Alan P Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 This is a twofer - a double helping of the Academy 1/32 Sufa converted to a UAE Desert Falcon with the IsraCast conversion and judicious scratch building. The second includes the Aires cockpit and wheel bay sets as well. These were built about three years apart - I made the intake corrections from scratch and used the Aires GE jet pipe/nozzle. Wheels corrected from the Wheelliant set for the Sufa. Scratch built Northrop-Grumman AN/AAQ-32 targeting pod and mid-part of the spine. Otherwise it's a pretty easy conversion using the Sufa kit, as a lot of the Block 50/60 parts are included. The Academy Sufa is like hen's teeth these days, and unless IsraCast re-release the conversion set, these will be rare birds indeed! Paints were Xtracrylix, Vallejo and Tamiya. Decals were included with the IsraCast set. Ladies and gents, I give you , the world's most advanced F-16 in man scale! First aircraft - pictures by Chris Bradley. The second example as photographed by me in my back garden! The pylons contain magnets to enable swapping out of various bits of ordnance. This was a commission build for a fan of the first one! The canopy is propped open to show off the cockpit for photography, it usually sits at a better angle for display. Thanks for looking, Alan 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemk1 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Wow, that's really nice, I've not seen one of those before and yours looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 fantastic conversion and very nice model! hope you don't mind one question though: why did you use live missiles (yellow and brown bands) but (blue) training GPS guided bombs? great nonetheless, and of course non of my business! regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Very nice. Like that very much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Really nice work! Whenever I see an F-16 like this I can't help but think of boy racers with their bolt on body kits, it's as if the F-16 design team are trying to bolt on as much kit as they possibly can 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviej Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 what a beaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Great work. Stephen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S48 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Very nice model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) Thank you all, glad you like it hope you don't mind one question though: why did you use live missiles (yellow and brown bands) but (blue) training GPS guided bombs? great nonetheless, and of course non of my business! regards i meant to say that in the description - it's rigged for a gps bomb training mission, but unlike some air forces, the UAE is never not on air-air alert due to its volatile neighbours. Edited September 3, 2014 by Brokenedge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kap64 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
de3freak Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 ... Greetings ... : Outstanding , a joy to see, thanks for the images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS-Flyer Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Excellent work on the mod. You nailed it. Congrats! -Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 very very nice model !! superb work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 superb work, looks great nice job on the paint and finish, the crew look great. nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 OMG I just entered Land of the Giants Top job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 OOOh tasty, very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Beautiful!!!!! Love the scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 A stunning build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Looks great, really nicely done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 That's great! Very effective use of the figures to add 'life'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Stunning model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Wow, that's a stunner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p38 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) Edited October 23, 2014 by p38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Nice F-16, the CFT's give it a beefed up look. Shaun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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