Here's a recent build still in the flight testing phase.
Anyone who was around in the late 1970s through early 1980s will recognize the F-16 from the Centuri Fighter Fleet series.
The fins in the Centuri kit were die-cut fiberboard. This model has 3/32" balsa fins.
I made a cardstock canopy, the Centuri kit featured a clear plastic canopy and plastic nose and tail fins on the small missiles.
I can't use the wording "U.S. AIR FORCE", I chose "U.S. FIGHTER FLEET".
Look close at the stars and bars insignia, that's a six point star. After some research I might go back to the correct five point star. I can't find any reference to the old insignia holding a copyright. The Air Force has a newer protected logo.
While this isn't an exact copy of the Centuri F-16 it still captures the spirit of the original kit.
Hrm... I wonder if you can do what Glencoe did when they issued a retooled Strombecker kit of the Disney Moonliner -- boxed as "Marsliner" and with markings for fictitious airline FASTWAYS and script lettering for "Marsliner Moonbeam"
ReplyDelete... or the Estes Mini Honest John kit, which had markings for U.S. MILITARY.
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