1/48 Hasegawa F-16C Block 30s

Gallery Article by Diamond on Sept 10 2012

 

 

These are a couple of Hasegawa F-16 kits built as early Block 30s with the GE engine and NSI intakes.  While I have a few Tamiya kits in my stash, I still consider the Hasegawa kit to be a quality kit.

 

Click on images below to see larger images

Both kits were built mostly out of the box with the fuel tanks and their respective pylons rescribed.  I also replaced the pitot tubes with homemade ones made out of needles and aluminum tubing.  The travel pods were included in the kit, and I chose to paint one gloss black to add some color to the build.  The decals were from Aeromaster and represent a couple of command jets based out of Misawa AB, Japan.

I chose to pose the aircraft in flight together since I had never had two models displayed in formation before.  I based the pose off a photo I saw many years ago of a pair of Block 40s from the 555th FS.  I enjoyed this build, and I'll probably build a pair of F-16s like this again in the future, most likely with markings from the 555th FS.

Diamond

Click on images below to see larger images

      

Photos and text © by Diamond