Zhou Kun Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Hello, this is my first try with Kinetic kit. This is the Spanish version of F/A-18A+ I finished March 2020 The fitting was not quite good, with nasty seams on the rear fuselage and the base of windshield. I used a lot of putty and had to sand it with a FILE, yes, a FILE. I chose the Spanish scheme C.15-25 (15-12) in its 2015-2016 status (no roundel over left wing, no obvious walkway over LERX). I grabbed spare TAURUS and IRIS-T missiles from an old Revell Eurofighter Typhoon kit. As for the landing gears, I opted to modify them into in-flight mode. Putting the difficulties aside, Kinetic did a great job in depicting a modern F/A-18A+/B and CF-188 aircraft by providing abundent details including all the stiffeners and reinforcement plates to the vertical fins. As for the landing gears, I chose Hasegawa F/A-18F's main legs since they have the hinge details and were easier for modification. So the main gear legs are combination of Hasegawa (gear strut and wheels) and Kinetic parts (shock strut and side strut). As for nose gear, I just follow the instruction, except for replacing the shock strut with a 2 milimeter steel tube with modified torque link. Only to find that C.15-25 has its carrier landing indicator lights removed, and the launchbar was replaced by a dummy one. The decals were excellent to provide large number of stencils so as to depict the service panel markings for the aircraft maintenance crew. It was a fun build when the airplane gradually came into shape with its gears dropped as in flight mode, and the build brought about more fun when I came to the painting and weathering part. Generally I recommend this kit. The original album is at my scalemates page https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=67957&p=albums&album=59268 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cubs2jets Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Oh! Hell! I looked at the first four pictures thinking that they were the real airplane you were modeling! I thought it was neat that you caught it from various angles on multiple approaches. Then I clued in on the wire for the stand but wondered "How you could get that same pole in all the pictures?"! Your build is really nice and your photography is excellent. Be proud! C2j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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