Subject: Re: 1/12 F-16 Cockpit
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:12:07 -0800

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

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:17 PM
  Subject: 1/12 F-16 Cockpit

  Gallery Template #04

  "1/12 F-16 Cockpit by ESCI" 

  by "Robert "NoBoB" Moore"
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  This was a very enjoyable kit to build as it was to be a birthday gift for my bother-in-law.  He works on an Air Force Base and support an F-16 ANG simulator training program.  The kit went together very well but the devil is in the details.  Although there are several decals that provide instrument highlights the kit lacked enough of them to accurately depict the cockpit intriciencies this large scale deserved.  Research out on the internet revealed that really no two cockpit versions were alike.  Although there were some instruments common to all F-16 fighters, most of them had different setups making the painting of this specific kit configuration a research challange.  Even the ejection seat versions were varied.

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  This scale model was meant to be a desk piece and therefore close inspection would show some imperfections.  However, from a few feet away the kit fully highlights the complexity of the fighter pilots work space.  My next adventure is to complete the matching F-104 cockpit for a side by side comparision of technology

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  Photos and text © by "NoBoB"