IsraDecal

IAF F-16I Sufa in IAF Service - 2009 Edition

ISBN: 978-965-7220-12-2    product # IAFB-15    $39

Review by Steve Bamford on Sept 10 2009

 

This new soft cover book from IsraDecal is the 5th publication in their popular 'Aircraft in Detail' series.  This book includes 100 pages packed full with over 600 photos.  These are the type of photos that modellers crave as they strive to get the details and markings correct on each of their models.  

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This book is authored by Ra'anan Weiss, so you know the topic is covered with exhaustive devotion.  Ra'anan  is a modeller and he knows what modellers want.  The size of the book is 21x28 cm.  

You get colour profiles 4 different side view profilesfor the F-16I Sufa with 4 different squadrons.  You also get a 4 view colour profile showing the complicated camo layout of the F-16I Sufa in IAF Service.

The book begins by telling the history of the F-16I Sufa in IAF Service from it's purchase in 1999 and all the advanced features that make this version of the F-16 truly unique.

The book then includes in-flight photos showing this jet in action as well as on the ground at its bases undergoing maintenance.  Then the book gets really interesting for the modeller.....you are treated to page after page of exhaustive close-up detail photos showing all the many tiny details of the F-16I Sufa.  These photos include the cockpit, landing gear and bays, and the pylons as well as all the various weapons carried by this jet. 

 

If you're building the F-16I Sufa in IAF Service, then this book is a must-have.  Also check out the IsraDecal website for all their resin conversion sets and decals for this and other Israeli aircraft in a variety of scales.

Steve

I would like to thank IsraDecal for providing me with this review sample.

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford