phantom Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Starting (hopefully finishing on time) another CF-18 in 150 display markings. This one out of the box, on its landing gear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Cool. Haven't opened the box on mine yet. Interesting to see the colours on the decals (around the big maple leaf and on the tail). Will be watching this one. And, not to steal any thunder from Rick McP, but if you want to represent this one as it was on 24 May 2017, remember to paint the LEF actuator cap primer green as it is in this picture. Or not! ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 It should end up a lot like my previous build....... But not in flight this time. Any other above wing shots of the LEF cap? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Sorry, man... the only one I have in this state. It was repainted quickly after this repair. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Kind of neat, that repair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 15 hours ago, phantom said: Kind of neat, that repair. Yeah. I was really impressed with how quickly they repainted the part after it was installed. The tech support team worked really hard on this, and all demo aircraft, to keep it flying. Such a beautiful scheme this year. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 My daughter went and stole my camera. Have a bit done but can not show a photo. So.............. Here is a shot of the last Kenetic CF-18 at the same stage. Actually., it looks exactly the same at this point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) Got a lot done yesterday. Would have done more except one of my 1/32 Hornets took a five foot nose dive and exploded into over 30 parts. That repair too all of the morning. Back to this one. I much prefer the Hasegawa landing gear and cockpit. Those are nice and strong with positive attachment points. This kit is not bad. But I like the Hasegagwa better. I like the extra parts in this one. The kit came with two sets of landing gear, one USN stlye and the other Canadian. Also 2 tails. One a/B and one C/D. Which is REAL nice as the earlier Kenetic kit comes with tails that just look wrong. These spare tails will go into that future build. (thanks for the tip Elmo) Edited December 15, 2017 by phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 A five foot dive!? EGAD. I might have utter a cuss word or two. I hope it wasn't too badly damaged; I mean beyond 30 pieces and all breaks were minor or along panel lines. I agree with your assessment on the two kits. Kinetic has its pros and cons but I much prefer the Hasegawa kits. Good luck with this one. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 THanks. THe breaks were all on panel lines and are repaired. A couple antenna are still missing but hopefully they show up ......some day. Weird part, one of the engine exhausts must have been a magic bullet. It shot off and took the radome off a Tomcat 4 or 5 feet away. Its fixed too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Now, it dries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 A good chunk of the decals are on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 There, finished before the deadline. With only a week left, and Christmas week at that we shall not start ANOTHER for this GB. But dang I think I finished enough! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Beautiful job, Shawn. I take it it's best to leave the vertical stabs off until after having applied the decals to the spine? ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Thanks, yep, it fits better that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Very nice work, big man. At this pace, you'll be a one-a-day guy when you retire! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rick McPherson Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Really looks great. Will make an impressive addition to the collection. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Thanks. I think this one turned out better then the first one I built. Lessons learned I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frankycee Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Hey Phantom, what color/paint brand did you use for the red color? So this plane in Bagotville this summer on base and in flight at the Airshow , looked superb! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 It is the basic Tamiya red right out of the bottle. No undercoats. Just two coats of red. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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