ESzczesniak Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) The Kinetic 1/48 F/A-18C comes with two options for the forward nose landing gear doors. One set is completely smooth and one has a blister and blade antenna on the right, and a lone blade on the left doors. The instructions call for use of the doors without antennas without mention of the others. I am building a VFA-151 bird in 2003. From photos, I can see the right side door should have the blister and blade antenna: The left side front nose door in the same time period appears to have not antenna: https://www.aviationphotocompany.com/p934046062/h860769b9#h860769b9 However, it may be hard to see this blade antenna end on and I don't understand the evolution/systems of these antennas. Should this be a smooth door on the left and the blister antenna on the right? Or antennas on both sides? Thank you for any insight! EDIT: This navy.mil picture would seem fairly convincing the only antennas should be on the right, nothing on the left door... Edited September 29, 2019 by ESzczesniak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I think @Dave Roof is the best person to help with this question. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ESzczesniak Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Thank you! And I was just coming back here to edit this again. It seems the Kinetic instructions really confused me. The left side door is smooth no matter what and there are 3 options for the right. Smooth, blade antenna, or blade antenna and blister. Based on the bird I’m doing, the latter is the correct option. Still couldn’t comment at all on the what, why, and what airframes other than the pictures I found. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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