CT Modeller Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Just brought these three down from the attic for an airing. It was really nice to see them with the sun glinting on the canopies so I thought I would take some shots and post them up. They are all 1/72 with flaps lowered and detail added. VFA-2 F/A-18F is from the Hasegawa kit VFA-211 F/A-18F is Italeri with Print Scale decals VFA-115 F/A-18E is Italeri with Aeromaster decals 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Neu- Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 That is a pretty awesome build! How did you achieve the flap droop effect (and flap covers)? Is it resin or some great construction skillz? Did you do anything for the hase' intakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Flaps we cut from the kit wings and re-profiled. I seem to remember quite a bit of Milliput and lots of sanding being involved. Covers were strips of plasticard. The flaps were held in place by thin brass wire going into the wing where the full size hinges are. This enabled them to be adjusted to the right angle. Kit hinges were then cut at the hinge point and added to wings/flaps. Don't think I did anything to the Hasegawa intakes. I did mess about with the Italeri intakes before fitting - I cut the trunking at the point where the interior white meets the exterior grey so that it was possible to paint them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Been staring at these for way too long - beautiful builds! The flaps must have taken as long as the rest of the kit - they look better than aftermarket. How would you compare the Italeri and Hasegawa kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 very nice trio they look great, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Very nice work, I really like the look of the marking schemes, particularly the VFA-2 scheme, it's like a homage to the F-14 in those markings. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Chris, STUPENDOUS Build.. BEAUTIES.. All pretty in a row .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Great looking Hornets, top notch builds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Been staring at these for way too long - beautiful builds! The flaps must have taken as long as the rest of the kit - they look better than aftermarket. How would you compare the Italeri and Hasegawa kits? Hasegawa is overall better - but Italeri is much cheaper. Both have very limited cockpit detail. Hasegawa has annoying slightly oversize rivet detail. Italeri has raised panel lines so needs a rescribe. Undercarriage looks better on Hasegawa. Hasegawa also has the correctly outwards-angled wing pylons - Italeri needs some careful work to get them at the right angle. Hasegawa has nice drop tanks and AIM-9X sidewinders. Italeri stores are more basic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Boy Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hasegawa is overall better - but Italeri is much cheaper. Both have very limited cockpit detail. Hasegawa has annoying slightly oversize rivet detail. Italeri has raised panel lines so needs a rescribe. Undercarriage looks better on Hasegawa. Hasegawa also has the correctly outwards-angled wing pylons - Italeri needs some careful work to get them at the right angle. Hasegawa has nice drop tanks and AIM-9X sidewinders. Italeri stores are more basic. I would agree with that assessment. I too have built several of the Hasegawa 1:72 F/A-18F Super Hornets (Block 1 and Block 2) and really like the accuracy and detail. I also fin that the fit is very good also requiring little filler. The rivets are a tad oversize but they come out nicely with a panel wash. I had an Italeri kit once and having just completed a Hasegawa build, I really could not be bothered with it so I took the Prototype decals from it and flogged the kit on Ebay or something. I have an NEF-18G build on ARC which used the Hasegawa kit as a base so feel free to check it out. It is on page 9 of the F-18 jet gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 very nice all 3 well done Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docjojo Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 very nice work on this trio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Awesome trio, love the F/A-18's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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