1/48 Hasegawa F-16I Sufa

by Ra'anan Weiss

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This is a model I finished in early December. The kit is the 1:48 Hasegawa's F-16D. To convert it to the Israeli F-16I Sufa, I used the new revised conversion kit from IsraCast (#48015). I also used the Aires F-16 wheel bay (#4194) and exhaust nozzle (#4133) to make it more realistic. 

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In the cockpit I used Black box ejection seats. The RAFAEL's Python 4 missiles are from Paragon designs (#48136) with a self made decals for them. The Paveway II bombs and the AAQ-113 pod are from Hasegawa's weapon set D (X48-8) while the Litening Pod and the 600 gallon fuel tanks came from IsraCast (#48013 and #48004 respectively). The decals are from IsraDecal (IAF-54). I choose the markings of the new tail art of the "Negev" squadron which were the first to acquire this jet.

Happy New Year.

Ra'anan

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Photos and text © by Ra'anan Weiss