Kurt H.

Nice project, with that AM, and references you will have a great F-16. Thanks for joining the Group Build, and I apologize for missing your entry until now.

Thank you so much for your kind words. 😃

It is the Hobbylinc store brand - which means it is BSi ... Bob Smith industries. It seems to be a little easier to sand than normal CA, and I can easily see where it is. My hope is that CA will not shrink, or otherwise react with Lacquer paint and cause a ghost seam.

I finished the Airfix 1/48 P-40 B

I finished the model which was occupying the bench, so now I can devote more time to the F-16 I was not happy with how the seam in the intake was shaping up, so I tried Mr Disolved putty and a Qtip soaked in Mr. Color thinner to smooth it out. Which seems to have helped the seam, but as expected removed the paint I am thinking of trying the pour latex paint down the intake technique. And on the rest of the airframe I used black CA to fill the gaps, and carefully sanded and rescribed I did some test fitting and it i

Thanks! I am trying to get to paint soon!

Very cool, I like your plans to Kitbash a unique variant. Thanks for Joining.

Wow nice start, and nice breakdown of what is in the Kinetic kits.

Ouch! I had to double check my references before I glued the parts in place... Sorry you have to scrap your plans. Thanks .. I will probably use the A-10 markings. The sheet is still available from our great Friend Kursad. Any way, I just finished another model I was working on so I can devote more time to this one.

Nice one! The lack of ordnance is appealing for sure. I look forward to seeing what you do with this.

Nice, I love late stage gray A-4s. Nice work.

Thanks for jumping in again, with another cool subject.

I spent a little more time with this model I glued the pin keeper in place for the tail Then I looked ahead in the instructions and worked on the tail, and intake sub assemblies You can not see it here but I managed to get gluey fingerprints on the sides gluing those panels on the top forward part of the intake. 🤦‍♂️ Now to any one who has built this kit, can you put the landing gear in last? the instructions would have me put the landing gear in before the intake. I hate installing landing g

I will help if eraucubsfan needs me

Sounds like a good plan.

Looking good, I see where the touch up is needed but it is a great paint job over all.

Nice start, thank you for joining in.

I can help

Oh yes! I was looking for an excuse to build a Hornet too. I am thinking Hasegawa F/A-18A and Flying Leathernecks Decals.... and some cool ordnance. Has to be a USMC bird.

I have been working on this one slowly. I had some other things to do the past few weeks I attached the pieces around the nose. I consulted my reference pictures to ensure I used the correct parts Then I managed to get a gluey finger print while installing the closed speed brake wups. and I installed the lower wings I am still getting used to building modern, recent kits, and I found it is very important to really clean every little bit of the sprue attachment point since the tolerance between

This is a great thread, thanks for the feedback on these kits, I am also interested in building legacy hornets, and this is exactly the information I was looking for.

great start. Nice work painting the Instrument panel and side panels

Ouch! Attaching the IP the shroud is probably the easiest way to fix that. Looking good

This is awesome work.

Most of all I hope he is OK. We all know that he is in a challenging circumstance. I appreciate your support Phantom.