discussion Academy 1/32 F/A-18C Hornet

[Guest]

Hi all,

After finishing the Zeke, now I'm starting this monster, I purchased few aftermarket goodies and also waiting some more to come from Hannants (takes a few weeks to get here).

This kit is BIG and contains lots of sprues, the kit also provides lots of weapons options.

Well I spent 2 days on the "office". So far the kit is promising.

I target myself to finish this one at the end of the year :smiling:
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[Steve Jones]

Leo
Terrific work on the cock pit. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build come together. Good luck
Steve

 

[flyjoe180]

Great start Leo, almost finished

 

[Guest]

Nice. I didn't know Academy made 1/32 scale stuff.

 

[Guest]

Great start Leo, almost finished :smiling3:

Far from over lol

 

[papa 695]

A very nice kit Leo and with loads of after market goodies, the pit looks very good

 

[Guest]

Updating on the progress
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[papa 695]

Those wheel wells look fantastic Leo

 

[yak face]

Beautiful work leo , the cockpit and wheel well look excellent , theres a LOT of plastic in that box !!cheers tony

 

[Mr Bowcat]

That's a LOT of PE.

Great work on the pit.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Leo
That is some kit. Great start - super detail.
Jim

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice detail work Leo

 

[Guest]

Yes the detail is really nice, I’m taking my time to finish this one. It’s huge and I wanna make it right for this build

 

[RM6239]

Leo
Just found this, it's going to be huge. Looks great so far and you have some very strategic extra's to give it some extra ooomph.
cheers
Ross

 

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful work on the interior. The washes have worked well:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

I gotten this far and as I got to the intakes assembly it's really bad, what a mojo killer
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[Mickc1440]

You've got off to a great start with this one, there's not many aircraft kits that don't put up a fight, keep going you can sort it.
Mick

 

[papa 695]

It is looking very good Leo, and I'm sure you can beat the intakes into submission.

 

[Guest]

Thanks boys, I'll try to tackle this beast next weekend after few days off the bench to get the frustrating thing cools down a bit lol

 

[Guest]

I have the same kit but the "red devils" one. I am following your build with interest.

Theuns