RAAF F-16A

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Many years ago I saw an artists impression of RAAF F-16.
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I have finally got round to getting it built using the Hasegawa 1/72 F-16A kit and here are the results.

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Really nice F16, and it looks really good in that scheme!
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It does look right, doesn't it?

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Nice work.
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Very nice, and the paint scheme and 76 Sqn markings do suit the Viper extremely well. I have to say, though, that I don't think the RAAF would have used that scheme on the F-16 if they'd chosen it, any more than they did on the F-18. It probably would have been the standard USAF two-tone grey. Boring, but the latest scheme at the time...

One question: why only roundels on one wing, both upper and lower? The RAAF have always used the usual RAF-derived six-roundel + fin flash markings. Also, if one is going to be really nit-picky about it, the underside roundel you have should be a mirror image of the one shown: the roo's back always faces outboard.

Regardless, that is a lovely-looking model. Is it finished? I ask because it's crying out for underwing stores -- especially tanks, given the Viper's limited range and the size of Australia.

In the unlikely event you're looking for a companion for it, how about a Mirage F1? The RAAF reputedly came very close to ordering them long before they finally went for the Hornet, and if the ruddy politicians had not dragged their feet so much, the F1 would have had a good chance of following on from the IIIO. The time it took the penny-pinching pols to bite the bullet and choose a replacement for the Mirage IIIO was a running gag in the international defence scene at the time, possibly second only to the Swiss Venom replacement.
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Tarkas wrote:Very nice, and the paint scheme and 76 Sqn markings do suit the Viper extremely well. I have to say, though, that I don't think the RAAF would have used that scheme on the F-16 if they'd chosen it, any more than they did on the F-18. It probably would have been the standard USAF two-tone grey. Boring, but the latest scheme at the time...

One question: why only roundels on one wing, both upper and lower? The RAAF have always used the usual RAF-derived six-roundel + fin flash markings. Also, if one is going to be really nit-picky about it, the underside roundel you have should be a mirror image of the one shown: the roo's back always faces outboard.

Regardless, that is a lovely-looking model. Is it finished? I ask because it's crying out for underwing stores -- especially tanks, given the Viper's limited range and the size of Australia.

In the unlikely event you're looking for a companion for it, how about a Mirage F1? The RAAF reputedly came very close to ordering them long before they finally went for the Hornet, and if the ruddy politicians had not dragged their feet so much, the F1 would have had a good chance of following on from the IIIO. The time it took the penny-pinching pols to bite the bullet and choose a replacement for the Mirage IIIO was a running gag in the international defence scene at the time, possibly second only to the Swiss Venom replacement.
I've seen artist mock ups of what a RAAF Vigilante (a contender for what ended up going to the F-111) would have looked like and they were also done in the Euro Dark Green/Grey scheme as per the Mirage III. I guess it depends on the artist and also wanting to do something different to just having a RAAF jet in USAF colours.

The RAAF Hornets don't wear insignia on the upper wings, and the Mirage III's also didn't wear them on the upper wing, only the lower.
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Saxon wrote:I've seen artist mock-ups of what a RAAF Vigilante (a contender for what ended up going to the F-111) would have looked like and they were also done in the Euro Dark Green/Grey scheme as per the Mirage III. I guess it depends on the artist and also wanting to do something different to just having a RAAF jet in USAF colours.
No argument. The F-16 looks great, and the Vig would have looked just as good, in the NATO-style camo, though I'd have expected it to have a variation on the USAF SEA tan-green-and-grey scheme as per the Phantoms and the original Pig scheme, had it been chosen. The RAAF had a thing at the time about matching other air forces when they were using the same equipment, but only the USN used the A-5, so they'd have to have gone for some kind of camo, and I'd bet on the SEA paint-job rather than the NATO one because of where it would have been intended to operate. But it's all speculation anyway.
The RAAF Hornets don't wear insignia on the upper wings, and the Mirage III's also didn't wear them on the upper wing, only the lower.
Perhaps, but what they have never done (okay, AFAIK) is the US-style one wing with markings, the other without; it's always either been both sides or neither.
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Cheers guys.

With regards to roundel positions, it is a 'What If' based loosely on an artists impression. I decided to go with the standard F-16 4 point roundel positions and was aware of the RAAF roundel positions before decalling. When the Mirage was first delivered in natural metal, it did have the roundels in 6 positions, as did the Sabre. There is also a deliberate error thrown in for good measure (a bit of an 'in' joke), but I am not telling what it is.
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Love it Falcon. Very nicely done.
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Falcon wrote:Cheers guys.

With regards to roundel positions, it is a 'What If' based loosely on an artists impression. I decided to go with the standard F-16 4 point roundel positions and was aware of the RAAF roundel positions before decalling. When the Mirage was first delivered in natural metal, it did have the roundels in 6 positions, as did the Sabre. There is also a deliberate error thrown in for good measure (a bit of an 'in' joke), but I am not telling what it is.
Just came across this one Chris, very nicely done.

I suspect your in-joke is the roo under the wing bouncing along on its back.

I might get around to doing one in RAAF markings one day, except in 2OCU or 77SQN markings ( SQNS I served in).
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Very good, well suited.
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I like it. Somewhere in storage I am sure I still have a very similiar illustration of an F-16 in Canadian Forces scheme flying over Niagara Falls or something obvious. A relic of when the Falcon was being evaluated along with the what became the CF-188 to replace the Voodoos and Starfighters we had at the time.
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Great looking Whiff, the camo really suits it even with the Roos on the the wings in odd positions 8-) 8-)
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