1/48 Hasegawa F-16C/D

Gallery Article by Rafi Ben-Shahar on Nov 19 2009

 

Fighting Falcon F-16C/D AGRS

I took advantage with Tamiya's aggressor/adversary issue of the F-16C/N and enhanced the old Hasegawa platform with plenty of spare parts and Legend's ejection seats. This would not be possible without Afterburner's decals.

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Of special interest was the modification of the F-16D model where I replaced the wheel wells with the Aires kit for Tamiya. As a result, I had to lengthen the fuselage by 3mm, which was done in two places having faith in Tamiya's more accurate mould. 

In addition, I replaced the entire air intake sub-assembly with Tamiya parts and added quite a few scratch made parts missed in both kits.

Rafi Ben-Shahar

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Photos and text © by Rafi Ben-Shahar