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Hi! I recently finished a F/A-18E of the VFA-31 in the AnniversaryLivery from 2010. Kit is the Hasegawa kit in 1/48. Aftermarket items used: Decals are from Afterburner Decals. Quickboost Seat Quickboost ECS vents Phase Hangar seamless intakes Eduard GBU-38 Wolfpack ATFLIR pod Tamiya AIM-9X, AIM-120 and GBU-12 (from the F-16 kit) I had an accident in the final stages of the build. Something hit the canopy from above and left a crack. Furthermore, the HUD was dislodged. It did get lost in the airframe, and I only fou

I finally finished my Super Hornet. After the gloss coat, I made an oil wash, flat coated the TPS area and made the final assembly. I had a bummer nearing the end (meaning after the oil wash, right before the flat coat. The model was in an unsafe place, because I planned to flat coat it in the next hour or so. As I was looking for something in the cupboard above it, an object fell on the modell. As the canopy was still masked, I didn't find out about the degree of the damage. The nose antenna broke of, and I heard a rattling inside the aircraft. so I assumed that the HUD was dislodge

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Thank you very much! Cheers, Markus

Hi! I found some images of decals, which were included in a 1/144 kit (i think by Revell). That gave me the idea of the general shape. I made some drawings and used masking tape to evaluate the size until I was satisfied. I then printed the black parts on transparent decal film. I can send you a PDF file of the drawing. Cheers, Markus

Thanks! Cheers, MArkus

Fantastic! Cheers, Markus

I used Gunze H327 for my build on Miss Molly, and I found it matched quite well. The tips of the vertical tails are painted: Cheers, Markus

Wow, time flies. It's been a long time since the last update. Anyhow, I wasn't idle during lockdown. After painting and fading the TPS, I painted the skunk stripe. I didn't weather it very much, since on the reference pictures, the bird is relatively clean. Further detail painting and a gloss coat: And so the decaling bagan. The Afterburner decals went on really smooth. Sadly, the stripes for the black/red tank were not inlcuded on the decal sheet, so I had to make my own:

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Also, the tip of the tail is not correct for a MLU or A version, but this can be corrected with alittle bit of sanding. However, the part for the spine fits perfectly to the Tamiya kit. Cheers, Markus

Fantastic build and fantsatic photography. cheers, Markus

Wow! Fantastic! Markus

Looks great! Markus

Painting continues. Here, the underside is already painted with MRP Light Ghost Grey, upper surfaces with MRP Dark Ghost Grey First stages of a light weathering: On pictures, the original aircraft has barely any signs of waethering. The bottom has yet to receive some more weathering. The tails are peinted and decaled. Som light touch ups are necessary. Cheers, Markus

Hi Folks, I finally found time to continue this build. I applied a base coat and did the preshading: I also started with the ordnance: The items are not yet flat coated. All are from a Tamiya F-16 kit. Cheers, Markus

Looks fantastic! Cheers, Markus

I continued with the assembly of the fuselage. I decided not to follow the instructions and first glued top and bottom halves together before joining forward and main fuselage. I also attached the wings to the upper fuselage first to get a nice transition between fuselage and wing top surface. After attaching the forwar fuselage, filling and sanding started. And the fuselage is ready: Cockpit parts added: On the bottom, I accidentially removed the location bar from

Hi! Yes, these are decals on the cockpit instruments. From Afterburner decals. Also yes to the QB seat. This is for the F-14D, although both seats have the same canopy breakers. They are the same height as the kit ones and fit the SH perfectly. Cheers, Markus

Hi Folks! I recently started a build of a Hasegawa F/A-18E Super Hornet in the Anniversary Scheme of 2010. kit: Hasegawa 1/48 Decals: Afterburner Decals "East Coast SuperBug CAGs" and Afterburner Decals "Super Hornet Upgrade Set Aftermarket: Quickboost Seat Quickboost ECS vents Phase Hangar seamless intakes Eduard GBU-38 Tamiya AIM-9X, AIM-120 and GBU-12 (from the F-16 kit) I started with the cokpit, using the decals from the Afterburner Upgrade set. They are marvelous, although I am not sure if the grey color is correct...

Fantastic work! I am happy if achieve this level of detail in 1/48, but you do it on a smaller scale yet! Looking forward to the finished build! Cheers, Markus

The decals are still available! Prices are negotiable 😉 Cheers, Markus

Yes, it is a pity. According to F-16.net, the airframe is still flying. However, since 2014 it wears the standard grey paint scheme. The F-16 solo display team flew their last display in 2014 and was disbanded at the end of 2018 😞 Cheers, Markus

I can only concure to the above statements. It would be incredible in 1/32, it is even more astounding what level of detail you acchieve in 1/48. Cheers, Markus

I don't think so. It just doesn't look so bad from this perspective. Cheers, Markus