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Have I not showen the Hornets? Should I?

Italeri F/A-18E Super Hornet, Furbal Decals, Tamiya Pilot, Hobbyboss Harpoons..

Super nice!

One of my favourite aircraft. Never heard of this Italeri kit.

Go on and show some jets, Cherry!

Nice work (once again!). Any issues with this kit? I have it in my stash and was wondering if there is anything I need to watch out for when I get around to building it.
BTW, the missiles are SLAMs, (Stand off Land Attack Missile) an Electro Optical guided cousin of the Harpoon, and not Harpoons, which are radar guided. The clear dome on the seeker head vs. a solid radome is the prime differentiating feature between them.

Stikpusher wrote:Nice work (once again!). Any issues with this kit? I have it in my stash and was wondering if there is anything I need to watch out for when I get around to building it.
BTW, the missiles are SLAMs, (Stand off Land Attack Missile) an Electro Optical guided cousin of the Harpoon, and not Harpoons, which are radar guided. The clear dome on the seeker head vs. a solid radome is the prime differentiating feature between them.

Thanks Stik for the correction.

Yes the Italeri kit has some issues
-poor cockpit, instruments only with decals, ok closed the conopy and add pilot
-wheels without any profil, grrr new one are seldom and about 10euro for a 15euro kit, no!
-incorrect missles, replaced by better one from stash
-minimum marking decals, furball replacement
-has a speedbrake on fuselage (not on real Super Hornets), filler and grinding on a bad position,grrrrr

on the end you see the build on, it is possible but if you look for a kit, look for the Revell it is better, and yes Hasegawa is the best.

Revell F/A-18F; VFA-213; NAS Oceana; Februar 2006 CAG-Bird; Black Lions; Superscale Decals


Monogram F/A-18E VFA-14 Tophatters, USS Nimitz, April 2002

Revell F/A-18F; VFA-154 „Black Knights“, USS Nimitz, 2013; Furball Decals







Zwesta "Skipper"

Man! You've gone buggy! Nice bunch of Hornets

Revell CF-188A; 441 Squadron; 50 Jahre D-Day, 1994






Revell F/A-18C; VFA-125 Rough Riders,"Raider 300", April 2008





Hobbyboss F/A-18D; VFA-125 Rough Riders,Mai 2009





Revell F/A-18C;VFA-25 "Fist of Fleet", USS Independence, 1990 "Operation Desert Shield"





Revell F/-18C VFA-113 Stingers; USS Indepedence, 1990

Man... I'm loving all those Rhinos!!!