F-16 drawing and some questions

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 21 Apr 2007, 14:05

After working on the tank for a bit I needed a bit of lighter entertainment so I did this

High resolution version

I am calling it "Goodbye Tornado-the-flying-refridgerator-box"

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 14 May 2009, 22:36

Well after a while away from this to do some other drawings for units that wanted litho's done I returned to the falcon with these results

Interested in what you guys think? Going to do the old style tail marking for the 117th Sqn too tomorrow. Next up I guess is the normal D Family model and then the Brakeet with the large spine which in turn wil evolve into a Sufa.

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 28 May 2009, 16:52

First in a series of Air National Guard Falcons I intend to do

F-16C 860279 "City of Fort Smith" from the Arkansas ANG 188FW

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 09 Jun 2009, 18:01

F-16AM J-015 RNLAF Single Ship Demo Team

You can view the larger version here which also shows the poster design I did for it

Code3 · by **Code3** » 10 Jun 2009, 01:22

Looks pretty good so far. The proportions look great. Some quick details I noticed...you need to add cheek/inlet lights, wingtip lights, and a stinger light. Also, the AOA and static ports would look nice, as well as a gun and a touchup of the exhaust nozzle to get the feathers in there. Keep up the good work.

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 24 Jun 2009, 08:42

Hi Code3!

Not quite sure I am following you, have you looked at the recent drawings? All the parts you mentioned are on there

DeepSpace · by **DeepSpace** » 24 Jun 2009, 18:33

Lieuwe wrote:Interested in what you guys think? Going to do the old style tail marking for the 117th Sqn too tomorrow. Next up I guess is the normal D Family model and then the Brakeet with the large spine which in turn wil evolve into a Sufa.

Nice job, and 2 comments:
1. The AIM-9 seem to be a bit short.
2. Israel doesn't have a "no-spine" D model.

taans1 · by **taans1** » 25 Jun 2009, 05:09

LtColGaryWaldrop wrote:The letters are a standard block style letters. Nothing special about them. Most are on the canopy sills. I have only seen a few on the nose gear doors. Very few.
This website should be able to supply all photos needed including the angles you request. Good luck.....

actually sir, here at luke only the DCC (and higher ranking ADCC on a D model) go on the canopy, the ADCC all have their names on the door. (inside of it and not the outside like in that one picture. i just put the names on my door but for some reason can't remember the name of the font.

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 25 Jun 2009, 08:57

DeepSpace wrote:
Lieuwe wrote:Interested in what you guys think? Going to do the old style tail marking for the 117th Sqn too tomorrow. Next up I guess is the normal D Family model and then the Brakeet with the large spine which in turn wil evolve into a Sufa.

Nice job, and 2 comments:
1. The AIM-9 seem to be a bit short.
2. Israel doesn't have a "no-spine" D model.

Hi DeepSpace

Thanks for your comments! I scaled the AIM-9 by using measurements I got from the Raytheon (I believe it was) website and then calculated how long it should be in pixels compared to how long the airplane is in pixels. Perhaps I placed it too far back on the launcher or the whole launcher plus missile assembly is too far back. I will look at it over the weekend!

2. Yeah I know but I try to draw as many versions as I go along so I can do other paintscheme's too.

Another question: I want to draw some profiles of F-16CJ's and I'd like to add HARM's to those. Whenever I see pictures of HARM's I see a rectangular mounting bracket in between the missile and the pylon. What is that bracket called and does anyone have any good images of it?

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 26 Jul 2009, 15:36

About finished the belgian demo falcon!

Just checking it over for a bit. Need to draw the Carapace bits that go in the chute compartment though.

Next project

That_Engine_Guy · by **That_Engine_Guy** » 26 Jul 2009, 21:10

...maybe work on a Block 52 / Thunderbird scheme with the latest carbon-fiber PW-229 'Turkey Feathers'?

The polished titanium Turkey Feathers always looked great and were fun to model, but like many things, technology/modernization has taken it's course, even with the T-birds. All of the Block 52/52+ aircraft have the PW-229 nozzle, as well as some Block 42s in the ANG.

Your projects all look great; Awesome work! :cheers:

Keep 'em flyin' :thumb:

TEG

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 27 Jul 2009, 09:04

Hi TEG! Thanks for the compliment

I am trying to figure out how to portray the carbon-fiber turkey feathers realistically, I've tried some stuff but that didn't look too convincing

I'd like to do a poster with all the current thunderbirds planes include the dual but I need all the names, might try getting in touch with the team via their website.

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 21 Aug 2009, 11:19

Hi guys! I have finished the belgian AF Single Ship demo and my friend Ugo Crispioni designed a wicked poster to go with it

You can click it to see a larger version of it

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 19 Sep 2009, 11:54

F-16AM Fighting Falcon J-063 86-0063
MiG Killer - 60 Years 322 Sqn commemorative paintscheme

This F-16AM was the machine Col. Tankink used to shoot down a Serbian AF MiG-29 using a AIM-120 missile. His kill was the first one by a RNLAF pilot since WW2. It is depicted here in it's special paintscheme to commemorate the 60th year in existance of 322nd RF Squadron, the oldest squadron in the RNLAF. It was established during WW2 comprising of mostly dutch pilot's in part due to support of HRH Prince Bernhard.

Slightly larger version

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 24 Jan 2010, 15:43

Hi people!

Recently I have drawn a number of aircraft from the RNLAF Training detachment currently based at Springfield, Ohio.

Also I have created a website to which I am adding my profiles, check it out at http://www.lieuwedevries.com