F/A-18 Hornet
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F18 Hornet box
20050102
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F18 kit contents
20050108
The kit contains an nice instruction book and 4 parts trees
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F18 information
20050108
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F18 cockpit
20050113
The cockpit and nose gear container inside one half of the nose section
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F18 nose weights
20050113
Most aircraft models need weights in the nose to keep them from tipping over backward.
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F18 nose weights
20050113
Nose weighting provided by small nails and bicycle brake spacers.
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F18 pieced together
20050120
Putting major sections of airframe together to see what it looks like.
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Nose section
20050227
Completed the nose section, glued the body top and bottom
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Horizontal stabilizers
20050305
Attaching horizontal stabilizers, need coin stacks to keep them level while drying.
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Air intakes
20050306
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Ordnance
20050306
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Pod mounts
20050306
These pod mount fairings can hold Sparrows or FLIR/LDT pods
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F-18 ordnance painting
20050327
F-18 ordnance being painted
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f181802.jpg
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F18 Nose wheel well
20050613
Hornet nose wheel well
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F18 Basic aircraft completed
20050613
The Hornet's basic model completed, adding under-wing stores and decalling, etc to be done.
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F18 unpainted areas
20050615
These badly painted areas only show up in photographs
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F18 outside
20050617
The Hornet is put outside for spraying and drying. Here, the Testor's Glosscote is sprayed prior to decalling
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Decal sheet
20050619
Decal sheet for the F18. Includes decals for the US Navy and Canadian versions.
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F18
20050625
Almost complete. Needs a little weathering, under-wing stores, and a final coat of dullcote.
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F18
20050625
Almost complete. Needs a little weathering, under-wing stores, and a final coat of dullcote. (different angle from previous picture)
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F18 Hornet
20050702
The attempt at weathering. The paint got smeared.
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F18 Hornet
20050702
Completed (except the final coat of Dullcote)
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Nose interior
20060724
Inside the F18's nose, the cockpit and nose gear. The round things are weights.