1/48 Hasegawa F-18F Super Hornet

Hellooooooooo men of mil mod.

This time round i'm gonna try my luck with Hasegawa's brilliant kit of the U.S navy's F-18 F Super Hornet.I blogged this kit on mil mod a few years ago now and thoroughly enjoyed it,so i reckon its for a re visit.

I think my modelling skills have improved since i last built this kit so i should be able to make an improvement on the F-18 i bult before.The kit won't be built OOTB as i'm going to add a resin cockpit,resin exhausts and some Fighter town decals.

The box photo.

Sprue shots.

The clear parts,the canopy has broken from the sprue but suffered no damage..........phewwww.

Fightertown decals.

An aires cockpit.

And lastly a very nice reference book.

neil.

Edited By Neil doman on 14/06/2012 22:55:12

Neil

In and bookmarked, sir.

Cheers

Tim

Neil

Definately be in for this mate.

cheers

Rossco

Nice one mate, love the Hornet, it got great looks so I'll defo pop in!

Cheers

Hi Neil,

I'm looking forward to this one, you always build a nice fast jet..

Best Regards

Keith.

Tim great to know you're looking in.

Hi Ross same as above.

Wouter gotta agree with you the Super Hornet is one stunning looking aircraft.

Keith alright mate,U.S navy fast jets are my favourite modelling subject.

The fitting of the Aires cockpit is the first job on the list,this requires the removal of the front part of the cockpit were the HUD would be mounted.The resin part sits slightly over the top of the styrene and may require a very small amount of putty.

In the picture below you can see that the resin side walls have been sanded and the sides of the styrene have also had the same.

All the resin parts have had their blocks removed this was done with a fine toothed saw.

ACW............................neil.

England 3 Sweden 2

Nice plane Neil ,but what a game edge of the seat job ,but we got the Roon back for the next one

Rgs Mac

Ooo another big bird Look forward to seeing how you progress with this one mate. Great start

Craig

now that's cool cockpit stuff!!!!

Cheers

Hi Neil,

I'm looking forward to this one!

Robin