Looking good Chris
Boatmans Super Hornet F18/A- F Build
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HI Joe yes hope to touch up the grey an cover that red up but the decals as i have found are not all the same size some are as much as 2mm undersize as i measured the first decal at 3 c/m an painted the red 3 c/m band but white diamon decals some that are 2 mm undersize s Aaaaaaccchhhhh so some touch ups required as when i put on the tamyis tape on the decal just got to hope that when i remove the tamyia tape it wont lift the white diamon decal oh dear an thanks for stoppin
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chrisb
Great start on those decals Chris, have fun with the rest of themcheers
AN YES Steven the decals are comin on an had to ask jen to help me to hold the plane on its side so i can place them decals as they have been little blighter by curlin up when i slid the off the bakin paper an i held the paper an decal as close as poss to the place where they should be fitted but still a problem of tryin to straighten them out afterwards so far the only blessin is that the decals have not splintered cheers for lookin in sir
chrisb
Great progress Chris, she is looking the part now with a little colour from the decals.
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Garry
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Garry
AN thank you fly joe for your nice comments an got to go now back to my model show ive put tiger in over the wkend an its the biggest show ive seen yet there are hundreds of different types of models so many it took me over two hrs to look over them i'll try an take some pics for you all but i forgot to charge camers batt oh dear cant remember everything now gettin old
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AN HI Gary cheers yes im likein fittin the decals an there are a lot of them to go on the plane but hopefully over the worst big ones decals that curled up an really treid my patince but i havnt shown them yet will do domorrow as got to get back to model show today boy has it been a busy few days an im shattered but hope i can reload tiger back in the car tonight as its panic stations when its gets 4 pm an they all will be wantin to load up their models back in the cars so i think i will wait a little whie an let them fight over whos goin out first as there are a lot of models there an then back to our freinds for a well desevred tea of S/K puddin as they invited us over only hope i an jen can stay awake oh dear
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chrisb
Coming on nicely mate decals can make or break a build but your on top of it.
THANKS Scottie yes so far they have gone on well but still more to fit on but i will have another go tomrrow now the model show is over as im shattered
chrisb
HI Richard well i used the ammo decal set an it is very good to give you a few minutes to postion the decal then it goes off an the decal then can be moved an so far my decals have gon on ok
chrisb
chrisb
What a great catch up. Chris you have certainly tamed this wild Hornet. I think the hammer would be very very close to the bench if that had been my build!! You have persevered and it is paying dividends.
HI Doug yes i like to stick at the problems till i get over the worst an hopefuly the model will look acceptable
cheers
chrisb
Sounds like you're having fun mate. Enjoy the S&K pudding 
Very nicely done Chris!
Looks fine and as Steve says the red is not difficult to deal with
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WELL jim an steve about that red touch up well its gonna be very difficult to touch up as i treid to fit a bit of tamyia maskin tape over the white decal so i could get a nice straight touch up but it took off he decal so i had to touch up the white line an as i get the shakes i wont be able to touch up the red with grey so im leaving them be
chrisb
Looks the part Chris.
HI GUYS well the hornet build carryies on an its now starting to look something like a hornet should in the diamon backs sqr but some of the decalls have split but have manged to get them back togeather again but this build was a worst fit than the tomcat Aaaaccchhhhh but have manged to show it whos boss lol so some pics for you all an there is still quite a bit of parts to fit on such as cockpit an missles an such hope you all like what you see ? 
AN the big snake head went on well like the skullan crossbones did on the tomcat but some of the smaller missle decals broke so had to paint them on
here with wings in the folded postion an they work well im pleased to say but the decals on the under side of the wing were not made long enough but my fault here as i think i should not have had the outer flaps in down postion but you live an lean
AN Last pic till she is finished an then i will show her all lit up
AN the big snake head went on well like the skullan crossbones did on the tomcat but some of the smaller missle decals broke so had to paint them on
here with wings in the folded postion an they work well im pleased to say but the decals on the under side of the wing were not made long enough but my fault here as i think i should not have had the outer flaps in down postion but you live an leanAN Last pic till she is finished an then i will show her all lit up
She's looking really nice Chris, I like the snake on the tail 
... Looking forward to see you flipping the lighting switch 
... Looking forward to see you flipping the lighting switch 
LOVE this decal Chris. Looking great
She's looking really nice Chris, I like the snake on the tail
MANY thanks Steven for your posts as not many members seem to post now dont know if its because they dont like the plane or what ? an yes im also lookin forward to seein her all lit as well
ATB to you Sir
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