a new flagship for tamiya's aircraft model series

over the past three years our 1/32 scale aircraft series has gained a growing selection of modern military aircraft models, including the f-4 phantom ii, f-14 tomcat and f-15 eagle. Tamiya now proudly adds the f-16 fighting falcon to this distinguished lineup, offering our most detailed ever 1/32 scale aircraft model, and setting whole new standards in large-scale aircraft modeling.
regarded as one of the world's leading jet fighters, the f-16 fighting falcon is currently employed by more than 20 countries, and has served in actual combat since the 1980s. The f-16cj block 50 variant is the newest f-16 currently being deployed to u. S. Units. Major upgrades to the block 50 included a more powerful turbo general electric engine, agm-88 harm (high-speed anti-radiation missile) and targeting system. The f-16cj is used for "wild weasel" sead (suppression of enemy air defense) missions, which include searching out and destroying radar and missile sites.
the f-16 fighting falcon model maintains the ease of assembly featured by all of the models in our 1/32 scale aircraft series, and boasts the high level of detail and accuracy for which tamiya is known around the world. This model has given our designers the opportunity to incorporate a number of modeling ideas and innovations that would not have been possible on a smaller 1/48 or 1/72 scale