Daco Publications

Lockheed Martin F-16A/B/C/D & MLU

by Danny Coremans and Nico Deboeck

ISBN # 90-806747-1-0    MSRP $29.75 Euro

Product Article by Steve Bamford on June 7 2006

 

 

 

This 128 page softcover book from Daco Publications is carefully focused on all areas of the F-16 that will be of deep interest to modellers hungry for detail photos of this very popular jet.  You must appreciate that this is a photo rich walkaround book....loaded with detail photos that will make the scratchbuilding super detailer extremely happy indeed.  There is very few areas if any on the F-16 that isn't covered in great depth by the selection of photos in this book.  If you only buy one F-16 book for detail photos....this is the one to buy.  This book also includes information about The F-16A/B/C/D and MLU up to Block 52.  Danny Coremans has been a F-16 crew chief and this has permitted him to get photos of areas you'll never see at an airshow.  Nico Deboeck is a magazine editor.

As for images you get:

  • 511 colour photos (mostly walkaround photos). 
  • 1 line drawings 
  • cartoons by Dimitri Verdoodt 
  • 1/48 &1/72 4 view airframe line drawings for F-16MLU, F-16C, F-16B
  • Line drawings of cockpit panels with explanations of each switch and control for the F-16MLU, F-16C, F-16D, F-16B MLU.

The photos and images are clearly printed on glossy paper with good light and easy to make out details in the photos.  The photos below will give you an idea of what this book looks like inside.....sorry the photos are small....you've got to buy the book to see the larger photos.

Avionics Bays Main Gear Main gear bays Nose Gear
All these photos are arranged in sections that include:
  • Radome section
  • Nose section
  • Fuselage front section
  • Fuselage front 
  • Canopy F-16A/C
  • Canopy F-16B/D
  • Engine air intake
  • Gun port area
  • Air intake area
  • MLG door area
  • Service area
  • Wing area
  • Top fuselage
  • Wing details
  • Strengtheners
  • Air refueling door
  • Jet fuel starter
  • Chaff & flares
  • Arrestor hook
  • Engine access bay
  • Aft fuselage area
  • Speed brake
  • Horizontal stabilos
  • F-16A Engine exhaust
  • F-16A exhaust nozzle
  • F-16C engine nozzle
  • Parachute housing
  • BAF ECM housing
  • Tiger tails
  • F-16C Vertical tail
  • F-16A Cockpit
  • F-16A MLU Cockpit
  • Ejection seat
  • F-16C cockpit
  • F-16C/D cockpit
  • F-16D cockpit
  • Nose landing gear
  • Nose wheel bay
  • Landing gearLeft main wheel bay
  • Right main wheel bay
  • Wheels and tires
  • Tire changing
  • Landing gear bay
  • Main wheel bay
  • Maintenance
  • Radar / Radome
  • Avionics bays
  • Right side bays
  • Left side bays
  • Wing connection
  • Vertical tail
  • P&W engine
  • F110-GE-129 engine
  • Armament
  • AIM-9 sidewinder
  • AIM-120 AMRAAM
  • AGM-65 Maverick
  • AGM-88 HARM
  • ACMI-AMA
  • F.O. Towed decoy
  • Smart bombs
  • Dumb bombs
  • Loading an F-16C
  • Vulcan ammo loading
  • AAQ-14 Lantirn pod
  • AAQ-114 Lantirn pod
  • AAQ-13/-14 Lantirn pods
  • Navigation pods
  • ALQ ECM pods
  • Reconnaissance pods
  • Wing fuel tanks
  • Centerline fuel tankTarget and travel pods
  • Display smokewinders
  • Wing pylons
  • Summary of Missiles
  • Summary of External pods
  • Summary of weapons
Gear bays Fuselage bays Jet fuel starter and vertical tail

The text in this book is mostly photo descriptions to help support the wonderful photos in this book.

F110-GE-129 engine

AAQ-14 Lantirn pod

Wing Pylons

Weapons

This book covers so many areas of the F-16 that are of interest to the F-16 modeller and is excellent value for what you get......you can't go wrong buying this book.

You can get this book direct from the Daco Publications website.

I'd like to thank Danny at Daco Publications for sending me this review sample.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford