Qian Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hi guys, I present to you my recently completed F-16I SUFA by Academy with aftermarket decals and various scratch-built details. It's my first fighter build in over 8 years and I'm glad she turned out exceeding my expectations. She was an absolute joy to build! Here are a list of modifications I made to the kit to enhance it: - Scratch built landing gear wheel well details such as cables, hydraulic lines and wiring. - Surgery to increase the gap between the intake and fuselage. - Added a bulge in the intake behind the heating strut to accommodate the larger nose gear of the SUFA. - New interior nose gear door details scratch built over the kit part. - Added seals for the CFTs using stretched sprue. - Sanded and tapered the front end of the LAU-129 AA missile launchers slightly as the kit ones were too round. - Modified the kit 370 gallon fuel tanks with scratched details to match the unique tanks used in Israeli service. - Scratch built the seeker head for the GBU-15 and finished off with an iridescent film for the seeker lense. - Scratch built canopy locking hooks and DASH HMD sensors for the canopy. - Scratch built oxygen hoses, canopy locking mechanisms for the cockpit using thin wiring and stretched sprue. - Ejection seats given a "sheep skin" texture with random spreading of Tamiya putty and seat belts made with aluminium foil and leftover PE. - Decals were a mixture of F-16C/D stencils from Sky's Decals and kit decals. The Sky's stencils had the correct colours for the warning triangles and other markings compared to the kit. - Added a mission marking for the 2007 Operation Orchard on the left nose below the antenna blip. 462 was one of the 4 SUFAs that took part in the mission. - And the final pièce de résistance, I used the iridescent film again and added it to the LITENING pod and HUD lenses. This is by far my favourite add-on to this build! Pictures follow! Thanks for looking! More photos in Part 2. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Part 2 of photos Thanks for looking guys! Comments, questions, feedback, critiques are all welcome! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Nice build and great job on the paint! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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