signals Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Is there an ADF tail conversion for the Hasegawa kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chorse6 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Wolfpack had one, but believe it is OOP. I used it and it wasn't bad (though nose was undersized). I think the only other way now is to get an old Monogram ADF kit and use those parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 The ADF variant was done by Revell, not Monogram Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Plastic World has one and it is nice, used it several times. They don't have a web page, but contact JP on PLASTICWORLD@skynet.be Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Well, one just sold on a popular auction site for $87 and change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) If I am not mistaken, the Kinetic F-16A and B kits come with the ADF tail base. Not sure about its accuracy though. Mark Edited June 6, 2017 by gb_madcat_sl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Kinetic is off on accuracy unfortunatelly. Strange that Hasegawa havent released the ADF version in their F-16 series? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vodnik Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 I have four ADF tail bases: PWMP, Italian Kits, Revell and Kinetic. And actually the Revell one is most accurate in shape of the ADF bulge, but needs to be rescribed to match the Hasegawa kit. The bulge on Kinetic part is not bad, but the base itself is too wide (Kinetic made their F-16A tail bases as wide as F-16C base, what is wrong). PWMP and IK both have issues with the shape of the bulge (one is too thin, the other too bulky - I don't remember which is which...). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F4DPhantomII Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 12 hours ago, Space Tiger Hobbes said: Well, one just sold on a popular auction site for $87 and change. Which site? $87 wow.I'll have to find my Revell kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Baldwin Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 From looking at pictures of the actual ADF converted aircraft, could it really be that difficult to scratch build the items for this conversion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, F4DPhantomII said: Which site? $87 wow.I'll have to find my Revell kits. The Wolfpack Designs conversion, not the Revell ADF kit. Ebay No, it wouldn't be hard to scratchbuild... if you're a scratchbuilder. Edited June 6, 2017 by Space Tiger Hobbes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F4DPhantomII Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 $87 just for the ADF tail? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 You can search for it on ebay or the wolfpack design sites. There's a new nose, upper and lower bird slicers, ADF tail, LAU-129 missile pylons. No spotlight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 From Wolfpak-d website; Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marv Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) The Castle Air Museum just put a F-16A ADF on display. It is in beautiful condition, but they painted it in a bogus paint scheme, similar to the 144FW C model that had the reverse marking black tail. The story I got is that the major sponsor for acquiring the F-16A from the boneyard wanted it painted that way. Anyhow, it's there if you need to take some pix. Edited June 6, 2017 by Marv Spelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 20 hours ago, Niels said: Strange that Hasegawa havent released the ADF version in their F-16 series? They did - in 1/72.... ;) Seamless Suckers also released a resin ADF tail and IFF antenna many years ago. Good luck finding one though. No, mine's not for sale. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silverkite211 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 17 hours ago, habu2 said: They did - in 1/72.... ;) Seamless Suckers also released a resin ADF tail and IFF antenna many years ago. Good luck finding one though. No, mine's not for sale. :) I used the Seamless Suckers ADF tail and bird slicers, along with his seamless intake, to make this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jefropas Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) This is my Hasegawa ADF conversion. I used the Revell tail base, cut it off the vertical stab, scribed the base to match the Hasegawa vertical stab, ditched the Hasegawa A base, then glued the Revell base to the Hasegawa stab, and that was it. Very cheap, and looks great. I finished the kit 2 years ago, but still haven't taken good shots of it. There is still an in-progress build on here somewhere if you'd like to look. Jeff Edited June 8, 2017 by jefropas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Perhaps not up to contemporary snuff, but Revell's F-16 C Wild Weasel has a nice vertical stab, GE engine, separate tires and hubs, antenna bumps, and HARM missiles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper50 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 (edited) No one mentioned the Cutting Edge conversion set probably because it has been oop for so long. Thought I would share a couple pics fyi. Edited June 10, 2017 by viper50 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Here's my Hasegawa using the Revell parts. You can find the Revell kit pretty cheap, and you get two models out of the deal. Just take the A tail base from the Hasegawa kit and put it on the Revell kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I've envied your build and those homemade decals since I saw it years ago. Did you just drill a hole for an MV Lens? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) Not to hijack, but do any of these kits/conversions have the special Sparrow pylons? This is a critical part to giving the ADF the BVR missile capability that made it an advance over the vanilla A/B models they were based on (until AIM-120 came along). Darren, I see this in your build - is it in the Revell kit? Edited June 11, 2017 by bdt13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 The revell one does I believe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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