Some F-16C Block 30 Aggressor questions

[Emilio]

Good day everybody,

 

I have a couple of questions to you F-16 experts out there, regarding F-16C Aggressors. As soon as I saw the new Alaskan Aggressor scheme, I thought this is a must build for me. And as Two Bobs released a decal sheet I just have to find out how to build a proper 1/32 F-16C Block 30.

 

This exact aircraft is #86-0314. After a little bit of research I found out, that every F-16C Bl.30 onward #86-0262 is F110 powered and has the the Big-Mouth MCID intake, right? Which would mean that this specific F-16 could be build by using the Tamiya F-16CJ Bl.50 Kit. And what about the landing gear, I read somewhere that Bl.30s have a light weight landing gear and are missing a bulge on the landing gear door. Maybe someone knowledgeable could enlighten me about the best way to build a 1/32 F-16 Aggressor, with the Thunderbirds kit being sold to prices I`m not willing to pay. 

Thanks in Advance.

 

Emil

[Pete Fleischmann]

 

 

 

This exact aircraft is #86-0314. After a little bit of research I found out, that every F-16C Bl.30 onward #86-0262 is F110 powered and has the the Big-Mouth MCID intake, right? Which would mean that this specific F-16 could be build by using the Tamiya F-16CJ Bl.50 Kit. And what about the landing gear, I read somewhere that Bl.30s have a light weight landing gear and are missing a bulge on the landing gear door. Maybe someone knowledgeable could enlighten me about the best way to build a 1/32 F-16 Aggressor, with the Thunderbirds kit being sold to prices I`m not willing to pay. 

Thanks in Advance.

 

Emil

 

Hi Emil,

 

...Yes you are correct: MCID intake and GE engine for this jet.

 

The Tamiya CJ kit will get you very close to block 30. If you use the Tamiya CJ kit and build it with the gear down, you'll need to accept that the CJ has the heavyweight gear and doors, or replace them with parts from the Tamiya Thunderbirds kit.

 

There are some bulges at the wing roots and LEF fingers that need to be removed from the CJ, and fewer ALE-40 chaff/flare boxes..but that's about it .

 

Cheers

 

Pete

Edited November 8, 2017 by Pete Fleischmann

[Emilio]

Thanks Pete,

 

good news, I feared something like a complicated conversion. Is there some sort of resin replacement for the landing gear doors available? If not, I think I can live with that.

 

Emil

[Darren Howie]

Easiest way is just cross kit the Thinderbirds kit with the CJ.

There are people selling intakes etc on Ebay and years ago you could buy spares via HLJ.

Grab a Thunderbird F-16 and start swapping parts...

[Dave Williams]

Sadly the ability to order Tamiya sprues from HLJ is long gone, plus the Thunderbirds kit has been OOP for many years, so even Tamiya probably doesn't have sprues for the kit. Ebay is probably about your only option.

[themongoose]

Don't forget posting on our traders board. I answered one of these a month ago and am trading my Thunderbird landing gear kit for the heavyweight stuff.

[brianhahn]

Mongoose,

 

If you don't do a swap with Emil, then I might wish to visit with you about swapping out heavy gear for light gear...

[Emilio]

Jes, I will post on the traders board, but I don`t own a kit yet, just making plans. 

 

Emil 

[dsahling1]

Try GT Resin's web page, if I recall Gary might have some plans for a Block 30, parts for an F-16A conversion of sorts, etc.  If its gear down you could get the parts from the Hasegawa 1/32 kit for the gear doors and modify/trim accordingly.