Finished her up today! I'm really excited to present this one Way more work than I thought it would be so I'm stoked I didn't goof anything up and it came together looking sweet. I built her primarily out of the box. I added some wiring in each of the gear bays, made my own FOD covers, custom printed decals, the frame to hold the nose, and ended up making some wing fold hinge covers because the kit ones were just too out of scale to be prominently displayed. I drew my own masks in Silhouette Designer based on Syhart decals and a huge walk-around that I found online.
Let's start with my favorite pic...
I wasn't quite exactly in the middle for this pic. The canopy look skewed here but it isn't. I'm just happy Captain Dexterity here didn't drop the camera on it lol
And the big finish, I love this graphic!
F/A-18F Trumpeter 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation
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I dig the funky digital scheme but you are a brave man to pull it off. Well done!
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Holy Jehosevah!
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Crazy good
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This is awesome. But there should have been a disclaimer on the decals about causing an epileptic seizure
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Man I am overwhelmed at this model!
That is when I could focus on it! You sir are now enrolled in the rolls of Senior Master Modelers with Huge Stones of Brass!
That is when I could focus on it! You sir are now enrolled in the rolls of Senior Master Modelers with Huge Stones of Brass!
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Absolutely incredible work!! Best Hornet I’ve seen in a while!
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Re: F/A-18F Trumpeter 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation
Too funnytempestjohnny wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 2:41 am This is awesome. But there should have been a disclaimer on the decals about causing an epileptic seizure
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Thanks Mike! Glad you stopped in to check it outMedicman71 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:24 pm Absolutely incredible work!! Best Hornet I’ve seen in a while!
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Re: F/A-18F Trumpeter 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation
Maddog your the bomb, thanks manDuke Maddog wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 2:27 pm Man I am overwhelmed at this model!
That is when I could focus on it! You sir are now enrolled in the rolls of Senior Master Modelers with Huge Stones of Brass!