F/A-18C Hornet (WIP)
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Starting to file the details, to receive the Eduard PE
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Nasty join line there
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Used some acrylic putty and water...
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...end result was a little sloppy, but it will barely be seen and it is better to have it like this than to have an extremely visible line on the insides
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Dry fitting
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Intakes glue
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The fit of the intakes is terrible!!!
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Eduard PE installed
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Tamiya white putty
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More corrections to make...
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Intakes glued in place
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Cockpit glued
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Some fit aids...
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Ready to close
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Closed
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Tons of putty...
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Second round of putty - this time with Liquid Green Stuff, from Citadel
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Bird slicers cleaned, because VFA-25 planes do not have them (what a pity)
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Using white putty to cover the holes for the Lot 19 double chaff dispensers, which I do not see on these planes (VFA-25 F/A-18C CAG)
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The holes I covered were not for the double chaff dispensers... so I had to drill them again and glue the antennas in
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Eduard photoetch on the cockpit top
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More Eduard photoetch...
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Front glass fit not so good...
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Canopy with central seam line
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Removing the central seam line in the canopy
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Lots of photoetch!
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The kit's PE HUD is too big
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The kit's HUD not fitting the windshield
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Fortunately I have the Eduard PE HUD, which is smaller than the kit's one and it fits the windshield!!! :-/
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Ejector mark in the front leg oleo
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Covering ejector marks in the gear struts
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More putty.....
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Additional work, fit is not perfect
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Pre-shading
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Gunze H308 (FS36375) applied below
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Some marbling with Insignia White - a little exagerated, to be toned down a bit
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Painting the tail with XF-69 NATO Black
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Painting cables with acrylics
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Using a pen to make the black lines on the cables
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Ready for the wash
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Decals are very good, but not numbered, which means I have to spend hours searching for reference photos and looking for the right decals on the enourmous (superb) decal sheet
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Very difficult decal setting challenge here, let's see how it goes
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Working with a lot of Micro Sol, pressure, scalpel and Vallejo Matte Yellow
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Parts
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More parts
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Yet more parts
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Another part
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Airplane decal saga is over!
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Metalics painted with AK Xtreme Aluminum...
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...and AK Xtreme Gun Metal
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Pin wash on the gears with AK Neutral Grey Wash
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Painting black stripes on the black tires
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Very light weathering with oils applied, the F/A-18 is now ready for the final phases
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Adding the legs
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Wheels are on
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Standing on its feet
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Finished!
Kommentarer
30 September 2017, 18:02
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I'll take a seat 🙂 I have the same kit an big ed set in my stash
30 September 2017, 19:01
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Yep. Although it's a shame to sand all those nice details to apply the Eduard PE.
30 September 2017, 21:39
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Oooh, count me in!!!! Got a couple Kinetic Hornets in the stash and eager to see you have a go at it!
30 September 2017, 22:35
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I've just read about PE HUD not fitting the windshield. Can you imagine that exactly the same problem is with Kinetic's Su-33?
17 January 2018, 10:59
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Yes, unfortunately you are very right. I saw Doog's Models' video on Youtube last year and he *cuts* the PE to fit (!!!). I was expecting that he had done something wrong, but it was not the case - the PE really d is too big.
17 January 2018, 12:56