F-16C Wisconsin ANG 60th Anniversary WIP 11 March 2010

Jason,

Thanks for the reply. I have built 3 of Tamiya's F-16 and they are great. I just want to make sure this one is accurate.

Mike, Phil & satch_ip,

Thanks for the link and I did check it out a little last night.

F-8fanatic,

OK! Now that I checked your link, and thank you I have another ?

It says:

 To get to a block 30, (Which Is What I Want) first you need to decide if the jet you want to do has an NSI or MCID intake. If it's GE/NSI, all you need to do is obtain a GE nozzle and aft fuselage section, sourced from either the block 50 kit or aftermarket. If it's GE/MCID, you'll need to swap the intake as well. This involves sprue H from the block 50 kit, which includes the intake upper and lower pieces

Looking at the photo can you tell if it is a NSI or MCID intake? I hope it is the GE so I can get the nozzle and fuselage section.

In other words, the kit you have will not be correct for the plane you are modeling.  The intake will be too small and the tail feathers are for the wrong engine.  This link:

 http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/f16blockssb_1.htm

 Will give you all the info you need to make this project work.  It tells you exactly what parts you need to source from the other tamiya kit and how to put the details together.

According to the database here: http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/serials-and-inventory/year/1987/106/ 87-278 is a Block 30H (not sure what the "H" means)

The most obvious visible difference between the Block 25 and Block 30 is that  Block 25 aircraft have the P/W F100 engine with the "small mouth" intake and the Block 30 have the GE F110 with the "big mouth". The afterburner cones are, of course, different too.

AF tain number 87 0278 is an F-16C Block 30H Big Mouth. 

Here is a link.

http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item327539.html

Have fun!

Have you looked or asked questions here?

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article6.html

Remember, Google is your friend.

I'm working on that kit right now, its an awesome kit. I haven't had any problems with it at all. I'm not sure about the blocks, sorry i can't help you there, but as far as the kit goes you'll really like the kit, its a fun build.

Jason