1/72 CF-166XL Part 2

Now that priming is done, the next decision is to decide on what colour scheme to do for this what-if build. I was looking at the early to mid-’80s as that was when the F-16XL made its first flight.   Normally this would mean several more years until we see them in service and they would probably start having a low vis scheme -not what I want for this subject. I noticed that many of the CAF CF101 Voodoo had finished their careers in an overall gray colour.  A bit of searching led to the colour known as Voodoo Gray There is quite a lot of debate out in the land of modelling internet forums about what colour is Voodoo Gray. The colour was previously available from Model Master and some other older brands.  Looking up some conversion charts there are some other options. In the end, I checked some other…

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1/72 Monogram F16-XL Inbox Review

The F-16XL with its delta wing has always been a favourite of mine and one I did not (surprisingly) built in my youth. I found it amongst some other items at a Local Hobby shop that was selling off a collection and knew I had to grab it. This is a 1983 release, done only a year after the real aircraft’s first flight. Wikipedia has a good article on the F16-XL This is will be the first of several in a series of “What-if” schemes putting these aircraft into Canadian Air Force Service.  

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