yeehah1 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 30 08 2015 Can anyone tell me if the inlet included in the Academy 1/48 A/C kit (#1688) is the big mouth non-MCID or the smaller NSI inlet please? Thanks in advance Liam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 It has the small NSI. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yeehah1 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 It has the small NSI. 30 08 2015 Hi Lancer Damn. Is there an aftermarket option? Liam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
balls47 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 30 08 2015 Hi Lancer Damn. Is there an aftermarket option? Liam Yessir, There are options. If you go with the MCID (big-mouth) intake, you'll also need the GE exhaust nozzle. You can get an Aires exhaust nozzle at Sprue Brothers. As far as the intake, there used to be a company called Seamless Suckers. You might be able to find one on Ebay, as the company is long out of business. I know that Zactomodels is working on an MCID intake for the 1/32 scale Academy F-16 kit. Hasegawa and Tamiya make kits with the MCID intake and exhaust nozzle. You might be better off taking that route. Good Luck!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SouthViper Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) Liam The Academy 1/48 kit is NSI , so PW engines/exhaust. I believe Seamless Suckers (SS) in too long out of business and theirs resin set was for Hasegawa F-16's, but since the Academy's F-16 is almost a Xerox from the Hasegawa kit it would works. Take a look at CMK : http://www.cmkkits.com/en/detail-sets-accessories/index.php?fSort=3&fSeries=0&fScale=16&fNationality=0&fEra=0&fMaker=0&from=170 Some of the NEW Tamiya F-16 kits have both inlets in the box so I think it will not difficult some another modeler negotiate the parts You need. SouthViper Edited September 8, 2015 by SouthViper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Unless you *have* an Academy kit, I'd just get a Hasegawa or Tamiya big mouth kit. That particular Academy kit dates back to when they were ripping off other manufacturers' tooling... badly. It's based on the Hasegawa kit, but with soft details, worse fit, and terrible, useless decals. By the time you add up the price of the Academy kit + resin intake and exhaust, you're going to be most of the way to a much, much better Hasegawa kit. Or better still, a Tamiya. Actually, even if you have an Academy kit, I'd get a Hasegawa or Tamiya big mouth kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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