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'Peace Carvin II' - Singapore AF
Here are several
photos of my just completed Peace Carvin II (Singapore) F-16D. Although
this model started life as the Hasegawa F-16D, it has quite a number of
additions and corrections. The first and most obvious is the addition of
the DB Aeroproducts Dorsal Fairing. If you look at the dorsal
however, you will see an unusual bump about 1/2 way along the length (just
behind the refueling receptacle). This the GPS antenna fairing and was
built from sheet styrene. The AIFF antennas in front of the canopy were
also built from styrene.
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The rear cockpit of
the model was modified to actually represent a "D". The kit back
set is a "B". Another obvious addition in the cockpit is the aft
seat HUD monitor (ASHM). This was built from a piece resin cut from the
bottom of the True Details ACES II seats. Note on the seat that pitot
tubes lay flat against the head rest, they
do not stick out like the classic ACES II. This was a change to the ACES
II seat about 4-5 years ago and all F-16s are being delivered with "flip
up" pitots.
This model also uses
a Seamless Suckers normal shock inlet (small inlet). Other scratch built
pieces include the nose probe, built from two hypodermic needles, the AOA
probes, made from straight pins, Block-40 style landing lights on the nose gear
door, "beer can" RWR antennas on the wings, and static dischargers
made from brush bristles (Thanks to ARC and Kelly Quirk for that idea!).
The model is loaded with (2)370 gallon tanks, centerline ALQ-131, (4)AIM-9s,
(1)AGM-84 Harpoon (from SOL), (1)AGM-65, and LANTIRN pods (From Eagles Designs).
All paint is Gunze Acrylic applied with a Paasche airbrush and the decals are
custom made. The aircraft represents the first F-16D PCII aircraft
delivered to the Republic of Singapore Air Force stationed with 140 squadron at
Tengha Air Base. Photos were taken with a Kodak 240 digital camera.
Erwin Boone
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