Cbowling Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 https://flickr.com/photos/159342774@N07/albums/72177720300241842 My good friend, The Mongoose, wanted to go head to head on these builds. The only thing that I added was the Big Ed set for the Revell kit. With some slight modifications, I was able to use all of the photoetch on the Trumpeter Kit. This was a very interesting kit to say the least. I had larger gaps than Chris did. (Even after shaving off alot of plastic). As Chris pointed out, the instructions were at times very confusing. I choose to do the Jolly Rogers VFA-103 scheme. Rather than use the yellow kit decals for the top of the rudders, I chose to airbrush it on instead. The center drop tank did not have the decal stripes to Match the fuselage. I airbrushed a design on the tank as well. Trumpeter gives you a small box of ordinates to choose from. I replaced some of it with leftover ordinance from a 1/32 scale Academy F/A-18D that I had built some months ago. As far as the display base, I wanted to build something new. I chose to pose the F/A-18 taxiing towards the catapult over the arrester cables. I used 100 grit sandpaper for the surface. I used 1/32 scale aircraft tiedowns from Tom’s model works. The cables themselves are thread from my local model store used for ship rigging. The leaf springs that suspend the cable above the deck were made from leftover photoetch. The deck was painted with various shades of Tamiya gray. To simulate skidmarks, I cut slots in plastic sheet, then airbrushed tire black. Chris has some amazing painting skills. The digital camouflage scheme is right up his alley. It will look fantastic. Chris B daveculp, Cicciuzzo, easixpedro and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Can't see the images Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 me niether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I was able to follow the link to pics now so that works. Some great shots there for sure. Love the forced perspective ones especially. The whole thing looks awesome. One of my favorites is toward the end looking right into the intake - Shows the skill of the builder there! Just a great build overall Cbowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Hi well , decidedly , the F 18 F is an impressive AC !!! (maybe the " top gun " movie has something to do with it ) man , you did a great build , I liiiiiike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alain Cbowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Ahaa !! Very nice Cbowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Very nice Rhino ..! Love Dem Bones ..! -Gregg Cbowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbowling Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Thanks guys! Any feedback would be much appreciated. Chris KUROK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Excellent, superb, superlative work! Looks better than the real thing, in my opinion. The deck looks particularly good - very effective. Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. Cbowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violator1991 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Great model! Looks fantastic in skull and bones!! Cbowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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