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1/72 Tamiya F/A-18e Pukin Dogs


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Hi Guys, 

 

 This is Tamiya reboxing of Italeri kit, the kit has some problems and I need to scratch-built some parts which were not there on the kit. It was not an easy kit to build, there were gaps and need to dry-fit a couple of time. I didn't like kit decals so I had a spare microscale pukin dogs VFA-143 which i used the decals were a little stiff and would crack and you need to be careful about it. I added a pair of GBU-10 and kept most of the weapon pylons empty. Will keep it short, so here it is

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Thank you for looking and any feedback is welcome.

 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Bejay53 said:

Hi there! Looks good.

What did you do For the finish? Preshade or black base?

i like the uneven shading (mottling), looks like a worn finish.

Hello Bejay,
Nay, am not that skill to do the black base, I used Tamiya XF-66 and mix little bit of black and white to give different modulations of the paint once it is done, a very diluted brown and black on the join to give worn look. Much appreciated for the kind words

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On 6/30/2020 at 3:27 PM, stevehnz said:

Really Nice Tom, a great looking Super Bug. (least I think that is what they're called :) )

Steve.

Thank you Steve, appreciate the kind words, cheers

On 6/30/2020 at 3:35 PM, F-32 said:

Nicely done :clap:

Thanks, Bud

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Nice looking Super Hornet. Thanks for letting us know the kit has some issues. Good information for all of us.

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Thanks for sharing, both the kit and your experiences !!

Not easy but you did a very fine kit from this base...

Sincerely.

CC

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On 7/2/2020 at 7:29 PM, SAT69 said:

Nice looking Super Hornet. Thanks for letting us know the kit has some issues. Good information for all of us.

Thank you @SAT69 it had some problem and it was bit of challenge fixing it, but I dont blame them it was make some time ago

On 7/3/2020 at 3:51 AM, corsaircorp said:

Thanks for sharing, both the kit and your experiences !!

Not easy but you did a very fine kit from this base...

Sincerely.

CC

Much appreciate mate,  sometime I guess it okay to have these type of challenging kits, you learn one or two things while making it 

On 7/3/2020 at 5:04 PM, JagRigger said:

Got one under completion myself after at least 12 years on the shelf of doom. Hope it ends up as good as yours

@JagRiggerI guess it is time to take out the kit and complete it, Much appreciated for the kind words

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