1/72 Hasegawa EA-18G (finished, pg 7)

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Donkey shorts! (that's German for "thank you"! :tongue: )

Managed to squeeze in little bits of time during the week, last night and today.
Got all the fiddlies built, painted, glossed, decaled, washed, dullcoated and ready to go!

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I like having all the "finishing bits" done! Normally, those get done last, and I really don't enjoy doing them all that much...I just want to be done!
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Holy Swiss Cheese!!! :yikes:


A few questions: how well did those Scorpion decals go on the tails?--Hasegawa cals are notoriously thick...

Which missiles are the Eduard ones, and we're they improvements over the kit ones?

Where did you find those tiny Scorpion tails? :lashed:

...AND...where the frick are the wings!!!??? :ballbat:
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Manny1943 wrote:Holy Swiss Cheese!!! :yikes:


A few questions: how well did those Scorpion decals go on the tails?--Hasegawa cals are notoriously thick...

Which missiles are the Eduard ones, and we're they improvements over the kit ones?

Where did you find those tiny Scorpion tails? :lashed:

...AND...where the frick are the wings!!!??? :ballbat:
Decals...I think, maybe, Hasegawa has finally gotten the hint that their decals suck! This set is probably the best I have seen come out of a Hasegawa box. I'm not giving them a ton of praise, but they are better than the usual.

Missiles...the white ones. And yes, they are an improvement over the kit parts(which could get a "pass")

Tiny tails....came right out of rd and white paint jars! Sprayed the FOD covers with white, then red. Cut out a tiny scorp tail mask(just one)...sprayed black over it...transfered mask to other FOD cover, sprayed black. Brushed on bits of white for the highlights and stinger.....bing, bang, boom...easy like Sunday mornin!

Wings...should be here any day now!
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Okay, those were pretty good answers. :hmm:

BUTT...what are those weirdly shaped pods with the little propellers on the front??? :Beaver:
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Manny1943 wrote:Okay, those were pretty good answers. :hmm:

BUTT...what are those weirdly shaped pods with the little propellers on the front??? :Beaver:
ALQ-99's.
The center one is for low band, the outer 2 are high band, jamming pods.

"The ALQ-99 is an airborne integrated jamming system designed and manufactured by EDO Corporation. Receiver equipment and antennas are mounted in a fin-tip pod while jamming transmitters and exciter equipment are located in under-wing pods. The system is capable of intercepting, automatically processing and jamming received radio frequency signals.[1] The system receivers can also be used to detect, identify and direction find those signals, providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) either automatically or manually.[2]"

"The poor reliability of the ALQ-99 and frequent failures of the Built-In Test (BIT) have caused crew to fly missions with real faults;".... :hmm: ...maybe that's why they carry more than one!
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Fermis wrote:
Manny1943 wrote:Okay, those were pretty good answers. :hmm:

BUTT...what are those weirdly shaped pods with the little propellers on the front??? :Beaver:
ALQ-99's.
The center one is for low band, the outer 2 are high band, jamming pods.

"The ALQ-99 is an airborne integrated jamming system designed and manufactured by EDO Corporation. Receiver equipment and antennas are mounted in a fin-tip pod while jamming transmitters and exciter equipment are located in under-wing pods. The system is capable of intercepting, automatically processing and jamming received radio frequency signals.[1] The system receivers can also be used to detect, identify and direction find those signals, providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) either automatically or manually.[2]"

"The poor reliability of the ALQ-99 and frequent failures of the Built-In Test (BIT) have caused crew to fly missions with real faults;".... :hmm: ...maybe that's why they carry more than one!

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Thought you had a wing-fold... :bored:
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Awesome work as always Fermis! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Very nice work - your detailing on 1/72 is always very nice.
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portman wrote:Very nice work - your detailing on 1/72 is always very nice.
Yeah it is...although all that talk about a wing-fold seems to be a BIG bluff... :bored:
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