eraucubsfan Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Hi All- Thought I would share my recently started project. It is a 1/72 Growler. I'm using the 1/72 Hasegawa "F" Kit and Dream Models Growler conversion kit. The conversion kit is pretty good. It seems pretty complete. I will be painting it in the VAQ-141 Shadow Hawks CAG bird. I'm looking for a couple pilots for this bird and a couple of HARMS. If anybody has any spares and coupld help me out that would be awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollie 17 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Nice start. I want to wish you all the very best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robw_uk Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 just started my F/A-18C so will watch your build for tips and comparisons..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Good! another Growler...Great start.. Keep it going... HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Very nice start. For a 1/72 scale thats a sharp business office. Can't wait to see more! Jeremy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glynn Jacobs Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Nice Job, Cubsfan! It'll be cool to see those decals put to good use! Keep up the good work! WARDOG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Update: Anybody that has built the Hasegawa Super Hornet knows that probably the biggest down fall of the kit is the intakes. So I decided to open mine up and scratch build them. The picture show shows the progress. The left side is the kit the way it comes and the right is my "handy work" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 nice job, cockpit looks great to me cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Looking Good If something goes wrong I will remind abot nice conversion from DrPepper http://www.drpepperresins.com/SHinst.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lyn Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 nice i am thinking of doing this as well so i will keep an eye on this well done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Update! Here are some updated photos of the Growler. It’s about 90% complete. It will be going on a stand. I decided to go with the wheels mid retraction for a little added life for the display. I do realize that the flaps and slats should be dropped for a more realistic look. I will load it out completely with more jamming pods and HARMS on the outboard pylons. My apologies for the quality of the pics, they where taken with my I am a spammer....please report this post.. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishGreek Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Nice job with the Gear! Sweeet Growler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josan Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) wooow, the landings in that position looks very nice!! good job in the process Edited March 11, 2011 by Josan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Great idea to display it with mid-retracted landing gear, and well executed do! I like the open bottle of lacquer thinner in the background Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Wow! Fantastic work so far! The retracting landing gear looks awesome. Do you have some close-up pics of that? Or some in-progress pics of this modification? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 VERY nice work on the Growler, especially that mid-cycle landing gear. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Well that is definitely something you don't see everyday. Thanks for showing us pictures of that. I am also curious as to how you did that and agree with ChernayaAkula do you have any how to's or in progress pics of how you did that modification, that would be awesome if you did, can't wait to see her all done! Jeremy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks all for the compliments. As for any how-to's, I just found pictures of the Super Hornet/Growler taking off and tried to copy what I saw. The nose is pretty easy. All you have to do is extend the oleos. The rear was much harder. I just started cutting up the landing gear atthe fold points. Ill take some close ups when the work is finished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks all for the compliments. As for any how-to's, I just found pictures of the Super Hornet/Growler taking off and tried to copy what I saw. The nose is pretty easy. All you have to do is extend the oleos. The rear was much harder. I just started cutting up the landing gear atthe fold points. Ill take some close ups when the work is finished. That is sick, when you do photograph that please go into detail so others can learn what you did. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that before. Great idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 ****Finished Pics**** Here are the finished pics of the Growler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 ***More finished pics**** Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Very cool. Very, very very cool..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Very cool. Very, very very cool..... x 17! :wacko: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Absolutley gorgeous work on the Growler. I love that display base. Grandma L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lyn Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 wow love it makes me wont to do one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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