I’m third
generation American but I’ve always been proud of my Polish heritage. When the
Polish government announced its intent to buy 48 F-16s to replace its MiG-21s
and MiG-29s, I knew I wanted to build one for my collection. I was also inspired
by a photo in Jane’s Defense Weekly of a proposed Polish Viper fitted with
conformal fuel tanks.
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I
used one of Hasegawa’s 1/48 F-16CJ’s and added Cutting Edge saddle tanks for
the CFTs. The tail was extended using parts from Hasegawa's Brakeet kit and the
bird slicers and various other antennae were scratchbuilt.
The
proposed camouflage scheme was applied using Model Master Enamels. The markings
came from one of Hi Decal’s Su-22 sheets. This Viper wears markings from the
6th ELT, which currently flies Su-22s but will be moving to Poznan airbase and
converting to F-16s in the next few years. I took some liberty in placing the
squadron badge. Weapons were pulled from my parts box.
David
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