F-16XL finished

boness · by **boness** » 30 Oct 2005, 07:20

Well, here is the XL finally done:

This definitely isn't out of box, and isn't quite factual, but sure does look cool.

Jim

Mad_Viper · by **Mad_Viper** » 30 Oct 2005, 11:54

A Masterpiece. Really a nice looking plane. The scheme and tiger stripes look awesome.

shiz302 · by **shiz302** » 30 Oct 2005, 15:17

Hey ya picked the right squadron!

boness · by **boness** » 31 Oct 2005, 07:31

thanks viper, I really like the tiger meet schemes too.

Shiz, must be your squadron??

Habu · by **Habu** » 01 Nov 2005, 23:08

I finally saw the real one two weekends ago. NICE! Dig the scheme as well!

Scorpion1alpha · by **Scorpion1alpha** » 11 Mar 2006, 15:11

Missed this one. Very nice F-16 "Xtra Large" viper boness! Like the details you built into it and the paint scheme awsome. :thumb:

Meathook · by **Meathook** » 13 Sep 2006, 15:34

Looks great, good job displaying it too...my hats off to your efforts

sillbeer · by **sillbeer** » 05 Dec 2006, 19:53

I crewed that airplane back in 1999 and 2000.

-Destin

RobBrown · by **RobBrown** » 06 Dec 2006, 05:39

looks good

Aussie_Falcon_Freak · by **Aussie_Falcon_Freak** » 14 Feb 2007, 08:34

Wow.. You've done superb job with it.. Can I ask what scale it is in please? Looks from the photos like a 1/32? Is that right.. Excellent detailing through out...

johnwill · by **johnwill** » 19 May 2007, 01:21

A beautifully built model! I hope you won't mind a bit of criticism, but it appears you have taken a standard F-16 fuselage and made XL wings for it. In fact, the XL had a 20 inch extension in the forward fuselage and a 26 inch extension in the aft fuselage, which was canted up 3 degrees. Your AIM-120 missiles seem too large, and the speedbrake is not deployed symmetrically. Not sure, but the tip missiles do not appear to be twisted nose down 3 degrees.
Please don't take this as serious criticism, for you have done a great job and the model looks fine. Very few people would even notice the problems I mentioned.

habu2 · by **habu2** » 19 May 2007, 15:52

Johnwill, that is the way the 1:32 XL kit is designed, they failed to add the plugs. more info

johnwill · by **johnwill** » 19 May 2007, 17:28

Thanks, habu2. Not being a modeler, I did not realize that. Seems a shame the kit is so inaccurate. Obviously, my criticism should not be directed to boness. For that, I apologize.

Azgaron · by **Azgaron** » 27 May 2007, 19:40

Looks very good! Very nicely painted, and details look good too!
A kit in 1/32 would be nice to build someday.

Azgaron

6329tsur · by **6329tsur** » 14 Apr 2008, 19:12

unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wish I could do that
F-2 lover :salute: