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Chiefs Trumpeter 1/350 F-18 super hornet (x6!)

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:39 pm
by chief5437
Hi guys :th: some bright spark on the ISM Facebook page came up with the bright idea of building something that would fit on a credit card! :bash: :ooops:

So this is what I've come up with.

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Trumpeters F-18 in 1/350.

Never having done anything this scale before, I went full potato, and got some PE for it as well! :doh: :wall:

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Here's the sprue for one jet, there's six in the box.

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Now, for the first one, I'm just going oob, just to get a feel for it, and see what I need to adjust/watch out for.

Here she is built up, minus u/c and canopy.

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Straight away, we can see that some filler is needed, along with some other titivating!

And here she is with paint and a wash.

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So far, I've found the the lo-vis decals are invisible! Also, I need to get a much smoother finish for the wash, at this scale the smallest defect is like a whole new panel line!

Not too fussed about the canopy area, there's a whole PE cockpit to fit in the others! I'll stick the kit u/c on this, just to see how it looks, but I'll prob use the PE u/c seeing as I've paid for it, Lol!

Cheers dudes! :cheers2: :cheers2:

Re: Chiefs Trumpeter 1/350 F-18 super hornet (x6!)

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:36 am
by Nige201980
WOW looks fantastic. Your mad by the way :P

Re: Chiefs Trumpeter 1/350 F-18 super hornet (x6!)

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:40 am
by AchtungPanzer
Ohhh F.ck :). Its total dwarf and PE parts ! - incredible :eeek: . You are really mad :cheers2:

Re: Chiefs Trumpeter 1/350 F-18 super hornet (x6!)

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:05 pm
by vyper1
Jeez they are tiny :eeek: good luck to you sir :thumb1: