A resin exhaust nozzle of the F100 engine for the F-16 fighter in 1:144 scale. It replaces the coarsely injected tail of the engine nacelle with a sharp casting with graduated petals.
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The Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-229 is a turbofan with an afterburner in the thrust class of around 129 kN. It powers F-16 machines of the Block 52 version and machines of later series, and you will recognize it by the wide movable nozzle made up of overlapping petals, whose opening changes according to the flight regime. It is exactly this assembly that gives the tail of the aircraft its characteristic silhouette.
In 1:144 scale the diameter of the nozzle comes out at a few millimeters and injected plastic runs into the limits of the technology here. The petals merge into one surface, the throat tends to be blind and the walls unnaturally thick. A resin casting captures the graduation of the petals and the deepening behind the combustion chamber, so there is something to look at in the tail.
The cut. Separate the original tail of the nacelle with a saw at the place where the profile of the fuselage settles, and level the surface with a file on glass. Gluing. Settle the new nozzle with cyanoacrylate glue and keep checking whether it is coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Painting. Spray the inside with metallic shades and do not forget the heat discoloration, which is really pronounced on this type.
The result is a detail that attracts attention on a finished model even though it measures only a few millimeters.
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