F-16 Viper FAQ

[Afterburner Decals Scott]

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[Josh1971]

Great post! Thanks for that- it will certainly be helpful when building the many vipers in my stash!

[strikeeagle801]

Holy Crap Scott! You outdid yourself on this one. Great info there. Thank's for putting it all together.

Aaron

[Spaced]

This is what Z5 is all about in my opinion!

Absolutely wonderful. A Viper nutz dream.

[PBoilermaker]

PIN IT!

High quality information...thanks for posting this.

Mike

[Josh1971]

Any chance we could get some nice close-ups of the GPS dome?




And hey, while I'm at it- does anyone make this particular pylon as aftermarket?


jb

[Afterburner Decals Scott]

Isn't there 1 in the Kinetic kit?

[Josh1971]

The DG/DJ doesn't have the dispenser pylon, if you meant that.

jb

[Viper Enforcer]

Originally Posted by Afterburner Decals Scott

As you can see, the receptacle area is bordered exactly by the position markings for the boomer. The Tamiya and Hasegawa doors are vastly different in size and shape. Decals designed to fit Hasegawa won’t fit Tamiya and vice versa. The door itself that covers the refueling point is metallic in color, and just beaten to death, as is a lot of surrounding area.

The same goes for the JFS inlet & Exhaust doors, Engine bay fire access doors, and most other panel/door outlines between both kits.

Mike V

[Viper Enforcer]

Originally Posted by Josh1971

Any chance we could get some nice close-ups of the GPS dome?


And hey, while I'm at it- does anyone make this particular pylon as aftermarket?


jb

Here ya go



and yes, Shawn Hull makes a PIDS pylon.

[Afterburner Decals Scott]

That looks like something a decal company ought to put in their stencil sets.

[JamesKelley]

Great stuff!!!!!

[Josh1971]

Originally Posted by Viper Enforcer

Here ya go



and yes, Shawn Hull makes a PIDS pylon.

Great shot! Thanks!

And Shaw must have discontinued the PIDS pylon, as it's no longer listed in his catalog on his website.

jb

[SeanHampton]

Well done Scott!! Just a couple of additions. The earlier model F-16s (Block 1thru 32) have only two "panel fingers" for the #1 rotary actuators (similar to the #2 spot) on the Leading Edge Flaps (LEF). The later on models (Block 40 thru 60) use the three "finger" panels on the #1 rotary actuators (similar to the #3 and #4 spots). The first few photos are from a Block 30 showing the two finger style. The latter photos show a Block 40 panel held up next to the Block 30.

[SeanHampton]

Also Block 40 and up have small bumps (one on top and two on bottom) on the wing root panels.

[Colin K]

Originally Posted by Viper Enforcer

Here ya go

Mike...what are those little blue antennas? They look very similar to the ROVER antenna that was installed on some F-14's late in their service life.

[aim9xray]

Sorry for jumping in, looks like they are being used here as telemetry (TM) antennas. They are an off-the-shelf item (the mfr spec sheet is on the web) and have been used on the QF-4N/S. And on the F-14Ds as the ROVER antenna on the very last cruise.

HTH,
Craig

[Afterburner Decals Scott]

Sorry? That's what its here for, LOL!

[Viper Enforcer]

Originally Posted by Colin K

Mike...what are those little blue antennas? They look very similar to the ROVER antenna that was installed on some F-14's late in their service life.

As Craig mentioned, they antennas for telemetry, also data, but all except the upper TACAN, are SI (Special Instrumentation) antennas. Specifically the green (not blue) S Band antennas are for data. The white radial antennas are C/CA band antennas, more for telemetry.

Mike V

[Gogo]

That is a great topic. Actually I have two F-16 work in progress. Thanks, man!