Review F-16 book from Daco Publications

Lockheed Martin F-16A/B/C/D & MLU

by Danny Coremans and Nico Deboeck

ISBN # 90-806747-1-0 MSRP $29.75 Euro

Review by Steve Bamford on June 7 2006

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This 128 page softcover book from Daco Publications is carefully focused on all areas of the F-16 that will be of deep interest to modellers hungry for detail photos of this very popular jet. You must appreciate that this is a photo rich walkaround book....loaded with detail photos that will make the scratchbuilding super detailer extremely happy indeed. There is very few areas if any on the F-16 that isn't covered in great depth by the selection of photos in this book. If you only buy one F-16 book for detail photos....this is the one to buy. This book also includes information about The F-16A/B/C/D and MLU up to Block 52. Danny Coremans has been a F-16 crew chief and this has permitted him to get photos of areas you'll never see at an airshow. Nico Deboeck is a magazine editor.

As for images you get:

511 colour photos (mostly walkaround photos).
1 line drawings
cartoons by Dimitri Verdoodt
1/48 &1/72 4 view airframe line drawings for F-16MLU, F-16C, F-16B
Line drawings of cockpit panels with explanations of each switch and control for the F-16MLU, F-16C, F-16D, F-16B MLU.

The photos and images are clearly printed on glossy paper with good light and easy to make out details in the photos. The photos below will give you an idea of what this book looks like inside.....sorry the photos are small....you've got to buy the book to see the larger photos.


Avionics Bays	Main Gear	Main gear bays	Nose Gear

All these photos are arranged in sections that include:

Radome section
Nose section
Fuselage front section
Fuselage front
Canopy F-16A/C
Canopy F-16B/D
Engine air intake
Gun port area
Air intake area
MLG door area
Service area
Wing area
Top fuselage
Wing details
Strengtheners
Air refueling door
Jet fuel starter
Chaff & flares
Arrestor hook
Engine access bay
Aft fuselage area
Speed brake
Horizontal stabilos
F-16A Engine exhaust
F-16A exhaust nozzle
F-16C engine nozzle
Parachute housing
BAF ECM housing
Tiger tails
F-16C Vertical tail
F-16A Cockpit
F-16A MLU Cockpit
Ejection seat
F-16C cockpit
F-16C/D cockpit
F-16D cockpit
Nose landing gear
Nose wheel bay
Landing gearLeft main wheel bay
Right main wheel bay

Wheels and tires
Tire changing
Landing gear bay
Main wheel bay
Maintenance
Radar / Radome
Avionics bays
Right side bays
Left side bays
Wing connection
Vertical tail
P&W engine
F110-GE-129 engine
Armament
AIM-9 sidewinder
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-88 HARM
ACMI-AMA
F.O. Towed decoy
Smart bombs
Dumb bombs
Loading an F-16C
Vulcan ammo loading
AAQ-14 Lantirn pod
AAQ-114 Lantirn pod
AAQ-13/-14 Lantirn pods
Navigation pods
ALQ ECM pods
Reconnaissance pods
Wing fuel tanks
Centerline fuel tankTarget and travel pods
Display smokewinders
Wing pylons
Summary of Missiles
Summary of External pods
Summary of weapons


Gear bays	Fuselage bays		Jet fuel starter and vertical tail

The text in this book is mostly photo descriptions to help support the wonderful photos in this book.


F110-GE-129 engine	AAQ-14 Lantirn pod	Wing Pylons	Weapons

This book covers so many areas of the F-16 that are of interest to the F-16 modeller and is excellent value for what you get......you can't go wrong buying this book.

You can get this book direct from the Daco Publications website.

I'd like to thank Danny at Daco Publications for sending me this review sample.

Steve