Andrew Maverick Taylor Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Just completed this Revell (Germany VFA-102 Boxing) 1/48 F/A-18F Super Hornet with scratch built dropped flaps and slats with extras. Aftermarket items: Eduard PE Seatbelts Eduard 1/72 RBF Tags Steel Beach Covered HUD and Headrest set Steel Beach Vinyl Intake Covers Steel Beach Resin covered Exhausts Quickboost Resin ECS Bard Stacks Decals - Afterburner CAG & Special Schemes Part 3 - VX-23 Salty Dogs 2010 "Green Hornet" Bio Fuel Test scheme Paints: AK Interactive Air Series acrylics US Modern Aircraft 1 Tamiya Acrylics Citadel Acrylics Alclad Lacquers Weathering done by mottling the main colours over a black base followed by bleaching the colours. Panel lines and stains done with Windsor & Newton Oils and Tamiya Weathering Master sets. Final flat coat applied using Estapol Matt Varnish thinned 50/50 with Turpentine. I wanted this build to have dropped flaps and slats but could not get hold of the Wolfpack Resin set which is long out of production so out came the scalper and plasticard to cut away the flaps and rebuild the wing spars and re-profile the flaps. Canopy rear view mirrors and "towl rails" scratch built. Edited October 26, 2018 by Andrew Maverick Taylor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Nice job Andrew, particularly on the leading and trailing edge flaps! Cool subject to depict too. -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Maverick Taylor Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, GreyGhost said: Nice job Andrew, particularly on the leading and trailing edge flaps! Cool subject to depict too. -Gregg Thanks Gregg. The flaps aren’t perfect as there’s a lot of material loss when removing them from the kit. As a consequence, the outboard flaps dont match the length of the inboard flaps. This is why I wanted the Wolfpack set. I know that Darren Roberts of Steel Beach has now cast a set for the Revell Hornet but they weren’t available at the time I started this build. Edited October 22, 2018 by Andrew Maverick Taylor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 NOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swashplate Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I really like the finish and weathering that you did. Not overdone at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Maverick Taylor Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Swashplate said: I really like the finish and weathering that you did. Not overdone at all. Thanks for that. I matched the weathering to photos of the real aircraft taken in 2010 during the Bio Fuel flight trials. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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