Hello
everybody,
Here
I want to show you my newest Model, the F-16CJ Block 50 of the Hellenic Air
Force (HAF)
The
Greek Airforce (HAF) has a total of 180 F-16's from the type F16C/D Block 30, 50
and 52. These Airplanes have the
same modern weapons as the U.S F-16.
The
first delivery of F-16C/D's for Greece, code name Peace Xenia I, were Block 30
Airplanes with a General Electric F110-GE-100 Turbofan. The first F-16D for the
HAF were delivered on the 18. November
1988. The F-16C's have been delivered a short time later.
In
April 1993, General Dynamics got an additional order to produce 40 more
F-16CJ/DJ Block50 Airplanes (32 Charlie and 8 Delta Models). These Airplanes
were
powered by a General Electric F110-GE-129 power plant, and delivered by the code
name Peace Xenia II.
To
discern the Blocks 30, 50 and 52 of HAF you only need to read the numbers on the
fin. Block30 Series begin with 1, Airplanes of Block50 Series with 0 and the
Airplanes of Block52 Series with 5.
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The
quality of the Cockpit was 0.K but I also used parts from Eduard and Avionix (ex
Blackbox).
All
inside surfaces were painted in FS36320 (Gunze-Sangyo)
The
pilot seat is from Avionix and also coloured in FS 36320. In this early stadium
I used the Decals, because these for the pilots seat are also included.
The
air intake in the box is with four parts and should be, puttied and sanded on
these areas because you can see in it.
One
bad thing on this kit is that there are less cables and pilotages in the wheel well. Here I used photo etched parts
from Eduard (49390) and cables from my own spare part box.
The
inside of the nozzle are upgraded with parts from the Eduardset (49383).
The
colours of the F-16and F-4 which were used from the HAF are called "Ghost
Scheme". These colours are FS 35237, FS 36307 and FS 36251. I
only got these colours from Xtracolor. Because
the colours of the F-16 are really bright, I used a light washing colour.
After
airbrushing, I assembled the wheels, tanks, nozzle and weapon racks.
Finally
I assembled the ladder from Eduard (48474) to get a really original pic of this
model.
Oliver
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