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and another jet! Hobby Boss 1/72 FA-18 Hornet


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As if one jet wasn't out of character for me.....I actually made two!

Following from the Eurofighter I also made the Hobby Boss FA-18

I used the HB Blue Angels kit, pinched a bit of ordinance from an old Minicraft FA-18 kit and sourced some Two Bobs after market decals for the Werewolves scheme

Finished with Model Master Enamels

Had to do a combat version .....couldn't bring myself to paint the thing in the Blue Angels Livery!

Here's the pics

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Thanks for looking

Cheers

Bruce

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Nothing wrong with that Winenut, a lovely build of one of my favourite modern jets - very well done indeed!! :coolio::thumbsup:

Kev :)

Thanks Kev.

I must admit while building it I started to see why people like modelling jets and specifically the F-18.......it is just a great looking machine :thumbsup2:

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Thanks all for the positive comments......much appreciated

I thought the photos I took with my phone camera looked a bit "soft" and "fuzzy" and I wanted to try something.

So I cleaned the lens!

Here's the pics which are hopefully a bit better...

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I'll post some more but I have some pop up survey damn virus thing in my photobucket account that I have to try and sort out ,,,GGGGRRRRRR!!!!

edit: to re-instate photos!

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I'm "hoping" the ad blocker extension has fixed my photobucket issues!!

Anyway here's a few more pics which can be compared to the first ones to see if there is a bit of an improvement in the clarity and detail.

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Just a bit better I think.

Cheers

Bruce

edit: to reinstate photos!

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Another cracking build Bruce,not easy to make an F18 scheme look interesting but you have!

Thanks Steve......I thought the Two Bobs decal set added a bit of interest particularly to the fins.

Dutifully I painted this aircraft with Model Master paints in the two prescribed colours of "Light" Ghost Grey (FS36375) and "Dark" Ghost Grey (FS36320)

If anybody on this planet can see the difference between those two colours on a model I reckon I'll give them a medal :winkgrin:

Cheers! :thumbsup2:

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