Supertom Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Well, after 6 hellish months (non-modeling related) I've finally finished something. My first completed model of 2006 is the 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18C CAG bird of VFA-131 Wildcats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 I swapped out the ejection seat with one from Aeroclub, got the TACTS pod from an Italeri weapon set, and corrected the nose by adding blobs of CA to the tip, then sanding it to shape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderGrunt Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Looks sharp supertom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Thanks to Dave Williams, Dave Roof, Joe Hegadus, Jim Rotramel and A6BSTRAM for the hints and pointers about loadouts and colors. I went for the most colorful configurations I could get for the pods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Sorry if the pics turn out blurry, my main PC is out and I'm using the backup P3 which has an old, blurry monitor so I can't tell if the pics are out of focus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Sweet looking bird Tom,nice way to get back into the groove! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) This kit isn't that fun to build - it doesn't fit as well as it used to (from what I've been told) and I had to do a bit of filling, shimming, sanding and scraping to get it to stick together. Edited March 12, 2006 by Supertom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Not that I'm complaining, but it would be nice to have a more modern molding of the F-18 on the market. The box art shows this at a hangar, and looks freshly painted so I went accordingly and weathered it as little as possible. By the way, I used the kit decals, which went on great using applications of Micro Set and Micro Sol. Hope you guys like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volzj Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Real nice job Tom. Those markings look great. I hear you on that kit. I have so many sets of aftermarket Hornet decals, but I can never get enthused to work on that thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 As Ronald Mc says, "Im loving it" love the ACMI pod on the port tip. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biscuit Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Nice looking hornet,nice colourful decals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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