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Kit manufacture: MENG Scale: 1/48 Type: F/A-18E Super Hornet Extras used: Decals from Eduard F/A-18E Paints and colors used: MM Light Ghost/Dark Ghost Grays, Mr. Hobby Flat Black, custom mix for orange stripe along fuselage spine, MRP metallics Other info: link to build log HERE

No nose weights are needed.

Monogram/Revell reboxing of the Hasegawa A-4 with Blue Angel decals. Phase Hanger resin bang seat. Paints were MM Blue Angel Blue and Yellow and AK Extreme metals..

Very nice kit with superb fit overall. No problems to report.

Kit: Hasegawa A-4C Scale: 1/48 Paints: MRP Decals: Victory Models

Kit: AMK Kfir C7 Scale: 1/48 Paint: mostly Tamiya colors Extras: Eduard cockpit PE

Extras used: Furball 48-049 decals, Steel Beach ESC pipes, resin seat, Flory Dark dirt wash, Paints and colors used: Model Master LGG and DGG for the airframe and MM Engine Gray for the spine and tails

Very good fit (no filler used).

Kit: Hobbyboss TA-7C (depicted as an EA-7L) Scale: 1/48 Paint: Mr. Color #307, and #308 Extras: OOB with Fightertown #48064 decals

The Tamiya Tomcat has officially become my all-time favorite kit. I'd build a dozen more of them (if I could afford that many!). I enjoyed every minute of this build. Thanks for the kind words.

Out of Box build with MRP paints and Fightertown decals (FTD 48011)

Kit manufacturer: Hasegawa Scale: 1/48 Type: TA-4J Adversary Extras used: Fightertown Decals, "Fightertown Scooters" FTD48-026 Paints and colors used: MRP-240, MRP-100, MM FS36495, MM FS35109 Out of box build with Fightertown decals.

Hasegawa 1/48 A-4E OOB with FTD 48-027 decals and Aero Masks camo patterns (AM48-A4012) for the paint scheme.

Hasegawa 1/48 F-4EJ OOB with CAM decals 48-044

Kit: Meng Scale: World War Toons Scale Paints: Tamiya My first foray into the "dark side" of armor building. Fun little kit that I couldn't resist!

Kit: Revell Scale: 1/48Type: F-15EExtras used: Wolfpack F-15I update set, Isradecals, weapons from Tamiya F-16 kitPaints: Tamiya (upper) and Mr. Hobby (lower)

My first Starfighter build ever. OOB with kit decals. If you've never built a Hasegawa 104, it is a beautifully engineered kit. One of their best!

VMA-311 "Tomcats" that is. Gotcha! This is the Hasegawa 1:48 A-4M Low Visibility built Out of Box using Testors Model Master and Mr. Color paints. Decals are TwoBobs 48-092, Low-Viz "Mikes", Part I.

Accurate Miniatures kits. I picked up these beautiful kits at IPMS shows for a total of $10 for all 3!! Pictured are the A-36, P-51A and P-51B.

I was contacted a few months ago by a former USAF Aggressor pilot who saw one of my builds of the AFV Club F-5E who wanted to have a commission build done of his jet. After numerous email conversations with Mr. Bowen it became clear that my reasonable commission price was out of his range. But every year for the past 5 years I have built a tribute build for a pilot or relative of a pilot and presented them with the model at no expense. Long story short, I told Mr. Bowen that I had another AFV F-5E and would be glad to build his jet for him. This weekend the wife and I are heading to Knoxville to pick up our youngest from College. On the way, we plan to meet up with Mr. Bowen just shy of Atlanta and present him with the completed model -- complete with his name on the canopy rail and, for the first time -- I put my name on the opposite side as the Crew Chief! Here is the final product. Can't wait to meet him and present him with his jet. Will share presentation pictures later this weekend.

I was contacted a few months ago by a former USAF Aggressor pilot who saw one of my builds of the AFV Club F-5E who wanted to have a commission build done of his jet. After numerous email conversations with Mr. Bowen it became clear that my reasonable commission price was out of his range. But every year for the past 5 years I have built a tribute build for a pilot or relative of a pilot and presented them with the model at no expense. Long story short, I told Mr. Bowen that I had another AFV F-5E and would be glad to build his jet for him. This weekend the wife and I are heading to Knoxville to pick up our youngest from Bible College. Ont he way, we plan to meet up with Mr. Bowen just shy of Atlanta and present him with the completed model -- complete with his name on the canopy rail and, for the first time -- I put my name on the opposite side as the Crew Chief! Here is the final product. Can't wait to meet him and present him with his jet. Will share presentation pictures later this weekend.

The old ESCI kit (including weapons). Superscale decals, MM paint.

Kit: Hasegawa Scale: 1/48 Paint: Model Master Aftermarket: RhinoModelworks seamless intakes, True Details weighted wheels, Furball decals, unknown resin exhausts

The F-5B has leading edge slats the T-38 does not. The T-38 is missing the wing farings to the intakes. The T-38 also lacks the housing at the base of the tail rudder. The T-38 has a metal covering on top between the jet exausts. Thats all I remember when converting an F-5B model to a T-38. These ar external diffferences only.