Tamiya F-16 Prototype

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So here it is, in all its’ glory, my completed build of the 1970’s vintage F-16 prototype kit. I built this for the Mr. Tamiya Tribute GB on here. I painted it in the sky camouflage worn during the fly off competition between the YF-16 and YF-17 in 1974 at Edwards AFB. I built this kit OOB, and even though the kit did not show how to paint this scheme, the decals are for another scheme worn by this aircraft later in the flight test program and usable on this scheme.

With my other 1/48 F-16s

and compared to the real bird

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That is really cool to see it alongside the other liveried F-16s- a trio of eye catching birds!

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Thank you Karl! Quite a contrast in the different schemes here :thinking:

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Beautiful looking F16, really love those colours :+1::+1:

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Thank you Bert! To my eye, it’s probably the best looking camouflage ever worn by the F-16, even if it was only a one off.

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