Subject: Re: Article for 17th AUGUST 2008 (Indonesian Independence Day)
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alex Sidharta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:51:05 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex Sidharta 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:36 AM
  Subject: Article for 17th AUGUST 2008 (Indonesian Independence Day)

    
  "1/48 Hasegawa F-16B TNI AU" 

  by "Alex Sidharta"
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  This is my.... well, I can't remember how many F-16 I have built in TNI AU marking. No, not hundreds of them.. I just can't remember because I have none in my house.

  This one was built for a customer also. It is a 1/48 scale Hasegawa F-16B with Italeri parabrake. Not the most accurate one especially its side profile. Nothing more can be written about the Hasegawa kit. Everybody can easily find hundreds of them. 

  I shave off the backing plate of the intake's navigation lights as Indonesian double-seater F-16s don't have it. Other tough job was to make smooth the inner side of the intake. Well, it worked, but I chose to replace it with aftermarket part if I build any Hasegawa F-16 in the future.

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  As for the colors, I used Xtracolor Flanker Pale Blue for FS 35414 which I feel "too blue", MM Intermediate Blue FS 35164 and MM True Blue FS 35109. I sprayed lightened colors on the center of panels to break monotonous colors.

  Decal is from Zotz' which silvered a bit. Perhaps the coats was not gloss enough before decalling. I added the walkway/no step lines along the wings and fuselage using old Hasegawa F-16A decal which has been yellowed due to age.

  MM Flat coat was used to finally end the build.

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  Photos and text © by "Alex Sidharta"