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1/72 Tamiya-Hasegawa kit
bashed F-16E Block 60 Desert Viper Due to many improvement of Block 60, there is no correct F-16E in the market at this moment. Hasegawa released Block 60 both in 1/48 and 1/72 scales for couple years with additional new parts but they used their aged mold as a base kit. My choice was using the latest Tamiya F-16C as
a base kit and add Hasegawa’s F-16E parts. Tamiya’s is the best option because it has vents on right side just below the canopy and no splitter plate
(ECS inlet) between the fuselage and intake. Extra parts such as tail, CFTs, antennae, lumps and bumps from Hasegawa were added on Tamiya fuselage. I intended to build this model to represent the particular aircraft that
took part as Combat Air Patrol (CAP) in Operation Odyssey Dawn / Unify Protector. The load out of this particular aircraft
was all
AAMs. Because I used the first Tamiya F-16C release, there was nothing under the wings. I added pylons and missiles from stock. Fuel tanks were from Academy. Northrop-Grumman AN/ASQ-32 IFTS targeting pod was from Hasegawa. Nat Krairojananan
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Photos and text © by Nat Krairojananan