Sgt Spooky
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I remember seeing Enemy of the State in theaters shortly after I transferred out of NSA to another duty station. With all the inaccuracies, I thought it was comedy..
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I've built a number of Testors/Italeri 1/48 Hornet kits. They can work for a budget build, if you don't mind all the faults and inaccuracies. If your detail obsessed, forget it.
Some Pros:
- Panel lines are recessed
- Can be built as A or B
- includes camera nose housing and gear door for RF-18A prototype
- although not called out for in the instructions, it does include (crude) LEX fences and centerline pylon
- choice of open or closed exhaust nozzles
Cons:
- Panel lines are rather basic
- Some panel lines are fictional or missing
- detailing in general is basic or non-existent. Some details are incorrect.
- recessed lines are soft to non-existent on the rear of the fuselage
- basic cockpit
- rear seat IP and coaming are incorrect in shape (triangular)
- ejection seats not even vaguely resembling the real thing
- Fit can be problematic - wings and forward fuselage join especially
- pylons and VERs and fuel tanks a bit undersized
- intake stations only allow for AAS-38 and ASQ-173 with 'adapters' (if you want to call them that) molded on
- no engine detail (intake or exhaust)
- Intakes go back to a solid wall (like RM hornet)
- only early straight style exhaust nozzles
- no gun ports - you have to manually drill them if you want to show this
- no stiffening cleats for the tail bases
The list goes on.. but like I said, for a budget build with out of box detail not being an issue, it'll do. Airwaves actually still does 2 photo-etch detail sets for this kit, even though it's been OOP for about 12 years now.
You can see a picture of one I built for a memorial build last year at this link
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Take a look at the first A-7 pic on this page for a VA-15 A-7E. You can clearly see a slightly lighter color grey on the fuselage under the wing. This is the scheme worn while VA-15 was assigned to CVW-6. In late 1985, the squadron was assigned to Marine Air Group 12 and were repainted as can be see here.
The main problem is that there doesn't seem to a be a lot of photos that clearly show the areas underneath the wings that distinctively show whether or not the aircraft are in actuality two-tone. Although I did find this photo on airliners of a VA-37 that shows a good portion of this area where it is clearly a single grey, with lighter areas caused by weathering. Most of the references I've found say it is single grey FS36321 Dark Gull Grey. Guess it just really comes down to the time period, specific jet, and the amount of weathering you do.
Guess I just added more confusion..
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I have a couple of the older Revell F-18A kits and neither has the LEX fence that was retrofitted to all Hornets shortly after their delivery. Not sure if newer boxings have those in them now, but something to consider. They're not hard to scratch build.
The newer boxings (1995 and newer) have the LEX fences, but no cleats for the tails. The also have the prototype intake stations, and not the the production ones. Weapons are only 2 sidewinders and 4 Mk83s with a centerline tank. The nose also needs work as the molds have become dated
Also, you really have to pay attention the Hobby Boss kits if you want to make correct hornets. The A kits have tails for the early block hornets only, which to my knowledge only the US and Canada flew before they were upgraded after a year or so. The A kits also have antennas molded onto the starboard nose gear door, which is appropriate for a C kit, but not an A kit. The C kit has the A kit door! You'll also need to leave off a few antennas that are found on C models, as the instructions have you add them for an A model.
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Probably a long shot, but does anyone have a leftover centerline tank from the Revell-Monogram F-18C kit?
I need one for a build repair and can't use any of my spare Hasegawa/Hobby Boss tanks for this.
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Everything is up to date with regards to shipping. If you don't have them by Monday or Tuesday shoot me a PM with your order info and we'll figure out what happened to them. I've been shipping them First Class USPS so it shouldn't take real long.
Thanks!
Jake
Arrived today. Guess USPS just slow this week. Now I can finish the commission build.
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Hmm.. Still a week and not shown up for me yet. Hope they get here soon. Need these for a commission build.
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Looking for someone willing to trade Part G3 of the Hobby Boss F/A-18A kit. I can trade Part H3 of the Hobby Boss F/A-18C kit, which is more appropriate for the A kit.
Strangely, the Hobby Boss F/A-18C comes with the starboard nose gear door for an A or D model Hornet, while the A kit comes with a door more appropriate for a C kit (Has the C appropriate antenna molded on the door).
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I've had some life changes recently and I need to move. So I need to clear out the stash. All of these must go, and I am open to offers.
Payment with paypal (preferred) or money order. Buyer to pay actual shipping, but I will work with you to set a fair price. Send a PM with zip for shipping quotes. Will ship internationally, but keep in mind that rates to outside of the US are pretty high.
If you have questions on the kits, just ask.
All kits are complete, open box with sealed bags unless otherwise noted.
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All 1/32 kits sold
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Eduard F6F-5 Hellcat Profipak - $15
Hasegawa TF-15 Bicentennial - sealed box, some small tears in plastic - $20
Italeri RF-18 - Open box and bags, parts to create RF-18 test plane instead of ground attack bird - $8
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Hasegawa T-2 Blue Impulse - $15
Hasegawa F-16A Plus - $17 *SOLD*
Revell A-6E (1989 boxing) - $12
Testors RF-18 Photo Hornet - Sealed box w/Two Bobs 48-163 decals - $12 *SOLD*
Black Box F-16A Resin Cockpit set - $10
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I looked around for FT's announcement but could not find anything about it. I would be very interested in having this scheme.
Check this thread posted here on ARC last week: link
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Hello, two questions:
(1) Does anybody make 1/48 VFA-113 low-viz F-18 decals? This is what I am looking for:
I don't know of any current 1/48 aftermarket, but the older (1995, 1998, and 2002 boxings) Revell-Monogram F-18C kit came with low-viz VFA-113 markings from Desert Shield/Storm. Not the best decals, but they do the job.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe Fightertown Decals just announced a sheet that includes a VFA-113 low-viz jet.
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Been seeing a lot of the old Monogram A-7 kits selling on ebay lately. I recently built one for a show last year and other than the wing join and canopy, it goes together ok. One of those looks like a duck, must be a duck kits.
Definitely not a kit for rivet counters. My biggest gripes on it were the wing join not being a snug fit, TERs molded to the outer pylons, arresting hook molded to the fuselage, no HUD, and the upper main gear doors being a single door instead of two piece doors. The ordance is a joke. Hope they update the AIM-9s because I don't know what the those kit missiles are, but they definitely are not 'winders. The drop tanks have 2 fins, not the 3 fin type. The Mk 84s have the braces molded to the top halves of the bombs and are totally fictional. Also, I don't know if this was just my kit or the whole production lot, but the front landing gear was not molded properly. Gear strut was too short, and was molded backwards.
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Thanks for the input guys. Found some decent priced kits and parts based on your input so this project is now a go. Thanks much!
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The only Hasegawa kits so far that I know of that has both the A/B tails (E sprue) and C/D tails (F sprue) are the F/A-18A/C PT50 kit, and the 2 most recent Blue Angels kits (Blue Angels 2010 and B/D Blue Angels). I'd give you the A-tails from my PT50 kit if I wasn't turning that into an A model.
Here's link that someone sent me awhile that might help you track down which kits have what sprues - Haseagawa 1/48 Jet kit breakdown
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I got a request from a client to build an RF-4C for him the other day (He worked on them 'way back in the day'), but I'm running into difficulty sourcing a kit. All I can seem to find in 1/48 are RF-4B Hasegawa kits. I've seen on occasion the old Testors RF-4B and RF-4C kits, but I've heard that the kit is not that good in terms of shape or fit. Other than that, I don't know of any 1/48 RF-4C kits out there that are readily available and won't cost me an arm and a leg since this would be a limited budget project. I know Hasegawa released an RF-4C a few years back, but the only person I've found that has one won't budge from his $100 price tag, which is ridiculous.
So the question is - Does anyone know what RF-4C kits are out there and easily obtained?
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Not sure how detailed you want to get on it, but here's what I did to convert a Hasegawa C to A (D to B will be the same steps)
- Source new tails. I was able to trade someone my C tails for the appropriate A tails. If you can't get any A tails, the D tails can be used if you remove the middle antenna housing above the rudder, but it won't be exactly right. Again, not sure how detailed you want to get on this. Here is a pic of the A and C tails from the PT50 kit:
- Do not drill the small holes on parts B8 and B9 as shown in the instructions.
- Drill ONLY the center hole on part J4. Do NOT drill the two holes near the left and right edges of this part.
- leave off parts K2, K23, K24. These antenna housings are only found on C/D models, and if you followed the above 2 steps, there are no holes for the these to fit
- If you are using aftermarket seats, use SJU-5/6 seats.
I think there may be some IP differences, but not sure. Other than that, you should be able to model a B fairly well.
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I took a friend of mine to a show recently where she saw some finished egg planes and thought they looked cute. So much so, I thought I would build a couple customized ones for her. Sorry about the bad pics, just taken with a camera phone.
The first is a Strawberry Shortcake-themed T-4. Decals are fingernail decals sealed over with a gloss coat. Unfortunately, the pitot tube broke off and lost to the carpet monster.
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The second egg plane is a F-14 turned into a Christmas tree ornament.
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For modeling purposes, the difference is mostly in the antennae configuration and the pods atop the vertical stabs. 15J/DJ's vertical stabs both have the small skinny pods, while the port vertical stab has the much thicker pod on USAF 15C/D's. The A sprue included in the 7205 kit has antennas that are specific JASDF Eagles, so won't need those for a USAF C Eagle.
I believe the 7205 kit comes with AAM-3 missiles, so you'll need to replace these with AIM-9s for a USAF C version, but the kit still includes AIM-7s, so you'll be able to use those if fitting it with Sparrows.
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PM sent on Mig-25 decal sheets
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I have the Heller USCG C-130 kit. Someone had told me it was the Airfix kit reboxed, but the parts are all stamped Italeri. I haven't had a chance to look at the sprues for the newer Italeri release, but I'm guessing it's their standard C-130E/H kit with USCG decals, which would make the kits the same plastic.
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Wasn't referring to the Doctor Cranky tip, but it's good to know about that stuff for future reference.
Now I don't have to waste decal paper and effort trying to resize Hello Kitty and Strawberry Shortcake images to fit on an egg plane. The things I do for the ones I love..
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