This 128 page softcover book from
Daco
Publications is carefully focused on all areas
of the F-16 that will be of deep interest to modellers hungry for detail
photos of this very popular jet.
You must appreciate that this is a photo rich walkaround book....loaded
with detail photos that will make the scratchbuilding super detailer
extremely happy indeed. There is very few areas if any on the F-16
that isn't covered in great depth by the selection of photos in this
book. If you only buy one F-16 book for detail photos....this is
the one to buy. This book also includes information about The
F-16A/B/C/D and MLU up to Block 52. Danny Coremans has been a F-16 crew
chief and this has permitted him to get photos of areas you'll never see
at an airshow. Nico Deboeck is a magazine editor.
As
for images you get:
- 511 colour photos (mostly
walkaround photos).
- 1 line drawings
- cartoons by Dimitri Verdoodt
- 1/48 &1/72 4 view airframe
line drawings for F-16MLU, F-16C, F-16B
- Line drawings of cockpit
panels with explanations of each switch and control for the F-16MLU, F-16C,
F-16D, F-16B MLU.
The
photos and images are clearly printed on glossy paper with good light and easy to make out details in the
photos. The photos below will give you an idea of what this book looks
like inside.....sorry the photos are small....you've got to buy the book to see
the larger photos.
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Avionics
Bays |
Main
Gear |
Main
gear bays |
Nose
Gear |
All these photos are arranged in
sections that include: |
- Radome section
- Nose section
- Fuselage front section
- Fuselage front
- Canopy F-16A/C
- Canopy F-16B/D
- Engine air intake
- Gun port area
- Air intake area
- MLG door area
- Service area
- Wing area
- Top fuselage
- Wing details
- Strengtheners
- Air refueling door
- Jet fuel starter
- Chaff & flares
- Arrestor hook
- Engine access bay
- Aft fuselage area
- Speed brake
- Horizontal stabilos
- F-16A Engine exhaust
- F-16A exhaust nozzle
- F-16C engine nozzle
- Parachute housing
- BAF ECM housing
- Tiger tails
- F-16C Vertical tail
- F-16A Cockpit
- F-16A MLU Cockpit
- Ejection seat
- F-16C cockpit
- F-16C/D cockpit
- F-16D cockpit
- Nose landing gear
- Nose wheel bay
- Landing gearLeft main wheel bay
- Right main wheel bay
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- Wheels and tires
- Tire changing
- Landing gear bay
- Main wheel bay
- Maintenance
- Radar / Radome
- Avionics bays
- Right side bays
- Left side bays
- Wing connection
- Vertical tail
- P&W engine
- F110-GE-129 engine
- Armament
- AIM-9 sidewinder
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- AGM-65 Maverick
- AGM-88 HARM
- ACMI-AMA
- F.O. Towed decoy
- Smart bombs
- Dumb bombs
- Loading an F-16C
- Vulcan ammo loading
- AAQ-14 Lantirn pod
- AAQ-114 Lantirn pod
- AAQ-13/-14 Lantirn pods
- Navigation pods
- ALQ ECM pods
- Reconnaissance pods
- Wing fuel tanks
- Centerline fuel
tankTarget and travel pods
- Display smokewinders
- Wing pylons
- Summary of Missiles
- Summary of External pods
- Summary of weapons
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Gear
bays |
Fuselage
bays |
Jet
fuel starter and vertical tail |
The text in this book is mostly
photo descriptions to help support the wonderful photos in this book.
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F110-GE-129 engine
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AAQ-14 Lantirn pod
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Wing
Pylons
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Weapons
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This book covers so
many areas of the F-16 that are of interest to the F-16 modeller and is
excellent value for what you get......you can't go wrong buying this book.
You can get this
book direct from the Daco
Publications
website.
I'd like to thank
Danny at Daco
Publications
for sending me this review sample.
Steve
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