Assembly Required Skill Level 2. Ages 12 and up.
Delivered to units from August 1991, the F-16 Block 50 is the newest F-16 currently being deployed to U.S. units. Major upgrades added to the Block 50 were a more powerful turbo engine, an improved radar and an improved countermeasure system. Fitted with a General Electric engine, the fuselage features the distinctive wide ?Big Mouth? air duct that was first introduced on the Block 30. The Block 50 variant, the F-16CJ, comes equipped with AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) and AN/ASQ-213 HARM Targeting System (HTS), and are used for SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defense) missions, which include searching out and destroying air-defense radar and missile sites. F-16CJ were delivered to units from May 1993, and were used during Operation Iraqi Freedom and patrol of the no-fly zone over Iraq following the Gulf War. This Model represents the F-16CJ (Block 50) as used for USAF SEAD Wild Weasel missions. First ever 1/32 scale F-16 model replicating General Electric engine and Big Mouth duct. Tamiya's most detailed 1/32 scale jet fighter ever. General Electric F-110 jet engine replicated in precise detail.
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Product Details:
Skill Level: 3
Scale: 1/32
Features: Engine slides into aircraft on a hook and rail system exactly like the actual aircraft
Engine can be displayed outside of aircraft using its very own cart
Moveable ejector seat placed on slide rail like actual aircraft
Curved bubbletop canopy can be assembled in the opened or closed position
Choice of two types of canopy, clear and smoked
1 pilot figure for cockpit included
Pilot tube and static dischargers reproduced using metal parts
Die-cast landing gear for extra durability
Metal weight added to nose for accurate front-rear weight distribution
Includes actual rubber tires
Photo-etched parts used for seat buckles, radar antenna, chaff/flare dispensers and name-plate for high-quality display
Nose cone can be opened and closed allowing display of accurately recreated radar
Trailing edge flaps, horizontal stabilizer fins and vertical tail fin flaps can move after assembly thanks to poly caps
Missiles can be removed and replaced even after assembly
Gun hatch can be opened after assembly displaying machine gun
Packaging box has been specially designed allowing large scale model to be easily stored even after assembly
Immaculately detailed jet engine can be removed and loaded via a hook and rail system
Stores can be removed and replaced after assembly
Trailing edge flaps, horizontal stabilizer fins and vertical tail fin flaps move after assembly
Ejector seat slides up and down on a rail
Metal pitot tube and static dischargers
Die-cast metal landing gear
Photo-etched seatbelt buckles, radar antenna and flare dispensers
1 Pilot figure Box designed to store model after assembly
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Paint Guide:
Olive Drab
Ocean Grey
Bar-Metal Silver
Dark Green
Light Ghost
Gunship Grey
Medium Grey
Matt White
White
Blue
Lemon Yellow
Gun Metal
Chrome Silver
Gold Leaf
Metallic Blue
Semi Gloss Black
Flat Base
Clear Green
Clear Red
Park Green
Titanium Gold
Titanium Silver
Flat Black
Flat White
Flat Yellow
Yellow Green
Flat Green
Flat Red
Hull Red
J.N. Grey
Flat Aluminum
Sky Grey
Sky
Light Blue
Khaki Drab
Khaki
Metallic Grey
Buff
Desert Yellow
Field Grey
Light Grey
Cockpit Green
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