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Hey Guys hope you like my last few finished models.

 

Academy 1/72 F/A-18C OTB

I built the old Revel 1/48 one as a kid and thought it looked cool! STILL DOES 

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Hobby Boss 1/72 SH-60F OTB 

Built this one over two days a stress relief build. There are a few issues here and there and i didn't spend anytime on making the under fuselage seam look pretty as I very rarely display my models up-side down.  

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Academy 1/72 F/A-18E OTB

Interesting kit, a snap together kit with nice decals. 

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Academy 1/72 F/A-18C OTB 

My first CAG bird. It came out a little darker than i wanted but still plenty bright

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Lovely work! The Academy 1/72 Hornet portfolio seems to go from strength to strength; I would be most interested in your opinion of the new(ish) E. I found it a bit strange that they went all 'EzeeKit' with that and the F, instead of building on the strengths of their more conventional legacy birds. Especially as the Hasegawa ones are roughly the same money! :wtf: It certainly looks a treat built up, though.

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12 hours ago, AngstROM said:

Lovely work! The Academy 1/72 Hornet portfolio seems to go from strength to strength; I would be most interested in your opinion of the new(ish) E. I found it a bit strange that they went all 'EzeeKit' with that and the F, instead of building on the strengths of their more conventional legacy birds. Especially as the Hasegawa ones are roughly the same money! :wtf: It certainly looks a treat built up, though.

 

I found it okay. It had good inscribing on most parts and fitted together really well. I wasn't to keen on the weapons as their attachments seem rather large and not being able to open the canopy was a bummer as the internal details are quite nice. I thinned down the intake lip as it was squared off and this greatly improved that area. My only other little thing was the gear doors have a funny way of being attached with large lugs, but when looking at it sitting on its wheels you wouldn't notice anything. 

 

I haven't built the hasegawa model so i wouldn't be able to compare. 

 

7 hours ago, Andrew Jones said:

Thought you meant Royal Navy , but never mind , they look great all the same , a credit to your skills.

 

Andrew

 

Sorry mate :( 

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Hello Markus,

Your USN models are piece by piece excellent representations of the original ones. My compliments.

Regards, Dirk / The Netherlands.

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Fantastic builds!

You appear to have a penchant for bright liveries on neutral grey aircraft, and they are really eye-catching indeed.

I would stress out about the eagle graphics on the nose of "Chippy Ho" but you nailed it.

Any tips or tricks you'd care to mention about it?

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12 hours ago, kapam said:

Fantastic builds!

You appear to have a penchant for bright liveries on neutral grey aircraft, and they are really eye-catching indeed.

I would stress out about the eagle graphics on the nose of "Chippy Ho" but you nailed it.

Any tips or tricks you'd care to mention about it?

 

Plenty of nice warm water to get them on.Then where they crinkled over compound curves i'd slice down the crinkle ridge and use a sponge and some hot water to smooth it out. Slice around any details you really know the decal wont conform to then add some decal solvent. Touch up with paint as needed. The Cartograph decals in these new academy kits really are great though they snuggle down nicely and fit fantastically!  

 

Mark 

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