1:48 scale YF-16 kits by Entex, Otaki, ARII
The Entex, Otaki and ARII kits all share the same molds. The basic kit is of the YF-16 prototype even though several of the releases feature markings of production aircraft. The slender nose, smaller ventral fins, split nose gear door, strake mold lines, ESCAPAC ejection seat, vents below the left side of the canopy, and small scoops behind the main gear doors reflect the prototype aircraft. The two-piece canopy can be built open or closed but cockpit detail is minimal at best. The engine exhaust is blanked off about 1/8" from the end of the nozzle, and the intake is blanked off about 1/2" back from the lip. These kits are unique in that the fuselage is split into left/right halves, where most other F-16 kit splits the fuselage into top/bottom halves, regardless of scale. Stores includes two AIM-9s, four MERs and 24 basic Mk-82s, and an early-style centerline external fuel tank. All these kits have recessed panel lines. Most of the kits I have seen have the trees in separate plastic bags.


  • Manufacturer: Entex
  • Kit # 8523
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in gray with recessed panel lines.

  • Markings included for both prototypes, 72-01567 in the Red/White/Blue scheme, and 72-01568 in the Light/Dark Gray Air Superiority scheme. Note that the tail markings say F-16 instead of YF-16 - this is how 01567 was marked at the 1975 Paris Air Show, shortly before it was converted to the YF-16/CCV testbed.


  • Manufacturer: Entex
  • Kit # 8523
  • Date Released: ???

  • Identical to the kit above, only the box art is new.
  • Molded in gray with recessed panel lines.

  • Markings included for both prototypes, 72-01567 in the Red/White/Blue scheme, and 72-01568 in the Light/Dark Gray Air Superiority scheme. Note that the tail markings say F-16 instead of YF-16 - this is how 01567 was marked at the 1975 Paris Air Show, shortly before it was converted to the YF-16/CCV testbed.


  • Manufacturer: Otaki
  • Kit # OT2-30
  • Date Released: ???

  • Identical to the original Entex release.
  • Molded in gray with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings included for both prototypes, 72-01567 in the Red/White/Blue scheme, and 72-01568 in the Light/Dark Gray Air Superiority scheme.


  • Manufacturer: Otaki
  • Kit # OT2-38
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in gray with engraved panel lines.
  • Note this Otaki kit was imported by ScaleCraft.

  • Markings for an early production Block 05 F-16A USAF SerNo 79-0296, assigned to Hill AFB.


  • Manufacturer: Otaki
  • Kit # OT2-39
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in gray with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for an early production Israeli F-16A, #117


  • Manufacturer: ARII
  • Kit # A341
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in gray with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for an early production Block 05 F-16A USAF SerNo 79-0296, assigned to Hill AFB.


  • Manufacturer: ARII
  • Kit # A342
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in white with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for a Thunderbirds F-16A


  • Manufacturer: ARII
  • Kit # A343
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in gray with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for a Royal Netherlands Air Force Block 15M F-16A, J-864, USAF SerNo 81-0864


  • Manufacturer: ARII
  • Kit # A344
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in gray with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for an early production Israeli F-16A, #117


  • Manufacturer: ARII
  • Kit # A347
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in white with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for YF-16 USAF SerNo 72-01567 in red, white, and blue as it appeared early in the flight test program. This aircraft is now in the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia.


  • Manufacturer: ARII
  • Kit # A348
  • Date Released: ???

  • Molded in white with engraved panel lines.

  • Markings for F-16A USAF SerNo 79-0402, Block 10B, when it was assigned to the Ogden ALC at Hill AFB. This aircraft is now in the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
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