Richard, i can get all of those for you :-)
F-16's... the best in my opinion at 1:48th are the Hasegawa's, although the Academy versions are not too shabby either.
Some of the best detail sets i think are the Pavla resin ones. They are very finely cast with great detail and little air bubbles. Ive heard from a few customers they can be quite fiddly and break easily if you drop them but the end result is very good.
Eduard also do some fine PE stuff for the F-16, mainly you get cockpit and surfaces extras with more fins and detail for the afterburners. Much the same to use as the stuff you had for your boat! Really nice and good end results but i personally prefer resin.
You wouldnt need both the resin set and the cockpit set really. There might be a couple of tiny parts that one has and the other doesnt but for the extra outlay it wouldnt be worth it as 90% of it would be duplicate parts.
As for verlinden, they do some nice stuff but I think its quite expensive for what your getting.
Box art from the Italer 1:48th version:
