Vultures1 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 This is an Israeli F-16D Block 30 from the IAF First Fighter Squadron, which acquired its Block 30 F-16s in 1987, before transitioning to the Block 40 in 1992. The base kit here is the Hasegawa F-16D Block 50 with an Airwaves Israeli F-16D spine, Aires cockpit, Master pitot tube, Aviation Workshop 600 Gal tanks and markings from IsraDecal. An Academy F-16C donated its GE jet pipe, while the LANTIRN pod, pylon and GBU-10s are from Hasegawa weapons sets and the AIM-9Ls are Eduard Brassin. I hung the Sidewinders on stations 2 and 8, rather than the more normal wingtip pylons, because that seemed to be the norm for Israeli F-16Ds when carrying a heavy load (2 x 600 gal tanks and 4000lb of LGBs sounds like a heavily load to me!) The Hasegawa F-16 has arguably been surpassed by more recent kits but provides a reasonable basis with a few corrections, like changing the cannon port to the later style. Likewise, the Airwaves spine is a good start point, needing a few fixes: filling the two circular vents on the starboard side; moving the small scoop on the starboard side to the tail fairing, which also gained some detail at the rear face; and a triangular antenna on the spine. I used a Vallejo set for the Israeli scheme, which worked out pretty well. By the way, I made a mistake in the camo scheme in that the sand should extend up the starboard side of the fin on First Fighter Squadron aircraft; what I’ve done would be more common on a Scorpion or Valley Squadron jet; ah well, live and learn. 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKirwan Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Wow that is a great result. Its one beautiful but mean looking killing machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Absolutely fantastic. I do like the Israeli F-16s in all their different variants. Brilliant job 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 That's a lot of detail in a 1/72 scale model. Congratulations on work very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Chris, very very nice Lightning. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 3 hours ago, BKirwan said: Wow that is a great result. Its one beautiful but mean looking killing machine. 1 hour ago, binbrook87 said: Absolutely fantastic. I do like the Israeli F-16s in all their different variants. Brilliant job 👌 56 minutes ago, SAT69 said: That's a lot of detail in a 1/72 scale model. Congratulations on work very well done. 19 minutes ago, Chrisj2003 said: Chris, very very nice Lightning. Chris Thanks for your kind comments folks, much appreciated! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 That looks fantastic. I've also got the Airwaves spine but not had the courage to use it. Seeing how well you've made it come together could change that. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solvent Parrot Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) Fabulous bit of building. Forgive my ignorance and maybe not the place but what's the purpose/function of the lumpy "spine" that's added to the aircraft? The F16 doesn't seem to be the only fighter to get a hump in some configurations and just looking to improve my knowledge. Edited April 4, 2021 by Solvent Parrot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 8 hours ago, stevehnz said: That looks fantastic. I've also got the Airwaves spine but not had the courage to use it. Seeing how well you've made it come together could change that. Steve. Thanks Steve The Airwaves spine is a really easy piece to use. Just cut off the base of the vertical tail from the kit, glue on the spine with a bit of super glue (it fits really well) then reattach the tail to the new spine. I used a couple of brass rods to keep it secure and vertical. Give it a try! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Solvent Parrot said: Fabulous bit of building. Forgive my ignorance and maybe not the place but what's the purpose/function of the lumpy "spine" that's added to the aircraft? The F16 doesn't seem to be the only fighter to get a hump in some configurations and just looking to improve my knowledge. Thanks mate! The expanded spine on the F-16 holds extra electronic equipment. Not sure exactly what is in the Israeli F-16D spine, but they often fit their own electronic warfare kit to their aircraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Great looking Barak, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, russ c said: Great looking Barak, really nice work Thanks Russ, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Outstanding fantastic looking Model beautifully finished thanks for sharing Eamonn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Love it, looks superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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