1/32 Hasegawa F-16C

Gallery Article by Paul Nortness on Oct 21 2009

 

This guy took sometime but I finally got it done! This kit is my first attempt at rescribing. I scribed using dymo tape and my handy pin vise. After I had finished making the basic lines,

I took a Squadron "Scribing Tool" and went over the lines again with the tool at an angle. This cut out any excess material left from the pin vise and gave the line a little weight.

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Then I used a pounce wheel for the rivets. For some reason, I decided that it didn't look very good so I boxed it. 2 and a half years later, I decided to bring it out and take a look at it again and figured I should finish it and give it a chance to see how the rescribing turned out. I was a bit concerned about the lines becoming too shallow to take a wash so I gave it a coat and a half of Future (one full coat, decals, then just applied Future over the decals). Weathering was done using dark grey pastel chalk crushed into a powder and mixed with water. This sludge was then applied to the model and allowed to dry. Then, I rinsed the entire model off in the sink (wife was not thrilled with that one!) and lo and behold! It looked pretty darned good!

I have another one of these in the stash and am itching to get to work on it.

The AIM-9's came from a Revell 1:32nd F-14A....the ones in the kit were absolute rubbish. Markings are from Two Bobs Golden State Griffins sheet. Everything else came right outta the box.

Paul Nortness

Photos and text © by Paul Nortness