blaza Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) F/A-18C Academy 1/72 (12411) OOB build. Finally managed to finish this hornet. Just a few notes some may find useful... Planned on replacing included (in-house - not cartograf) Academy decals with print-scale 72-044 blue diamonds f/a-18c decals but was not able to do so due to dimensional problems with these decals and academy kit. Ended up using included academy decals. I'm not sure if this is related to bad decal dimensions or kit dimensions but decals are few percent bigger then they should be for this kit and if you ask me useless for academy mold of hornet so avoid them if you intend to replace academy decals for this kit. The only Hornet I've built before this one was Revell's (04894) repack of old ('80s) Italeri mold and Academy's mold is much much better compared to that one. Vallejo acrylic paints and washes were used in the process. Now the pictures... Edited September 18, 2018 by blaza 35 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Thoroughly impressive Hornet there Good modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIGHTS ON Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 A good looking build you've posted there. I've just picked up the VFA-192 Golden Dragons edition of this kit and it looks impressive in the box. But your advice & tips are really helpful (Thank you) as I was going to use aftermarket decals on it........so I'll do some checking before adding water ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Very impressive Hornet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaza Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, FIGHTS ON said: A good looking build you've posted there. I've just picked up the VFA-192 Golden Dragons edition of this kit and it looks impressive in the box. But your advice & tips are really helpful (Thank you) as I was going to use aftermarket decals on it........so I'll do some checking before adding water ! VFA-192 Golden Dragons kit (12564) includes very good Cartograf decals so you can avoid looking for aftermarket decals. Good luck and great modelling! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Very nice Hornet! Especially good finish and weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 1 hour ago, FIGHTS ON said: A good looking build you've posted there. I've just picked up the VFA-192 Golden Dragons edition of this kit and it looks impressive in the box. But your advice & tips are really helpful (Thank you) as I was going to use aftermarket decals on it........so I'll do some checking before adding water ! They should be fine as are cartograph decals in that vfa192 boxing. So should be of a good quality and sized fine. The std boxing as done oob above comes with normal ‘printed in korea’ academy decals, which @blaza has done a terrific job with 👍🏿 Nice build and paint too 😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Amazing job at that scale..hat off to you sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_alfisti_ Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Very nice piece of work👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Wow! Looks fantastic mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Stunning legacy Hornet 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Excellent job lad! Paint work and decals are spot on!👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Love the Academy Hornet. Great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hello Blaza, Remarkable what you can do with a 1/72 scale model. Excellent finish. regards, Orion / The Netherlands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Nice "Bug" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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