Revell F/A 18-E Super Hornet
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March 21, 2016Whine all you want about the merits of decals on instrument panels, but they create a very aesthetically pleasing (and accurate!) replica.2
March 21, 2016I discovered my new favorite oil wash quite by accident. I was going to mix a bit of black acrylic in tap water, and I grabbed the first big brush I could find. It just so happened to be holding some yellow dye leftover from the F-16 canopy, and lo and be3
March 21, 2016It would have taken me somewhere around 5-8 hours to go in and do all the piping myself. The kit's pipes are actually raised ridges, but you wouldn't have known that had I not told you.4
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March 21, 2016I carved away the molded launch bar linkages and replaced them with some music wire, as well as thinning out the launch bar itself.6
March 21, 2016While the kit's simplified landing gear gives novices a huge boost in overall aesthetic quality in their finished product, they have some major accuracy issues.7
March 21, 2016I carved away excess plastic to recreate the strut linkages.8
March 21, 2016I applaud Revell for the perfect fitting intake parts. They made it very easy to get a "seamless" trunk.9
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March 21, 2016Steel turbines, ready for a charcoal wash.11
March 21, 2016I scratchbuilt the little box in front since that portion of the wheel well will be fairly visible from the outside.12
March 21, 20161/2 oiled, 1/2 clean13
March 21, 2016The kit's instrument hood was for reasons I don't fully understand, very innacurate, so I chose to build a HUD projector out of styrene sheet.14
March 21, 2016I drilled out this vent to make the belly more interesting.15
March 21, 2016One issue with the Revell kit is that the cockpit sidewalls aren't as wide as they should be, so I added a few styrene strips to remedy that.16
March 21, 2016The ejection seat was updated with new cushions, belts, and wiring.17
March 21, 2016The finished seat.18
March 21, 2016I build a sidewall control panel by running some wires through a rectangular piece of scrap, and clipping them short enough that they look like buttons.19
March 21, 2016The installed sidewall panel. It's nice looking, though, I don't see why it couldn't have been included in the mold.20
March 21, 2016The completed cockpit tub. All in all, I think it looks 90% as good as a resin kit would have, especially considering some of the scratchbuilt handles I put in.21
March 21, 2016Spares for the new decklid.22
March 21, 2016The rear decklid looks nice, but lacks in realism.23
March 21, 2016Closeup of the scratchbuilt-ish canopy actuator. While it's still undersize, the bracing behind the seat will look good once the canopy is installed.24
March 21, 2016The fit on the parts was practically 100%. Revell gets an A for ease of assembly.25
March 21, 2016Really starting to look like a Hornet!26
March 21, 2016Weathering with pigment pen and tempura.27
March 21, 2016The panel lines and rivets are being filled in with a blend of about 50% acrylic black, 25% golden airbrush medium, and 25% water. You can see the panels before they are cleaned up in the top right of the picture.28
March 21, 2016The completed build. Need to do a proper photoshoot sometime.
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21 March 2016, 20:29
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Photos from my budget build.