1/48 USMC F-18D

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1/48 USMC F-18D

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Will be starting this one later this afternoon. Hasegawa F-18D with resin bits and pieces from Aries, Wolfpack and Steel Beach, the decals are from MAW and will be an OIF VMFA-121 bird from 2007.

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Sweet! :thumb1:
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I am going to follow this one for sure.
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Ooh nice will be watching this :pop:
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progress so far, everything cut away from the fuselage that needed to to be done to open the panel and for the new wheelbays, pe added for the panels and the front wheelbay painted

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a little bit more work done, the wheel bays are complete and the avionics are painted up still need to do a little work on them, then onto the cockpit.

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love the wheel bays detail! Magnificent! :) Subbed the topic.
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Nice work so far Lloyd
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This looks a beaut build. One to follow.

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Nice detail on those ...

One more to follow ...

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Nice details so far....look forward to the next update! :thumb1:
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cockpit finished and the fuselage halves together

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Cracking on with alacrity Lloyd.

Looks very nice so far
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I've got it in my stash but i'll retro fit it to a B (just a few changes in the cockpit) to give him a twobobs decals.

Nice job so far go on that way.

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Ditto :thumb1:
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Re: 1/48 USMC F-18D

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Primed, pre/post-shaded, ready for decals

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