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Some minor detail work done: Attachment points for the gear doors stuck on Masking the canopy Seats installed LE flaps puttied and sanded, also canopy attached Used a razor saw to cut a trench in the wing missile rail Modified the kit supplied GBU-12 And added the thermal coating using tamiya putty and a toothbrush Hand painted the canopy black to show through on the inside Up next is painting, if I can get around to it...

Hello, Got a little done over the weekend: Painted some seatbelts on Then highlighted them with a super fine pen. Hopefully this gives it a little bit of a 3D look Cut some shapes out of an old set of black decals for the side and instrument panels. Faaaar from accurate but good enough to look busy under the closed canopy On a side note, fitting the cockpit in with the IPs attached was quite a challenge. Not the greatest fit but after filing down the undersides of the glare shields they managed to go together.

Decals are looking great, what are those weird cassette-looking things sitting on the desk tho? :)

Looks great! Love the weathering!

I'll chime in for 1/72 sets. I'd actually get almost your whole line if they were available in our scale!

Thanks for looking everyone! Just a minor update, got some drybrushing done: And got the seats painted Also drybrushed the engines More soon, thanks for looking!

Ha! You're exactly right, that's what I was thinking too :)

Slapped some paint on Interior is MM light grey, top and seats are interior black with a few drops of white...don't really think it made a difference Everything so far Used Aves paste for the dips on the top of the intakes. Has a weird consistency, kindof like the good honey that comes in the tubs not the bears :P/>/> but it works really good! Able to smooth it out with water and a toothpick and minimal sanding

And Mr. Cat is not helping as much as he thinks he is...

Modding the fowler flaps: After cutting, filed to shape and added new actuators Fixing the wing fold. Adding the cover to sit above the outboard part of the wing (shape is not 100%) Hopefully you can see the leading edge adjustments on the outbord section, references show the trailing edge flaps/ailerons are neutral when folded

Ejection seats. Now I KNOW very little of what I put into this will be seen, but I can't resist... Love the canopy breakers on the SJU-17s

Since this is a modern Super Hornet, the ECS vents need to be addressed. I attempted it with some .25 and .5mm styrene sheet, not sure how i feel about the results, but this is a pretty small scale ;) Smooshed and glued a little lead fishing weight into the nose also

Hey Brandon, thanks for looking :) I have that Hornet/Tomcat 2 pack also, gonna do a Jolly Rogers legacy diorama (eventually)

Next is the cockpit. A little detail on the turtledeck I know the canopy motor is out of scale, but I'm hoping it wont be a big deal with the canopy on Actuator and cockpit painted Filling in the gaps on the wings and flaps, also scratched the covers for the fowler flaps

Hi everyone, Been lurking here for a long time, but I'm a big fan of the Super Bug so I figured the Hornet GB would be a good time to start participating... (better view to verify the date) I'll build both eventually, but for now I'll be happy to finish the one little guy by the deadline... Started by cutting the leading and trailing edge flaps Stuck the other parts together