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Old 04-19-2017, 02:20 PM
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Ok, another change in my build. So I stripped the paint but noticed my ELO snuck under the canopy and ate the decal and loosened the plastic cement I used to attach the canopy. I have another Centuri F-16 that I probably will never build and took the nose and canopy out of that kit to use on this kit. During my downtime I will buff out and clean up the once painted nose and canopy and put it back in that kit for another day. In the meantime I really want to get this kit done so the I am using the new nose cone, decal and canopy. Then I noticed this F16 kit has a shorter nose than the kit I started. I pulled out all my Fighter jets from Centuri and sure enough some kits have the long plastic nose and some have the shorter version. Oh well, time to get back to work. At least I got the decals on the main jet.
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Old 04-19-2017, 06:54 PM
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Looks like they put the wrong nosecone in that kit package.

The F16, F15, and F104 kits used the longer, more pointed PNC-106 nosecone and the F4 kit used the shorter, more rounded PNC-103 nosecone (similarly, the Astro-1 kit used the longer cone and the Payloader II kit used the shorter one).

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Old 04-19-2017, 10:43 PM
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You are right, I almost made a big mistake. I am back to using the long nose that came with the kit, I think I mixed up the nose cones in my kits, my bad. So, the Testors ELO worked great on removing the paint. The ELO also removed the plastic cement from the canopy so the canopy popped right off and I was able to remove the decal. Luckily I had an extra decal to put down. I cleaned up the canopy and glued it back on and sprayed one coat of black primer. The auto forums say to let it off gas then spray grey primer, let it off gas and then use flat followed by gloss white......Whooooo way too much work for a model rocket, remember I am a simple builder. Since this is going to take some time, I am starting on my next vintage build, should be a fun one. When the F-16 is done I will post pictures.
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Old 04-24-2017, 08:31 PM
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I have finally finished my F-16 and for the most part I am happy with how well she turned out for an old Fibre board kit. The black primer did wonders for hiding the red, followed by grey primer and white paint. Also I think it helped when I used Testors ELO to remove the paint because when I was wiping it off, red also came off.
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Old 04-25-2017, 11:05 AM
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That is one sharp F-16 ! Great decision on redoing the nosecone.
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Old 04-25-2017, 02:17 PM
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It would be nice if someone would release the clear parts set that was included with the Fighter Fleet kits. You could make some interesting design with that parts set.
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Old 04-25-2017, 02:52 PM
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I really think Estes would do well this series. Easy to build with fiber parts and looks great. Even a novice could do well with this series.
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Old 04-25-2017, 03:21 PM
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It would be nice if someone would release the clear parts set that was included with the Fighter Fleet kits. You could make some interesting design with that parts set.


Mike there are other options out there,

http://www.hobbylinc.com/trumpeter-...1:32-scale-3303

If you have friends that build aircraft models ask them as most people hardly use all the munitions that comes with kits.
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