Gistsc Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Well after dragging my feet for three years, I have finally finished this monster. Trumpeter kit, Eduard PE sets, Quick Boost ECS vents, Wolfpack Design GBUs, Northstar wheels/tires, and Fightertown decals. Scratch built cockpit details/wiring, venting in the intakes, landing gear details, fuel panel/door, canopy/A/C power panel/door, venting on LEX, nav lights on LEX. Had to shave off the built up area on the tails where the slime lights are, both on the inner and outer tail panels. Also drilled out every rivet on the aircraft as I found them to be soft. Painted with Vallejo acrylics and finished off with VFA-143 Pukin’ Dogs decals from Fightertown. Overall satisfied with the kit, but would have liked a little more detail. The fit of the kit was very good, did not have any real issues in that department. I would recommend this kit as long as you are willing to fix the tails as that added build up where the slime lights are is just to big to overlook 9961692F-BCFB-4A33-A4F4-DD030BEDF6D3 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 0CE34535-D77C-481C-B23B-8A01BCEEB955 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 92C7BE56-4257-4C03-A874-A6D378FD40BE by Scott Giost, on Flickr DC72F18E-C92B-4908-80F4-74189D9ACA16 by Scott Giost, on Flickr F026326D-9AEF-40AE-BBEA-ECC4BFFE5982 by Scott Giost, on Flickr AC9718F1-9999-4A67-9677-E82E10A7531F by Scott Giost, on Flickr 7DF83001-9145-489E-B9AA-8A4023E6819A by Scott Giost, on Flickr 035F1DB4-1B75-4160-B36B-02220095D40E by Scott Giost, on Flickr 6FFE3C7A-44A7-414C-B38A-49214E06CA56 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 8BAAA0C0-2F30-487D-902A-B1788B60FB87 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 1AA44992-6562-4AD7-953E-E6D143550DB0 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 5838553A-F182-4079-8B79-A94EA4F050A0 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 0765E5D7-90C5-4CBF-8BD9-711229511128 by Scott Giost, on Flickr B9904494-6ED7-4AB2-9445-94FC7F08768B by Scott Giost, on Flickr 102797E0-E4A9-4E41-A671-BDC7C2C60530 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 3A029AA9-ECB9-46CA-B228-B62054A1E296 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 69E9FABC-F248-4105-BF95-D2078FCDA764 by Scott Giost, on Flickr BC39E6AB-1643-4E1A-A009-68A80CA11EF2 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 5D285514-01ED-42CF-AA33-FA6CA9168E6C by Scott Giost, on Flickr 72580D00-ADFF-487D-BED6-F8F4C3CA8889 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 00DF7C49-C552-4CEA-B771-08549D943006 by Scott Giost, on Flickr E40F0B1B-9F51-4108-B828-7E77808AE7F6 by Scott Giost, on Flickr 827801CB-71D6-4481-857E-C096BB665CF6 by Scott Giost, on Flickr B30A2FE0-D5D9-4E41-9566-FD381AC51422 by Scott Giost, on Flickr E8ECD57E-EAEE-45D3-8F28-2D0FC17402C4 by Scott Giost, on Flickr Cicciuzzo, Iain, MikeMaben and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Welcome aboard, Scott! Lovely build there. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Welcome aboard Scott! Great model - beautifully finished - love it... Can I ask a favour: the original images are huge and made your post slow to load - any chance you could upload smaller images in future? Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Very impressive, particularly the decals, they look painted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Very nice Super Hornet. Congratulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nice work! Looks almost “factory” fresh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Very nice, clean build! Well done ablative coating on the bombs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nice work Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) Very nicely done and kudos for showing us the ultra close-up pics that hide nothing. I understand this kit is hard to build cleanly, but you have certainly done that in spades. Your decal work is also exceptional! Cheers, Chuck Edited March 29, 2020 by chuck540z3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Very impressive introduction Scott! Redrilling every single rivet—I have serious respect for your dedication! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Beeeoootiful, nuf said Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Beautyful...! I love it..., great job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAWS Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 That's one amazing bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nicely done, very crisp build of a really challenging kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 No idea how I have missed this thread - brilliant build, very, very nicely executed - and a great choice of markings as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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