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Academy 1/32 F-16I Sufa


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Hi,

My new project is 1/32 Academy F-16I Sufa.

I will use some AIRES resin sets, and I will also add lighting system to the model.

The Kit:

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AIRES Wheel Bays:

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AIRES Ejection Seats:

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Wheeliant Whheels:

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Hope to begin the build soon,

Eran Reches.

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Hi

The wheel bays will be a good remedy to the kit ones... ;^)

What kind of lighting system will be engineered?

for taxi lights? cockpit MFDs?

Have fun!

here is mine:

http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=261259

bye!

Rom

Hi Rom,

The model is very big so I think it won't be a problem to insert LEDs into is.

I will try to insert most of the bulbs in the aircraft including Taxi lights and the cockpit MFDs.

By the way, your Sufa is outstanding! Great build!

Eran Reches.

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Hi,

Started building the kit, not too much progress, so there isn't to much to explain.

Cockpit parts ready for painting:

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Also Resin parts cut from their blocks:

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The intakes. The left is for experiments, the right is for the model:

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Front wheel bay assembled:

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That's for today,

Eran Reches.

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Hi,

Thanks Manuel.

Some progress has been made since the last update.

Since the resin seats came without rails, I had to cut the rails from the kit's seats and glue them to the resin ones.

You can see the rails and the rest of the cockpit parts in the image below:

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Cockpit parts after black Vallejo wash and detail painting:

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Ejection seats:

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All the parts together:

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Next step is adding LEDs behind the cockpit's MFDs.

That's for now,

Eran Reches.

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Hi,

I soldered the LEDs, each one is connected to two wires - white (-) and green (+).

A 1K Ohm resistor was connected to the white wire, and all the connection were glued with transparent Epoxy glue.

Next I'll need to glue the LEDs in their places.

The LEDs:

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To be continued...

Eran Reches.

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