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From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sten Arne B Brunsby" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:02:22 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sten Arne B Brunsby 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 5:13 PM

  1/48th , RNoAF F-16 AM Block 10 "277" ISAF reaction force

  Manas AB,2006 

  by "your name goes here"
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  This is RNoAF F-16 AM "78-0277" tailnr 277. Depicted as used during the ISAF deployment in 2006 to Manas AFB for use in Afghanistan. 

  "277" was deliverd to the RNoAF on July 30th 1980. It ws originaly a Block 5 aircraft but was upgraded to Block 10 standard in the early 80's. From 1983 to 2002 she was with 332sqn at Rygge AB in southern Norway. After the MLU upgrade in 2002 she was returned to 332 sqn in the meanwhile 332'nd was moved to Bodo AB. in 2006 she was one of 4 jets deployed to Manas AB for use with ISAF forces in Afghanistan. She was returned to Norway and Bodo in late 2006 and was repainted in 2007 with the new red-white-blue tailflag as worn by all RNoAF vipers. I miss the good'ol sqadron flags, and hope they will be reintroduced some day. 

  The modell started off as a Tamiya Block32/25 ANG kit. I used the Wolfpack block 5/10 convertion set. All RNoAF block 10's got the large elevators as part of the MLU upgrade. Apart from this it still retains most of its Block 10 features. The placements of probes and antennaes, the lack of an inflight refuling light and so on. Further more the fishplates are from the exelent Cross Delta PE set. These are self adhesive and I prefer to use these to most other including the Tamiya offering. 

  The Searchlight on the right side of the nose was scrached built and is also a feature on all RNoAF singleseaters. I just made a hole in the panel filled some milliput in there and used ClearFix to make the lenscover. 

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  All weapons are made from what comes in the box and are fearly strait forward, the Sniper pod is also from Wolfpack and a very nice peace of work. I had a little hell fitting the clear part but after some carefull fitting it was in there. 

  The cocpit in the MLU's are all black to ease the use of NVG's, this time I wanted to try out some PE for the panels and seat and used a freet from Eduard, this is actually made for the Kinetic Barak , but as the cocpits are virtually identical I decied to go for this. It fit remarkebly well, I was actually supprised on how painless it went. And it looks very good IMHO. 

  The decals is from Vingtor (www.vingtor.net), they are very accurate and a joy to work with, printed by Cartograph the quality is sound and I just cant recomend them enough for any RNoAF viper build. 

  From the pics I've seen of this jet in Afghanistan it was VERY dirty, I mean it was filthy.. So I made it as dirty and flat as I could get it without it looking overdone. 

          
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  This was a very satisfying project, I really like to work with the Tamiya modells for MLU's , the convertion is fearly easy and I think it looks way better than the Kinetic modell.. of wich I have to give one more shot before I give up. 

  Sten Arne

  Photos and text © by "Sten Arne B. Brunsby"