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Very nice Lyle!! But it really needs those missile rails on the wing tips.

Medicman71 wrote:Very nice Lyle!! But it really needs those missile rails on the wing tips.

I don’t think that I’ve ever come across a photo of an F-16 without the wingtip rails. Even the YF-16 had them...

Not bad for an old grumpy man from Kentucky...

mostrich wrote:Not bad for an old grumpy man from Kentucky...

Thanks, Mostrich! Just wait until I go full grumpy old man!

Found pics...It appears to me from the parts in the kit and pictures, that the missile rails extend past the leading and trailing edges of the wing tips. I was operating off this picture:

The angle of the camera does seem to mask the appearance of the rails, but on a really close look, you can see the "arrowhead" shape that is also visible in the second pic.



Here is one that I think is rails only



and one loaded up:



So, what to do? I will return to this and add some ordinance (or at a minimum, the missile rails and fix the pitot issue.

That's up to you. Nowadays they carry AMRAAMS on the wingtip launchers. But since this is an "A", Sidewinders are the way to go.

The AMRAAMS also use a thicker rail. The kit rails are fine. And since this is from a training unit, a single inert missile or an instrument pod are the options on the rail.

Oh, ot will be kit parts. For sure.

Man, you are a jet model factory, Lyle!

Thanks. Factory seconds, maybe. Looking forward to Your F-14 to get moving.