pollen never use to bother me. Expecting rain the next few days with temps dipping back to the high 40s. Now I gotta put pants on instead of shorts.
Rain… whether it’s a good thing or not may help reduce the pollen in the air or produce more once the rain ends next week.
Rain… whether it’s a good thing or not may help reduce the pollen in the air or produce more once the rain ends next week.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Well, I know I snapped the nose pitot tube and tried gluing together. Let’s see how it turns out if the glue holds. If it doesn't, I’ve been looking for replacement ones - preferably metal type.
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Tom, I hope you feel better soon. Let us know!BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2026 6:30 am Not much progress as of late. Just prepping my build for paint. Hopefully, some paint will go on tonight. Been.battling sore throat and runny nose. I suspect one of 2 things the cause:
Pollen. Ive been busy doing outdoors chores on Sunday. Mow the lawn, power washed the patio, cleaned the grill.
Chemical inhaled by accident from fumes of foam grill cleaner (damn wind). Yes, I wore a mask.
I slept downstairs last night. Felt a bit better this morning. Throat a tiny bit irritated but tolerable. Still blowing my nose due to pollen.
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Light Ghost Grey on undersides is on! If I can’t sleep later tonight, I’ll throw the Neutral Grey on topside front portion and wing rails.
Tail rudder is done as well.
Tail rudder is done as well.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Well, Hot damn! I got a bit curious since I knew I had bought F-16 static discharger set a long time ago. Lo and behold, rubberbanded behind it was MasterModel pitot tube with angle of attack probes. 
Oh yeah…. couldn’t sleep so I threw a coat of Neutral Grey on front portion topside. Tomorrow, Gunship Grey goes on.
Oh yeah…. couldn’t sleep so I threw a coat of Neutral Grey on front portion topside. Tomorrow, Gunship Grey goes on.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: F-16AB Viper, Luke AFB
Sometimes ya just get lucky…BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2026 10:03 pm Well, Hot damn! I got a bit curious since I knew I had bought F-16 static discharger set a long time ago. Lo and behold, rubberbanded behind it was MasterModel pitot tube with angle of attack probes.
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Me neither, but I've noticed in the last few years when the count gets high it starts to get to me too. Like you said, bring on the rain!BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:51 pm Thank you, Stuart. Funny thing… pollen never use to bother me. Expecting rain the next few days with temps dipping back to the high 40s. Now I gotta put pants on instead of shorts.
Rain… whether it’s a good thing or not may help reduce the pollen in the air or produce more once the rain ends next week.
Finding that pitot set was good luck after breaking the kit one - meant to be obviously.
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Hope you feel better soon. Allergies and all that crap are bad this year. It seems like we say that every year now.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..