rm20886 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 (edited) OK, it's time to get going on this GB. I have been looking forward to this one for months and while I have been waiting I have acquired 4 F-18 kits. 1. Hasagawa 2. RoG 3. Academy 4. Hobby Craft So, the question is, which one do I start with? Rob Edited December 12, 2010 by rm20886 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Im guessing your asking about 1/72 kits? Out of those 4, the only one I have experience with is the Hasegawa, its a nice kit, not too many fit isssues. I did find the wheel wells a bit shallow and the blanked off intake trunks a bit dissapointing. The Academy is the newest kit, and is very well detailed, definitely the best of the bunch, I have a Revell Germany kit here in the stash, its basically the same kit as the old Esci kit, not very well detailed, and needs some updating to make a modern Hornet. I've never seen the HC kit, though I have not heard good things about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rm20886 Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 They are all 1/72 kits. I guess I went a little over board buying 4 kits. I may end up trying all 4 of the kits as I have Canadian decals for all of them. Thanks for the input! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Don't know much about the others - but these are both Hasegawa I'd like to hear how an Academy kit compares. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rm20886 Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 I think I'll end up building them all. I'll let you know how they compare as I move along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nfiler Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I have about 35 F/A-18s built. Mostly the Hasegawa kit, but if I can avoid it, I will never build another one. (and I have a hell of a bunch of them in the stash). The joint between the upper and lower fuselage parts along the nose is terrible. And the side insert on the aft fuselage is very difficult to make fit well. It is a butt joint with no support, and since both mating parts are different thicknesses is is difficult to reinforce. I have now built about a half dozen of the various Academy versions and that is the kit(s) I will use on all future builds. It goes together quickly and easily, has literally no fit issues and even is comparable in price. If your not sure what single seat version, A or C, that you want to build, buy the A version. It has parts for both included in the kit. What that means is you get both vertical fins and even two different lower nose parts. The C kit, being first released is exclusively a C model build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 On the boards somewhere is a comparison build I did between Hasegawa, Fujimi and Academy. Academy won hands down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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