Academy F16i sufa 1/32

Started painting the Aces 2 seat and will begin work on the spine........

work on the spine is complete added the correct vent and scoop

painted the added styrene and glued the PE parts that came with the kit

the gun bay was to be omitted they did not include this on the build manual but with a little work this can be added, F-16 with no vulcan cannon does not look right for me..........:D

metal landing gear from Spruebrothers the only aftermarket parts that will be added to this build

update..........

made the tint a little lighter

the SUFA kit came with some parts used on the F16f .......... but still need a lot of scratch building

Nice!! Looking forward to this one! The tint looks good, did you use tinted Future?

@Jester75 did the tint using Tamiya clear acrylic(x-24 & x-19 on a 3:1 mixture) make sure to spray it inside the canopy and not outside

heres a closer shot of the canopy

also added some lead wire to simulate hydraulic/electrical lines

I find the lead wire easy to contour and adds weight to the model

and heres how they look when painted

Thanks for the tip!! Will give it a go on the Kinetic 48th scale version of this one when I get around to it.

@Jester75 go for it!...i'm thinking  of finishing this as a US fighter version .......will see been scanning some photo of the block 60 and i see black colored seat cover, need to do some correction

I may pick up another Kinetic kit to do in US markings but there is just something about a Viper in Israeli airforce colors that just looks sweet!

Ambitious, but awesome! I managed to find the Isracast F-16F conversion for this kit cheap at Squadron...got it for about 25 bucks on Black Friday.

www.squadron.com/.../idr32030.htm

@dupes that's a bargain .....conversion kit usually priced 50$+ and up....not to mention the 2 conforming tanks that runs around same price

I'm really digging the detail work on this...   good stuff!

Update......

seat color corrected from green to black

added some brass pin

almost complete..........

WoW!! She is big!! This build is looking really sweet. Can not wait to see this in color.  Looks like the kit is going together pretty well? Great work!

build is lookin sweet. keep posting pics. watchin with interest

update..........Finished paint work

a single coat of clear paint will help ease the decal application 

Almost near the end of conversion.......here's how she look after putting a lot of bench hour this weekend.....enjoy :D

@VTmodeldude28........it was a full time work 40 hours on the bench ......still need work on the weapon loads/600gal tank  i'm hoping to make an interchangeable load on the wing using mini magnets.... that should add another month of work  :)

Sharp Viper!!

with wheels .....

next to be added .......drop tanks and weapon loads

Can't wait!!

That's looking great!

Thanks gents. .......back again after a week break had my *** set on another hobby .......anyways did some minor paint correction on the nose cone and had to machine a brass (micro) antenna to match the other 2  

a much better photo lighting this time

here's more.........

Just awesome!! Very sharp and clean Bimski!

That is a fantastic looking model, really excellent work, I have a question, is it a good kit? Fit wise etc? I would like to make the Sufa that's why I ask.

If I were to rate the Academy sufa kit from 1-10 ......I'd say its a 9 good enough to go head to head with a Tamiya or Hasegawa kit, they did improve in quality and the plastic are much cleaner(no need to wash them prior to building) fit wise......still has some gap and warping but in a manageable level ....they included a lot of optional parts/loads  ......the only after market parts i added was the metal landing gear and a resin wheel set

Dude, this is one freakingly awesome Sufa!!!  

Update on the Sufa.........

the 2 (pilot)figures are not yet painted.......and still need some weathering works

Absolutely magnificent, impressive, spectacular...  I could say more, but you get the idea.