F/A-18 Hornet
Scratch built F18 Hornet.1/36 scale,copied from a 1/72 kit times 2 Made of pine.
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F/A-18C Dambuster ”Chippy Ho”
Kit from Hobby Boss in 1/48 the decals was horrible I painted the eagle with small brushes. First 1/48 scale model in my branch.
Some 1:1 scale modeling.
Summer's here and I've been away from my bench getting some automotive projects done. Finally had the slushbox on my '75 Hornet rebuilt so I tackled something that always bothered me. The grille from the 75 and later cars. The 73/74 units [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18D VMFA (AW)-225 Vikings
This is the 1/48 Hasegawa 2 seater hornet. I used Gunze Acrylics and Alclad for paints. eduard p.e. And blackbox for cockpit. Decals were mixed Twobobs and Flying Leathernecks.
1/72 Academy F/A-18E VFA-143
This is the 1/72 Academy F/A-18E Superhornet depicting the CAG Aircraft of VFA-143 "The World Famous Pukin Dogs" from 2008. The model was built completely OOB using the kit decals which were excellent. Painted with MRP paints [...]
EA-18G Growler (Hasegawa, Eduard, 1:48)
Dear Friends,
after some modelling-break (summer-time) I finished my EA-18G Growler recently..please find here as well a short building-log on my website:
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Hope you enjoy the pics!
Christian
1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C VFA-192 Golden Dragons
I have another hornet build right here. This time its The World Famous Golden Dragons VFA-192. I have the 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C painted with gunze acrylics with Alclad for exhaust. Decals were from Twobobs and hasegawa kit cartograf [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C VFA-151 Vigilantes
This is my latest build, 1/48 Hasegawa Legacy Hornet. For this project I used Eduard PE for the cockpit, twobobs decal, MAW resin for the exhaust, Gunze acrylics paint and Alclad for the exhaust. It was an enjoyable build all throughout.
1/48 F-18B conversion of Monogram F/A-18
I completed this over Christmas break 2016, but have not been able to photograph it until now. I used the leftover two seat canopy found in the Italeri 1/48 F-18 to convert a Monogram 1/48 F-18 into a two seater. It is sad that Monogram [...]
Building a Better Hornet….Improving Classic Airframe’s DH Hornet in 1/48th
I've always been intrigued by the lines of this plane, sleek and muscular at the same time. While not used in great numbers due to the rapid pace of jet powerplant development it saw extensive use in the battle against communist forces in [...]
