Iron Eagle F-16A

Chris Payne · May 08, 2021, 02:03:06 PM

Finished my Iron Eagle F-16A.

Built with the old Hasegawa 1/48 F-16A kit, Kinetic Sidewinders and Mavericks and painted with Gunze Sangyo (Mr. Hobby Color) paints.

Pellson · May 08, 2021, 02:17:44 PM

Beautiful!!

Chris Payne · May 08, 2021, 03:15:15 PM

Cheers mate.

buzzbomb · May 08, 2021, 04:16:44 PM

Nice. Underside views of the F-16 are a constant reminder of how much they can actually lug around.

comrade harps · May 08, 2021, 05:46:06 PM

That looks really sharp!

Quote from: buzzbomb on May 08, 2021, 04:16:44 PM
Nice. Underside views of the F-16 are a constant reminder of how much they can actually lug around.

But in the movie they carried more: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/19811/a-definitive-audit-of-how-many-weapons-doug-masters-launched-from-his-f-16-in-iron-eagle

Chris Payne · May 09, 2021, 01:16:15 AM

Cheers guys.

zenrat · May 09, 2021, 03:41:46 AM

Nice paint. And really crisp photos. Well done.

NARSES2 · May 09, 2021, 07:04:34 AM

Come out really well Chris

Old Wombat · May 09, 2021, 08:37:48 AM

Does look very nice but proper camo (especially Israeli camo) does have that effect of turning a Yawn Dart into a Porn Dart!

chrisonord · May 09, 2021, 01:29:53 PM

There's a blast from the past, very nice

Firefox · May 10, 2021, 05:16:58 AM

Very nice build!

Snowtrooper · May 10, 2021, 07:23:44 AM

Quote from: comrade harps on May 08, 2021, 05:46:06 PM
That looks really sharp!

Quote from: buzzbomb on May 08, 2021, 04:16:44 PM
Nice. Underside views of the F-16 are a constant reminder of how much they can actually lug around.

But in the movie they carried more: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/19811/a-definitive-audit-of-how-many-weapons-doug-masters-launched-from-his-f-16-in-iron-eagle

The movie doesn't show the proper loadout, but loading a F-16 with four 'Winders (stations 1-2-8-9), two Mavericks (stations 3 & 7), 12 x Mk82 on MER's (stations 4 & 6) and an "area denial munition" on centreline (say, BLU-27, "napalm" was apparently a four-letter word post-Vietnam) should be actually possible loadout and enable the plane to do all the shooting and still have the stated two 'Winders and two bombs left for the final engagement (one "extra" 'Winder probably lost to editing). Quick math comes to 4 x 200 + 2 x 650 + 12 x 500 + 750 pounds = 8850 pounds plus whatever the pylons weigh. He could have even had LAU-88 rails for six Mavericks (which are actually shown, while bombs aren't) instead of two on stations 3 & 7 for maximum overkill, because even the A model could carry 15000+ pounds...

Chris Payne · May 11, 2021, 02:46:20 PM

Cheers guys.

DogfighterZen · May 12, 2021, 04:45:48 AM

That looks very good, brings back good memories too.

Chris Payne · May 15, 2021, 12:11:54 PM

Cheers mate.