Roberto123 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi, Anyone have an opinion on the Minicraft 1/72 scale f/a 18 C/F18 kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mawz Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Save yourself the headache and just buy the Academy kit, which has had at least two boxings as a CF-18, one of which is generally available (Any A/B boxing of this kit will build into a CF-18) and is generally considered the best Legacy Hornet in 1/72 The Hasegawa is pretty good, but typically more money and you'll want special boxings for a CF-18, the Hobbyboss is good if simple and their A has a CF-18 option in the current boxing. Nothing else is worth buying in 1/72. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roberto123 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 1 hour ago, mawz said: Save yourself the headache and just buy the Academy kit, which has had at least two boxings as a CF-18, one of which is generally available (Any A/B boxing of this kit will build into a CF-18) and is generally considered the best Legacy Hornet in 1/72 The Hasegawa is pretty good, but typically more money and you'll want special boxings for a CF-18, the Hobbyboss is good if simple and their A has a CF-18 option in the current boxing. Nothing else is worth buying in 1/72. Thanks, that what I suspected. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 An opinion? It's junk As mawz stated, the Academy kit is the best......Hasegawa is OK, but it needs a better cockpit, the Fujimi kit is also OK, but harder to find (some folks say that there seems to be a problem with the nose, but I don't see it). I can't really comment on the Hobbyboss kit except it's the easiest to construct out of these options. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Fujimi spine for what I know is more wide,don't know about nose will do a check this evening but I don't have any Hasegawa Leagacy Hornet left Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I'd go with Academy as no. 1 with Hasegawa close second. Both kits have their pros and cons. Biggest cons for Academy would be the main landing gear shape and I suspect that nose landing gear is a bit too far forward. Hasegawa otoh doesn't have the best nose profile (blunt nose and nose to windscreen transition) and can be tricky in assembly. Nothing that a bit of work can't solve (and a replacement Academy windscreen). For me Fujimi has too fat nose and lower front fuselage. Shame really cause it's the only one with full intakes. I owned a Minicraft (or was it Hobbycraft?) Hornet and would rate it as worse than Italeri, which is generally bad (other than some very nice main landing gear). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 While I concur that the 1/72 Academy kit is the best Hornet out there, don't write off the Hasegawa Hornet either. It can still be build to a very good model : http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/301336-mcdd-f-18c-hornet-hasegawa-172/ I quite like them because they are cheap and simple to build and often come with 1-2 pilot figures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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