Bertie McBoatface Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 7:57 PM, Bertie Psmith said: I want[ed] to ask about the 25% rule. But then I found my answer deep inside this thread.. On 3/5/2021 at 12:32 PM, Anatol Pigwa said: I am actually inclined to waive the 25% rule for this STGB. I find it rather daft to be honest, unless there is a prize attached 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, modelling minion said: Planning one of those myself Werner, there's always room for more than one similar scheme in a GB. I am planning one of the desert schemed ones, were you planning the same or one of the blue/grey ones? Wow, great! With Series-Españolas decals? If at all I would probably do a blue grey ex Fighting Omars bird... I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, exdraken said: Wow, great! With Series-Españolas decals? If at all I would probably do a blue grey ex Fighting Omars bird... I No, I have a Kinetic kit which comes with Spanish markings and includes enough codes to do any Spanish Hornet including the unit markings so I should be able to get what I need from that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, modelling minion said: No, I have a Kinetic kit which comes with Spanish markings and includes enough codes to do any Spanish Hornet including the unit markings so I should be able to get what I need from that. hmmm not sure which kit you have of course... the A+, etc (Canada, Australia, Spain) boxing? be careful, I do not fully know yet if any of the current Hornet Squadrons (Ala-12, 15, 46 that are included in that boxing) ever operated the cool aggressor schemes... I am sure of Ala- 21 when based in Moron/ Seville.. but they since converted to the F-5M and handed its Hornets down to Ala-46 in the Canary islands, that used to operate Mirage F1 before that... another option is Ala-11, now operating Eurofighters from Morón. you might miss squadron markings and colored warnings... https://series-espanolas.com/en/93-se1048-spanish-aggressors-148th-scale e.g. 21-02 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjgFqjnXkAYpviX.jpg or 21-04 from this great build thread by the way: https://maquetas.mforos.com/353330/13017257-f-a-18a-kinetic-1-48-espanol/ or 21-08: https://maquetas.mforos.com/353330/13017257-f-a-18a-kinetic-1-48-espanol/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 12 hours ago, Paul J said: Good to see this GB is looming very quickly now. As I have mentioned earlier here I have three 1/72 Academy legacy Hornets and a number of Leading Edge decal sets... more than I need. In order to keep within the rules, I will offer these in the for sale thread. I see in the kit decals Spanish and RAAF options, so I may build one of these as well as an RCAF one. I think they will keep me busy during the time of the GB. Keeeeeep Bugging!! Seems were in the same boat, I have 1/2 dozen hornets received from an inheritance. I will likely not build them all, and they also came with CAF decals and some A/M. Im probably going to sell a couple of them off soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/28/2021 at 9:13 AM, Paul J said: Good to see this GB is looming It's getting quite exciting. I'm in the mood for an aeroplane, having spent the last few weeks in armour. I've had a good look at the Meng 'E' and discovered that there's no need to panic - it looks like a straightforward build, judging from the instructions, at least. In fact, the instructions are probably the hardest part, they are small format and easy to misunderstand. I have been very disappointed to realise that the box art made use of a lot of artistic licence and has little in common with the paint scheme as detailed in the instructions. Since it was the painting on the box that attracted me to the kit, I might well decide to follow it anyway and claim that the blue upper wing surfaces are the effect of the evening light. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/29/2021 at 12:31 PM, Bertie Psmith said: blue upper wing surfaces ? It is a rather standard Superhornet scheme with Felix 100 paint on top... Black spine with red trim, black tails eith red leading edges... Nothing too fancy in respect to CAG birds! Several jets wore this scheme more or less identically over the years: https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/VFA/VFA-31_DAT/VFA-31-squadron-photo-066.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 22 hours ago, exdraken said: the A+, etc (Canada, Australia, Spain) boxing? Thats the one Werner. The aircraft I plan on doing is coded 21-08 and doesn't have any squadron badges, just the codes and national markings as well as the original American stencils which I have taken care of by getting a 1/48 Hi Decal set for the Hornet which has the markings of an adversary in this colour scheme. One of the options on the kit sheet is 12-08 so that takes care of the codes very nicely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatol Pigwa Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hello everyone, With the GB kicking off in roughly ten days (depending on location and time of reading this message) it is time to prepare your workbench and get your tools and kit ready. The only thing missing is a cool F/A-18 quote for the GB thread. If someone has an idea I'd gladly appropriate it for the GB 😉 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 8 hours ago, Anatol Pigwa said: Hello everyone, With the GB kicking off in roughly ten days (depending on location and time of reading this message) it is time to prepare your workbench and get your tools and kit ready. The only thing missing is a cool F/A-18 quote for the GB thread. If someone has an idea I'd gladly appropriate it for the GB 😉 How about „Jack of all trades - master of none“ ? Perfectly describes the multirole F/A-18. (Phrase coined by Vincent „Jell-O“ Aiello, surely he won‘t mind if we used it here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatol Pigwa Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Sam said: How about „Jack of all trades - master of none“ ? Perfectly describes the multirole F/A-18. (Phrase coined by Vincent „Jell-O“ Aiello, surely he won‘t mind if we used it here). I actually was thinking along those lines as well, though in order to bring a more positive spin, I'd omit the second part Another idea is the "swiss army knife aircraft" which weaves neatly one of the users in as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The Hornet is the only true multi/ omni role jet out there or call it compromise if you want! .. even the Rafale, the closest one has specialised version for the carrier employment... with higher weight and less payload for the M version... And the only other one before was the F-4 Phantom.... and before the Skyhawk maybe... I still wonder why counties without the carrier rrwuirement buy the Super Hornet.... it must do lots of things right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 4 hours ago, exdraken said: The Hornet is the only true multi/ omni role jet out there or call it compromise if you want! .. even the Rafale, the closest one has specialised version for the carrier employment... with higher weight and less payload for the M version... And the only other one before was the F-4 Phantom.... and before the Skyhawk maybe... I still wonder why counties without the carrier rrwuirement buy the Super Hornet.... it must do lots of things right! Yes it was (legacy) and is (superbug) a mighty good machine, very versatile, and lovely nose-authority. However, for any mission, from SEAD to FAC-A, there is an outfit which can do it better. Is any western type capable of combining all the missions better than a F/A-18? I don‘t think so, as the F-35 comes in three singleseat subtypes, so in my opinion it doesn’t qualify as „one type does it all“. Every nation’s ministry of defense has a lot of beancounters…. So yes: The Hornet is a „lot of bang for your buck“! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 A pitiful output this year but one of nine finished project's was the very enjoyable Hobbyboss 1/72 easykit which left a spare set of Blue Angel's decals beging to be used so I'll be along later in the GB with another. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/29/2021 at 1:44 PM, exdraken said: ? It is a rather standard Superhornet scheme with Felix 100 paint on top... Black spine with red trim, black tails eith red leading edges... Nothing too fancy in respect to CAG birds! Several jets wore this scheme more or less identically over the years: https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/VFA/VFA-31_DAT/VFA-31-squadron-photo-066.jpg That one appears to have blue upper surfaces too! I realise it's just the way the evening light is falling from the side, but I see now where Meng's Box-Artist got his inspiration. The grey paint takes on the hue of the light falling on it very strikingly. Thanks very much for posting the picture. Now I'm thinking, why not paint the model as though it's being lit by golden light from one side? It would have cold dark blues in the shadowed areas and warm orange hues in the lit portions. This sort of thing is common among figure painters but I haven't seen it done with an aeroplane before. It's definitely worth considering. This is a crude attempt at the technique which I painted three years ago. The 'Lord of Hell' is looking out over the lakes of fire... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 My favourite F-18 quote was from the rambling, bizarre Charlie Sheen radio interview from 2011: "I'm an F-18, bro. I will destroy you in the air and deploy my ordnance to the ground" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I'm away from the modelling bench on holiday at the moment and doing some 3D part design and decal design work for some modelling projects to get stuck in to when I get home, including my Hornet for the F/A-18 STGB which needs something to stick under one of its wings: It's a QTEP (Quick Test Experimental Pod). I'm going to build a NASA F/A-18B and want to hang something under a wing (apart from drop tanks) - this is the only thing I found in an image search. It was used to test the landing radar for the Mars Scientific Laboratory mission which took the Curiosity rover to Mars - the Hornet flew steep dives over Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave desert to simulate what the MSL's radar would see on its approach to Mars. Going to need to draw some decals for it next. cheers Julian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlueDad Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Can I join this please? I’m going with the Academy F/A-18E Super Hornet plus some Eduard PE details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatol Pigwa Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 01/01/2022 at 09:57, GlueDad said: Can I join this please? I’m going with the Academy F/A-18E Super Hornet plus some Eduard PE details. Of course! Join away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) On 12/27/2021 at 9:36 PM, exdraken said: either the extinction fearing Ala 46 from the Canary Islands As far as I know they are getting Typhoons in a couple of years. Some Spanish Hornets at Gando last year for Ocean Sky And a local Edited January 2, 2022 by Lex77 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Well, I have to be in on this one. Not sure what I'll build yet though. leading the pack would be Hasegawa's EA-18G Growler in 1/72 with TwoBobs CoNA decals. Hopefully I put those in the box because I can't find them in my decal stash 😞 Other options are Revell's E or F in 1/72, also with CoNA decals (I bought the whole CoNA pack from TwoBobs when it came out and have only built one, the VFA-106 C model) Plus I have 2-3 Academy kits in 1/72 including the Canuck Models rebox. I think all A's, although I might have one C. Probably will save the Canuck BoB scheme for the Canadian GB later this year, but I could do an RCAF line bird or maybe an RAAF one with the box decals (I only have 2-3 of the Academy Foreign Service sheets lying around, plus a set to do every RCAF Hornet in line schemes). Oh, and ye old Hasegawa prototype kit too. The ancient boxing with all-Japanese instructions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I received my 1/48 Meng Foxtrot a couple of days ago. It looks awesome!!! Plan is to build it out of the box as a VF-103 bird. Might only use aftermarket decals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I didn't mean to... but I just placed an order for an Academy 1:72 F/A-18C kit, F4-dable decals Export Bugs (1) sheet and Eduard paint masks for the kit . Our son got trained as a Hornet auxiliary mechanic and an armourer/weapons squad leader in Ilmavoimat and served in a squadron at the Arctic circle . Counting together the timing of this STGB and that he's having his 22nd birthday in the end of February, how could any decent and proud dad resist building him a model of one of his former 1:1 scale toys for a present, eh? I'll build the HN out of the box but update the weapons from my spares - AIM-9X:s, AIM-120C:s, a Litening-pod and a pair of JDAM:s, perhaps? V-P 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Remind me again, how difficult was it to modify Academy Legacy Hornet wings to drop the flaps and slats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Hmmm Kinetic or Hasegawa for a 1/48 Spanish F/A-18M?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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