McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet

Slavo Hazucha +1 for Daniel making this surface finish happen in 2020!

Daniel Well not all CAG birds are kept clean...looking forward to this! All it takes is a dirty old brush and some violent scrubbing

Roland Revolvermann Nice, a Gunslinger!

Scott Dutton With that was load I'd be thinking Destruction rather than Suppression of EAD, following

Maciej Bellos Pretty difficult camo with respect to getting the demarcation lines correct for the decals. Watching with interest.

Stephan Ryll I agree with Maciej - a difficult camo - but I'm shure you will do it justice Soeren - I'll take a seat

Soeren . It is indeed not easy, but I have the decals for it and Im also in contact with Aero-Masks regarding masks for this camo.
So I think it should be manageable

Roland Revolvermann That's what i thought , too

Nathan Dempsey Ha! Nice to see...

Nathan Dempsey From Hasegawa that's very interesting.

Hans Robben I wish they hadn't bothered... Although it fits quite well there will be the need for some filler requiring a total primer respray because they did it in blue plastic, not grey.

Hans Robben It looks they are out of business for a while.

Patrick Hagelstein Too bad!.... I would love to test these intakes....

Michael Hickey https://roningraphicsaustral..ast-tiger-hornet-2019-decals

Michael Hickey Hope that helps you out.

Łukasz Gliński Thanks, but it's 1/48. Their page states 1/72 is sold, but I'm not sure it means 'not anymore' or 'not yet'...

Michael Hickey If the guy from Ronin Decals has it listed as out of stock on his web page then it's sold out, he doesn't usually reprint straight away as he only does small runs.

Patrick Hagelstein I'm in!

Neal Parkes Hi, I'm just doing my homework at the moment as I'm on an enforced modelling break due to the loss of the man cave! lol
But thanks for the interest and when I get round to the build I'll put updates on here.

Patrick Hagelstein Gotcha!

Patrick Hagelstein Oh, you're not going full Blue Angels style on this?

Neal Parkes No, I got the kit cheap at IPMS Uk Nationals, so will use the kit with some after market decals I have.

Patrick Hagelstein That's the benefit of an Academy's F/A-18A version! It's a C with all the bells and whistles for an A.

Roland Revolvermann lol blue, too

Hans Robben , saw yours too

Patrick Hagelstein Welcome too Harry!

Konrad Limmer Well is there any space left maybe in the second row !
Watching too!

Patrick Hagelstein Always! I'll just remove some more seat covers.

Clifford Keesler Count me in please.

Patrick Hagelstein Sure!

Patrick Hagelstein I noticed this kit has a more blueish grey plastic compared to the more common greenish grey Academy usually uses. Somehow this plastic is a tad harder and less susceptible to accidental cuts and gauches. And it could be me but the parts seem to have very small protrusions on inside surfaces as a matter of fact helping aligning the parts. Did Academy update the molds???

Donald Dickson II Another one to watch.

Patrick Hagelstein More than welcome Donald!

Clifford Keesler Nice project.

Calvin Arthur Thanks Clifford!

Sergej I Niiiiiiice! I love that camo! Now shop fast for the stuff to arrive on time

Michael Phillips This is going to be an awesome follow, count me in for sure!

Slavo Hazucha So... October approaching at supercruise speed... I ordered my Aggressor model & decals at least a month ago via a physical store (a reasonably good one...), because I think physical stores deserve support these days... Suspicous since I got no notification, today I dropped by like "Greetings sir, where´s my model?"

Turns out they had some software issues & the order is only just about to go out!

I was hamstering RedBull cans for some epic night shifts on my Vark to be ready for the GB +/- on time, yet now this happens...

Anyway, I´ll think about something, not giving up! Not at all in fact...

Maciej Bellos Tough luck Slavo... Hope for the best. Also I agree about the physical stores, problem is I don't have one in the city I live...

Holger Kranich I am addicted to online stores. I live on a phucking island. It is always the joy to walk into a Hobby Shop and just go around.

Stephan Ryll Hope everything will be there for the start Slavo on the other hand I'm a slow builder and I don't have a problem to see other builds rush by

Martin o Yes please! watching

Patrick Hagelstein I totally agree to help the struggling physical shops a helping hand as much as possible but yeah, sometimes the online stores are just that tad efficiently. Hope it all turns out well and hopefully you can be off to a good start together with the rest.

Maciej Bellos Following!

Daniel Big&Beautiful! Watching this

Slavo Hazucha Cheers Stephan, so it's us 2 building Hornets based on prototype Flanker camo-patterns

Btw, not 100% sure, but should that not be an A/A+ Hornet, not a C?

Daniel This one should be a C, judging from the bumps over the rudders

Slavo Hazucha You surely know better, I just reviewed the decals (black 44, not exactly this one) and that states simple A, not even A+ and wanted to let you know/double check. Aftermarket supply also seems better for the C, so good choice!

Daniel true, this 33/44 livery started on Alphas and was later painted on Charlies

Stephan Ryll I was just away for a short while mates thank you all for your kind comments and research
What have we here
ID 163746 C Airframe - so F-18C
Former used with VFA-195 Dambusters CV-62 1993
Then got to Fallon
So everything is fine
Colours in stash
Pilot is on it's way
BIG ED is also in stash

Sergej I Watching!

Michael Phillips Sign me up!

Stephan Ryll You're all welcome mates

Patrick Hagelstein Great decal sheet!

Patrick Hagelstein But why the wing folding set???

BAT21 Why not - has been in my stash for a long time.

Patrick Hagelstein Good answer! Are you building this bird with folded wings then? Be aware though that Wolfpack resin tends to shrink a bit, so you might end up with some gaps compared to the kit parts. just as a side note.

Daniel Cool stuff! I did this one some years ago in 1:48, one of my first models after coming back to the hobby. My Hi-Decals were extremely brittle, but may have been just old...so are you doing a double entry in the upcoming Aggressor GB?

Sergej I On the subject, finally another 1:72

Patrick Hagelstein BAT21, After seeing your Ceyclons decals, I found a same set on eBay. Do you mind if I build the exact same bird for the upcoming Aggressor GB???

BAT21 No problem.

Patrick Hagelstein thanks!

Jos Jansen Great subject...I like the Hornet as an adversary plane . Welcome aboard!

Sergej I In

BAT21 Welcome to all.

Maciej Bellos Following!

Kees Kleijwegt My entry for the upcoming SM Aggressor group build

Hans Robben Nice!

Daniel Epic! must have been a hard choice from those options given by the kit decals and fightertowns, theres a lot of epicness availabe

Kees Kleijwegt Welcome Hans and Daniel. Choice wasn't really that hard. I chose the scheme first (eggplant grey on a Hornet! ) and then searched for the right decals.
Indeed a really cool sheet.

James C That is one hell of an eye catching paint scheme! Will look forward to the build.

Moritz Fentzahn Take a seat too. Really looking forward to October 1st.

Augie Welcome kees

Sergej I In!

Robert Fuqua the first model airplane I ever built. I have one I bought that was already started, but I am looking for a complete kit--preferable in the plastic! If anyone has one they'd like to sell or trade, PM me. Thanks.

Thomas Hopfensperger This is 188907 RCAF from AETE in Cold Lake built in 1996

Jim Lash This on the bench, with the build decided to display in flight.

Jim Lash Problem is that the landing gear doors do not fit correctly when in closed position, Not easy to fix for me as I did not plan well for that.

Greg Baker Sign me up~

Dave wilkinson pictorial build log

d hadley What a cool plane! I'm glad you picked it up!

Phalcon It was a Christmas present. My stash building has slowed pretty much to a stop.

d hadley I feel your pain bro!

Nathan Dempsey Looks like an interesting subject.

Patrick Hagelstein Somebody found a new decal sheet...

Cuajete Hello Łukasz. I think you hardly notice the problem with the canopy. It is well resolved. I love this painting scheme! I wonder if there will be decals available in the market...
Very nice. Congrats!

Łukasz Gliński Thank you guys. Cuajete, I think nobody else released this decal set in 1/72. But to be honest, it would be better to order masks and use some generic RCAF decals with appriopriate numbers. The Revell's decals were dissapointing in terms of their fit, transparency and accuracy.
You can also try to find the very similar decal set: CAF CF-18 439 Tiger Meet Spe.. (Leading Edge 72.037, 1:72)

Cuajete Many thanks, Łukasz!

Kaju Stas Good job! Interesting camo ...

Łukasz Gliński Thank you, not my best effort but I also thought this camo is worth a restoration project

Cuajete Really worth a restoration project

Ekki Indeed! Great result!

Łukasz Gliński Thanks mates