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My first attempt at a Group Build. Had a break of 25 years from model building (the usual stuff got in the way: job, wife, another job, house, kids) and got back to it- suprise, surprise - in march 2020. I have built six 1/48 models since then. (Rafale M, Hellcat, Draken, F-4G, Corsair, Mirage IIIS). I always wondered why everybody chooses to display their models on the ground. They look sooo much better up in the air! That‘s where we are meant to be with them: up in the sky!!! Yes, you cannot see the aftermarket cockpit. Or a wonderfully enganced landing gear. And yes, it‘s always a rough ride to fit the pilots into the cockpits. And i hate painting pilots. Really. (Twoseaters… 😵💫) I decided to build them all inflight. I build the stands myself: gluing screws into the fuselage or a fuel tank, attaching a brass rod to it, and mount it onto a simply shaped and polished flat wooden block. Anyway, i will build J-5232. Inflight. With two heaters on the wingtips, AIM120‘s, a center fuel tank (STBY 121.5) and probably with 2 Meteors (wishful thinking here). All ordnance is Eduard Brassin. And it will be my first attempt in incorporating photoedge parts into the fuselage and wings. (Eduard and some others, and scratchbuilt). Looking very much forward to building with all of you. 👍🏽 -
I don't know why, but I've acquired quite a few kits of combat jets in 1/144 scale, even though I am firmly anchored in 1/72. This is the first of three 1/144 entries for this GB. Officially, the kit has 52 parts, but if built with the undercarriage down, the doors have to be broken up, effectively giving a total of 59 parts. Of these, I am using 57. The kit provides a choice of Harpoons or Mavericks for the inboard wing pylons, and I will be using the former. A closer look at the impressive Cartograf decal sheet, designed by DACO. There are two different styles of "tiger stripe" rudder markings included for the USMC VMFA-224 "(Fighting) Bengals" option. The other subject is a USN aircraft from VFA-125. One thing I am not sure of is that the VFA-125 aircraft has the lower vis of the two types of insignia, i.e., decal 37 as opposed to decal 3. But it also has the much higher-vis all-black LERX decals (49 and 50), while the VMFA-224 aircraft has decided low-vis versions (decals 28 and 29). How small are some of the parts? Very small, using a 14ml Humbrol paint tin for scale. The ejection seats and control sticks. I started work on this kit a few days ago, and progress has been rapid. I'll update the thread tomorrow.
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This is my first ever group build entry so I'm just following everyone's lead as far as what to post. This is only my second F-18 model ever, my first being the old Esci 1/72 Leatherneck F-18A I built 25 years ago, I must have a "thing" for Marine Corp Hornets! I picked this one up for £4 a few weeks ago on ebay knowing it was a rebranded Revell kit, I'm just building it OOB but ignoring the instructions "one colour" scheme and doing the correct two colour for this aircraft. The build will be simplified a little with the wings and tailplanes already "bolted" to the upper fuselage. The cockpit is nice and busy for this scale. The detail on 1/144 kits these days is quite stunning... When the manufacturers put their minds to it. The decal sheet is fantastic for this scale, I'm blown away by the viking!
