1/48 - Genaral Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16A/B/C/D/E/F/I Fighting Falcon/Viper/Sufa/Barak/Brakeet by Kinetic - released

[Uncle Uncool]

On 3/9/2020 at 10:21 AM, Muzz said:

I’ve seen a few comments about the old boxing having fit issues and people asking if this is a completely new tool, I’m assuming it’s the original tooling with new weapons.

Well, I'm positive "they're" New Belgian Air Force boxing - General Dynamics F-16AM (MLU) "Dark Falcon" is the former 48036 "Tiger Meet" tool of kit release.

On 5/14/2020 at 6:56 PM, exdraken said:

the retooled nose section still has a strange shape to some... usually you recognize a Kinetic F-16 very quickly

Would you post an explanatory piccy for this statement, Werner, mate, yeh?

I've built the Kinetic 48036 kit and hardly noticed any issues with the shape of the nose.

Yeh, me didn't...

Cheers,

 

Unc₂

[exdraken]

On 5/15/2020 at 12:28 AM, B.sin said:

Are the  weapons in this kit newly tooled?

Existing kit + Israeli weapons set from Skunkmodels for Israeli specific ones

[azzaob]

6 hours ago, exdraken said:

Existing kit + Israeli weapons set from Skunkmodels for Israeli specific ones

Yeah, I recall reading a post from the owner of Kinetic on a page confirming that 'cleaned up'versions [canopy area?]of existing kits are being released in the Gold boxing line, as the F/A-18 line is now, so this looks to be just a re-box.

[Homebee]

Dedicated F-16D (block 30/40/50) cockpit set by Quinta Studio sets

- ref. QD48045 - BASE

- ref. QD48045 - PRO 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuintaStudio/permalink/2831383613639481/

Reported to be the first set from a serie dedicated to the F-16s models.

 

 

 

 

V.P.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Homebee

[LUCIANO007]

 

22 hours ago, Homebee said:

Dedicated F-16D (block 30/40/50) cockpit set by Quinta Studio - ref. QD48045

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuintaStudio/permalink/2831383613639481/

Reported to be the first set from a serie dedicated to the F-16s models.

 

 

 

V.P.

Where can we buy them from?

Edited May 27, 2020 by LUCIANO007

[Homebee]

41 minutes ago, LUCIANO007 said:

 

Where can we buy them from?

 

https://www.ebay.com/str/quintastudio

BASE - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Quinta-QD48045-Base-1-48-F-16D-3D-Printed-coloured-interior-Kinetic-Basic-LVL/164219064779

PRO - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Quinta-QD48045-PRO-1-48-F-16D-3D-Printed-coloured-interior-Kinetic-ADV-LVL/164219059225

 

V.P.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Homebee

[Stephen]

F-16C Barak reissued. Before anyone asks I suspect that it's not retooled.

 

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48129 

[Homebee]

Thanks Stephen ! - ref. K48129 - General Dynamics F-16C Block 40 Barak "Israeli Air Force"

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48129

https://www.facebook.com/Kineticmodel/posts/1810632169103886

Box art

 

 

V.P.

Edited February 18, 2021 by Homebee

[Stephen]

Released

 

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48129 

[Boman]

56 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Released

 

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48129 

Checked the instructions from the 2009 release, and the decal options is the same. Wonder if this is merely a re-release although with a new kit number? 

Will be interesting to see when the instructions become available via Scalemates

[Stephen]

14 hours ago, Boman said:

Checked the instructions from the 2009 release, and the decal options is the same. Wonder if this is merely a re-release although with a new kit number? 

Will be interesting to see when the instructions become available via Scalemates

I'm pretty sure that there are weapons added.

[arnobiz]

Raymond told me it's completely the same kit, they just ran out of the old boxes and took the opportunity to change the box art. However the description on LM clearly says they also added weapons, surely from SMW's IDF weapons sets.

[Boman]

May be, this is however the instructions from the 2009 boxing; 
C:\Users\Mara\Desktop\slozka\navody\f-16\f-16full (scalemates.com)

 

and this is the likely weapons included - GBU-15 confirmed; 
https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=SW-48001

 

Personaly I hope they include the Spice as it is more representative of weapons carried by Israeli jets recently 

 

[Boman]

1 hour ago, arnobiz said:

Raymond told me it's completely the same kit, they just ran out of the old boxes and took the opportunity to change the box art. However the description on LM clearly says they also added weapons, surely from SMW's IDF weapons sets.

Another thing Arnobiz, 

Would you know if this release has the corrected nose shape? 

[arnobiz]

I'm afraid I have no idea. I guess if it were the case it would be advertised would'nt it?

[exdraken]

22 hours ago, Boman said:

Another thing Arnobiz, 

Would you know if this release has the corrected nose shape? 

Afaik, only the very first boxing had the uncorrected nose shape.

That of course does not mean the corrected one is correct...

 

[hopkp]

40 minutes ago, exdraken said:

Afaik, only the very first boxing had the uncorrected nose shape.

That of course does not mean the corrected one is correct...

 

That's my recollection of it too - even the supposedly corrected one is quite 'iffy' looking, though for some reason the two-seater kits don't look too bad. Actually I was hoping that Kinetic's announcement today might have been a re-tooled 1/48 F-16 series to the same standard as their F-104s, a decent F-16A/A+/MLU is (well, in my view anyway) badly needed in 1/48. Tamiya obviously isn't going to take their series any further than the F-16C.

[Boman]

I know the "reshaped" nose is still off, but yet it's better than the original. Honestly I have sorta given up on Kinetic's F-16's, but still keep hoping 😇

[Homebee]

New boxing in June 2021 - ref. K48130 - Lockheed F-16D Block 40 "Brakeet" -  Israeli Air Force with weapons

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/Kineticmodel/posts/1872133489620420 

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48130

Box art

 

 

V.P.

Edited May 9, 2021 by Homebee

[George Tam]

Ouch... I still have the old Brakeet kit in me stash...

[exdraken]

Isn't Brakeet a Hasegawa invention and copyright?

 

I thought it was Barak all over...

Stand to be corrected though!

[plasticguy]

1 hour ago, exdraken said:

Isn't Brakeet a Hasegawa invention and copyright?

 

I thought it was Barak all over...

Stand to be corrected though!

Previous kinetic IDF a/c were made in collaboration with Isradecal (or at least the decorations), so maybe they know their stuff.

Barak means lightning and is the designation of the C model,

Brakeet means thunderbolt and it's the designation for this specific D model.

[exdraken]

3 hours ago, plasticguy said:

Previous kinetic IDF a/c were made in collaboration with Isradecal (or at least the decorations), so maybe they know their stuff.

Barak means lightning and is the designation of the C model,

Brakeet means thunderbolt and it's the designation for this specific D model.

I hope someone out of the modelling industry confirm that soon!

if you google Brakeet you get mostly model kits....

 

looking forward to this!

 

[Homebee]

New boxing in May 2022 - ref. K48136 - Lockheed Martin F-16E/F Viper - combo kit

Source: https://www.facebook.com/Kineticmodel/posts/2110417185792048

 

Quote

Our Desert Vipers are Back!!!

48136 F-16E/F combo will be available in May.

Parts included to build single or twin seater variant of the UAE AF F-16 Block 60.

 

Box art

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48136

 

 

V.P.

Edited March 16, 2022 by Homebee

[hoppie]

On 5/10/2021 at 11:03 AM, plasticguy said:

Barak means lightning and is the designation of the C model,

Brakeet means thunderbolt and it's the designation for this specific D model.

Some say that, some say that Peace Marble II and III C and D aircraft are all called Barak. I don't know, but I found it easy to find consistent translations of "Barak" through various dictionaries. I have never found anything related in regards to "Brakeet". Translating thunderbolt results in "Chaziz". Maybe anyone here who speaks Hebrew and can help?