Thanks McCoy...I have a couple of others too. Tamiya's Pz II and Marder II. I also have Tamiya's 1/48 F4U Corsair. I LOVE that aircraft. It's one of those 'if I knew then what I know now...' models. The saddest part is that it has a $40 superdetail set inside...cockpit, wheel bays etc. That was a nice kit too.
The I-16 was a $20 Academy kit I bought to test weathering ideas on. The kit was pretty basic but still not too bad. The decals however were lousy. They were very thick and all of the red stars literally fell off overnight after I applied them. I shopped around for aftermarket decals but couldn't get any. I had to settle for some Yak 1 decals by Eaglestrike I think. They were beautiful to work with...I like aftermarket decals better than kit ones every time. Sadly (
), I now have five sets of Yak 1 decals looking for a home. Next I-16 I do will be by Eduard. I've seen the kit at my club and it's excellent.
Peace.