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As you know, the USMC is part of the Department of the Navy so we're safely legit for the groupbuild 😁 This is also part-started but barely close to the 25% minimum...I began it four years ago when I was really struggling with illness but quickly lost heart. This is the perfect time and place to rescue it from the shelf of doom! The kit. It's all the Academy variants (A+, C and D) reboxed by Kinetic. Incredible value for money. Includes an excellent decal sheet but none of the screws and bolts from the original Academy version. This is in my mind the best Hornet kit you can get and probably Academy's best ever. Flying Leathernecks decals: I'm using the VMFA-121 color ship from the end of its deployment in 2007, a nice two-sided scheme with a flag on the airbrake. Other aftermarket: Avionix cockpit, Aires SJU-17 seats and Flightpath access ladder. There's some Wolfpack JSOWs in there as well but not sure if the Marines used them. This is as far as I got before joining you for the GB: Cockpit and forward fuselage installed Landing gear legs - these are little works of art I don't know how many pieces are in each but it's loads. The plastic has a metal core for strength. There are metal landing gears in the box but the intricate buildup of the plastic parts is more detailed. Finally, I opened the vents the lower forward fuselage and added mesh from the Aber range. No longer intending to superdetail this kit as it's perfectly good out of the box, so this is probably the last bit of scratchbuilding before I restart work on it. I intend to display it as a clean show bird with minimal underwing stores, but that may change! Glad to be able to join in, thanks to @rob85 for giving me the green light. Alan
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Built as a bit of fun, I added CMK resin seats, and it's not exactly finished (missing details, like the canopy MDC cord, I'm still waiting for inspiration). Photographed complete with chequered tablecloth and plant pots background - but built in two weeks while waiting for parts for my STGB Phantom. This kit was free from Lucky Model HK as it was in a redemption offer if you spent over £75. Mad, but I wasn't going to miss that, as i was spending my Christmas money anyway. Pretty nice kit, better detail than Revell's. Fits together about the same as Revell. The kit decals are absolutely fantastic, best I've ever used from a kit. Painted with Xtracrylix and Revell Aqua Gloss Black. Probably the easiest paintjob ever. The whole build was a very nice diversion and I really enjoyed it. It also looks very eye-catching and doesn't take up too much space for a 1/32 jet. It's also the first Aussie plane I've ever made. A nice build like this helps obsessives like me remember what modelling is really about! Al
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