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Well guys, I had this project that I finished and I wanted to show it, I hope you like it, I have, I'm not the best modeler in the world but I have done my best

Thank you very much!!!, today I finished the flaps, in the end I put them in the full flaps position, I have glued the nozzles, but I have to sand a part because the loctite left me "lumps" when it dried, and again I have to retouch, I also touched up the radar cone, I leave you some small progress.

Thank you very much, today I was finishing the small details and I have solved the decals, now they touch the flaps, I am about to set them at 20 degrees, how would you set them? tips?

today I have made a little progress with the decals, and I think the varnish has reacted with Mr Mark Setter, but well... tomorrow I will fix it by sanding a little, today I have made the preview of how the langing gear will look assembled, I have painted the decals and it is time to definitively finish the last details such as the radar cone, sand the side decal, and start with the flaps and the small details such as the antennas, sensors and the weaponry

Today I made some progress on the landing gears and the bay doors and I also had to retouch the radar cone.

Tomorrow I will touch up the front landing gear, I have screwed it up a little because of me, sometimes my level of stupidity reaches unimaginable levels

Today I finished assembling the landing gear, and I primed it with the Tamiya metal primer, the Tamiya metal primer is obviously for metals but it also works for plastic, it does not affect the plastic and is ideal for pieces that combine plastic and metal as in this one case the landing gear or similar, but always use plastic primer when there are obviously no metal parts

Thank you very much, today I made the wing pylons and the central pylon, tomorrow I will start the flaps, I think I will set the flaps to 30º or full flaps, I don't know yet

hi Alf!! I painted the rear rings of the exhaust in Alclad steel, and the mouthpieces are Mix Alclad dark aluminum, copper and gold, then I didn't like the result because that mixture is more suitable for the f16 or F14 and I made the mix with dark aluminum and jet exhaust and a little cooper and then dust with mr hobby black soot

Thank you!!, as for the flaps, when the time comes I will see what position I put them in, I think I will put them at 30º I don't know, I will see what I do when the time comes, today I have made small progress with the arresting hook and the the wing and central pylons.

Well guys, as I said before, I have retouched the anti-slip pads, although it may not seem like it, now they are smooth and not grainy, and also with the oils it will improve, I also put some photos of the cabin and the preview of the ejector seats so you can see How will they look (I have to finish the ejector seats)

Hello guys, yesterday when I realized about the non-slip from your comments, today I put it back and I'm going to sand it well to make it smooth to scale, regarding the flaps in this kit they are a little irregular (it's a kit thing), for example on my f18 superhornet from meng 1:48 I left them at full flaps because the cockpit was in cool and dark (I had to leave it because I accidentally broke the flaps due to a bad blow and I'm still waiting for the parts to arrive spare), but in this hornet the electronics are turned on. @chuck540z3Yes, I had a very fruitful and interesting conversation with @ALF18 :-) Guys, thank you very much for your advice, I leave you again today's photo of the anti-slip (I put it again) and some photos of my F18 superhornet that has been temporarily abandoned. Today: my abandoned F 18 super hornet

Hi Chuck!!! Thank you very much for your kind words, the problem with the sanding is that I have already glossy varnished the entire plane, basically to protect the entire plane and tomorrow I will start putting the decals, then I will continue with the flaps (I don't know whether to do them in full or with less degrees of inclination) then the landing gear and then the small details What I have noticed is the HUd, it is slightly inclined to the left, I think I will have to force the front canopy to open....

For my part it is finished, I have painted black on top with a very small amount of white, although to tell the truth the oil paints will go on top later, what do you think? be honest

Today I used the Mig Jimenez anti-slip, I personally highly recommend it, although it says that it is for 1:72 and 1:48 scales, it also works for 1:32 without a problem, and it is very easy to use, with a frayed sponge and apply it ,It's super easy

Thank you very much, today I used the masking tape to apply the mig jimenez anti slip and then paint

It is hard but we choose this life, today I am at home with a quiet life, I live in a quiet town enjoying my hobbies, walking my dogs in the mountains and taking care of my mother and my brother and enjoying this wonderful hobby What is modeling and when I can I will renew my PC to be able to play DCS well, anyway, if anyone thinks I am distorting the thread please let me know. As for his hornet, it is wonderful, I remember the time of Eduard's photo-etched parts... good times, regarding the quinta vs redfox sets, both are good, buto... quintastudios is a better product, why, why It is more complete and much more defined, the full version is obviously more expensive but it is worth every Euro/Dollar/CAD believe me, by the way when I finish this hornet I want to make my favorite, the super hornet, I had the 1:48 meng one in progress but I didn't publish it here because I thought it was only for 1:32 scales. Regarding the mig product it says that it is for 1:72 and 1:48 scales, it also works for 1:32, only you have to put more quantity, I leave you the instructions https://www.migjimenez.com/black-hole/lv426/QT_AntiSlip-AMIG2034.pdf P.D: And a question if you don't mind answering... the physiological issue, the G forces issue, how do you feel? What would be the equivalent of something earthly? Is it similar to the tingling sensation when you get into a very powerful car and it suddenly accelerates? how is? which has always been "funny" as the faces are slightly deformed when they do a maneuver of many Gs

Hello guys, before answering one by one, sorry for the delay, some personal things have required my attention and I have not been able to make much progress, as for the radar cone, the tape simply played tricks on me but it is now repaired As for the exterior panels, they are from the same kit, I simply taped it with mask and painted it with Alclad II Steel, as for the support, the one I have is for 1:48 scale but it works for 1:32 perfectly, I personally recommend that I buy The one I have is a little flimsy and bad, it cost me 25 euros, there are much better plastic ones and it is not necessary to assemble it like mine, it is made of poor quality "wood", if you buy a support buy for scale 1: 32 that will serve you for the 1:32 and 1:48 scales I recommend this one https://ak-interactive.com/es/producto/aircraft-holder-large-msj03/ Thank you for your kind words, I do what I can with what I have, now you will see that the anti-slip decals are a little broken, right? They are placed on purpose so that they will serve as templates for the mig jimenez anti-slip, to simulate the lateral anti-slip In my case, my military life... I served 6 years, of that 6 years I had 3 detachments in Afghanistan, 2 for 6 months, 1 for 4, 6 years of my life I never set foot in my house, neither on Christmas nor on new year, nothing, you understand me. As for my friend, he is from the new batch, that is... he graduated from the general air academy and went directly to Eurofighter (officer school and obtained the cut-off mark for the combat pilot specialty, that is, in Spain goes by specialty) That is to say, the first 5 in promotion are those who have gotten the best grade and decide whether to be a fighter pilot, helicopter pilot, etc. The specialties would be: Fighter pilot Transport pilot (propeller) Helicopter pilot and those who do not choose to be pilots go as officers to the units they want, special forces, infantry, etc. Other pilots who flew the C15 (in this case our F18 are CASA 15 (C.15 Single Seat and CE.15 Two Seater) have never spoken badly about the F18 and even more so with the EADS improvements, but many took the transition course to the Eurofighter, I think they are going to Germany to do the training and they say that it is a delightful machine, really all combat fighters are a damn marvel haha and you know it very well, as for the eurofighter the differences are in the interface of the instruments, Obviously the Eurofighter is more modern and is in progress, the difference is that production is divided into three models or phases with a gradual increase in capacity in each of them. What happens in Spain is that we have few planes and many fighter pilots, they rotate among them The F18 that we have are destined for the Canary Islands are ex-USNavy, as a curious fact, the others were purchased at the time from the former McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing

well guys, yesterday I thought I had finished polishing the missing details but no, I finished dirtying the landing gear bays but a problem arose, the damn cone, can any of you think of a method or idea to leave the tip of the cone right? Damm it!! :-(

Hi guys, thank you very much, sorry for the late reply, as for you. @ALF18 You have been an F18 pilot, you know that I admire you a lot, without disparaging other users, let it be clear, I served in the Spanish air force, I was a combat parachute operator, and my dream has always been to be a fighter pilot, but ...unfortunately I did not have the studies to enter the officer academy, but I feel proud to have served, I just wanted to convey my admiration for having managed to be a fighter pilot, as I have said it has always been my dream but I never achieved it With modeling, lithographs, books and people like you and all the users of the forum I enjoy military aviation, as for the kit I combined the Redfox panels with those from Quinta Studio, I didn't want to do it in cool and dark, I'm going to do it on, with N1 and N2 running obviously haha As for DCS, I'm waiting to renew my PC to be able to play again, my PC is already old and I don't enjoy the simulator as I should As for asking him... of course I will ask him any questions, as an anecdote I have a good friend who is a Eurofighter pilot in the Spanish air force, and I also feel proud of him. I leave a little progress, although it seems that it is the same it is not, these two days I have been finishing the details and varnishing to leave it sealed and protected

Thank you very much guys, sorry for the absence, these two days I have been and am fine-tuning the last details before gloss varnishing and finishing the ejection seats

well guys, sorry for my absence, but after spending 3 days sanding, priming the areas and sanding again, the shots of gt reisn have been perfect, although you see the small lines, this photo is from yesterday, now after finishing again from sanding and polishing you don't notice anything at all, and today a little preshading

Thank you very much guys, today I have been caulking and sanding the joints of the gt resin intakes so that it is as smooth as possible between the piece and the fuselage, I have also been priming to see any errors

Hello guys, these days I have been doing the f 18, and I leave you some small progress

Well guys, today I finally received the last parts of the F18, the gtresin resin intakes, today I will follow this hornet, I have left the f16 aside, I had a couple of big problems and I was too lazy to apply the solution, obviously I will be back