Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 What is currently the best approach for anyone wishing to do a big-spined F-16D in 1/48, as in Israel, Greece etc? I've had the Eagle Designs resin spine/intake/gear doors etc sitting in my stash since the 1990's, but I think that was greatly surpassed long ago. Also, is the Hasegawa "D" still the best route, considering? I've read about Kinetic shape issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGATIGER Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Hi Andrew Well I can help a bit as I was looking for the 1/48 scale the other day you probably better look for the Italeri F-16B/D Viper kit even son that one already include the decals https://www.scalemates.com/kits/135998-italeri-848-f-16b-d-viper http://modelingmadness.com/review/mod/kolbrakeet.htm Cheers Armando PD if you still need the Hase F-16 tail in 1/72 I can help you also but need your postal address so send me an message Edited April 2, 2017 by RAGATIGER forget to sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 The Italeri spine has some issues - see http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234981778-italeri-148-f-16-kits/ HTH, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McArthur Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 12 hours ago, RAGATIGER said: Hi Andrew Well I can help a bit as I was looking for the 1/48 scale the other day you probably better look for the Italeri F-16B/D Viper kit even son that one already include the decals https://www.scalemates.com/kits/135998-italeri-848-f-16b-d-viper http://modelingmadness.com/review/mod/kolbrakeet.htm I'd avoid the Italeri due to accuracy issues, even the Modeling Madness builder used a bunch of parts from a Hasegawa donor. Check out Habu's review from the wayback machine on the Italeri kit. The simplest solution is to track down a Hasegawa kit on ebay of the version you want, they've boxed just about every variant flown. Kinetic does an F-16I but depending on how you feel about the Kinetic F-16, Hasegawa may still be the better choice. Another route, which I haven't seen built anywhere is to do it with a Tamiya C and Wingman Models D Conversion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BushBrit66 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I Have both Hasagawa D and Kinetic D and I. Hasagawa is based on a prototype and is poorly detailed. Kinetic has some shape issues but overall I refer their D and I as good value kits with full weapons fit and quality decals. No model is perfect so for my money Kinetic. Italeri is very poor HTH Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 How decent is the Airwaves Peace Marble set? Since I'm not interested in a SUFA but want an earlier D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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