1/48 F-16F (BLOCK 60) FIGHTING FALCON

Hasegawa - 1/48 F-16F (BLOCK 60) FIGHTING FALCON

Hasegawa reissued their F-16D kit with some new-tool sprues to render the Israeli Air Force's F-16I Sufa ( look here). It was clear from examining those sprues that we'd be seeing other interesting variants in our future. Sure enough, we have the ultimate Viper - the F-16F. This release is molded in the standard light gray styrene and rendered on eighteen parts trees, plus a single tree of clear parts. The surface detailing is scribed, but the detail is a bit soft in comparison with the more recent Tamiya and Kinetic 1/48 Viper kits. The kit provides all of the parts for a standard Block 52 F-16D that we've seen before, but also includes the six parts trees new for this release and a few parts trees that were introduced into earlier late-block F-16 updates. There are other trees still that are in the box for one or two small parts, but leave lots of left-overs for your spares box.

Hasegawa has become a leader in scale plastic kits by producing highly detailed models that impress the most demanding hobbyists. Because of the accuracy found in such areas as cockpits, interiors, engines, weapon bays and aircraft wheel bays, many Hasegawa models are built by professionals for museum displays. Ultimately, Hasegawa understands that the reward in model building goes beyond successful assembly. For the enthusiast, each model represents an opportunity to explore history, learn more about the subject and create a scale miniature to enjoy for a lifetime.

Features:

-Accurate scale model

-Highly detailed model kit

-Detailed instructions provided

-May require assembly and painting

-Waterslide decals

-Illustrated instructions

-Nice cockpit straight out of the box

-Optional crew figures

-Positionable canopy

-Small mouth (NSI) inlet (not used on the F-16F)

-Large mount inlet

-Pratt F100 nozzle (not used on the F-16F)

-GE F110 nozzle

-Positionable speed brakes

-New-tool dorsal spine for F-16F

-New-tool GPS dome (not used on the F-16F)

-New-tool conformal fuel tanks

-New-tool antennas for F-16F

-New-tool antennas NOT used by F-16F

-New-tool APX-113 IFF antennas

-Optional boarding ladder

-Updated missile rails for stations 1/2/8/9 for AIM-120 and AIM-9

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