Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

[BlackSheep214]

but, you don't have to paint it!



Right.

Looking good, Carlos. I've seen the Thunderbirds a few times but the Blue Angels once or twice in the past. Griffiss AFB in Rome used to host airshow every year up until the BRAC officially closed the base back in the late 80s - early 90s.

Airshow are few and far in between in Central NY these days aside from Geneseo Air Museum in early July. They don't fly jet demo teams there.

[Stikpusher]

but, you don't have to paint it!



Right.

No you don’t. I vaguely recall building a snap together Blue Angels Hornet with one of my kids long ago… blue plastic, just add the stickers…

[tempestjohnny]

I built the same one with my son. Has to be 15+ years ago

[Medicman71]

Todays progress report… basic construction completed… all I need to do is add a few bits here and there, but it’s ready for painting…



Looks like a Hornet now.

Hello there baby.

[Stikpusher]

After encountering a few problems with the decals on my Thunderstreak build, I decided to go with some AM Blue Angels decals for this project and ordered them last week. These arrived in the mail over the weekend.

[Stikpusher]

I did a little more work on this today.

I had puttied up a divot on the underside of the radome where it meets the bottom of the fuselage. After letting that dry overnight, I sanded that smooth. Then once that was done I added the wingtip Sidewinder rails



Once those had dried, I added some Micro Krystal Klear into the spot where the projection lens for the HUD is on the IP hood




Tomorrow I'm going to mask off the wheel wells and intakes, then paint the underside in the Humbrol Gloss Midnight Blue... at least that's the plan...

[tempestjohnny]

Looks really good. What white do you use? It covered that dark blue nicely

[Stikpusher]

Thanks TJ. I used Tamiya White Liquid Surface Primer, followed up with Tamiya Gloss White.

[Stikpusher]

Today's update:
Gloss Blue airbrushed on to the lower surfaces



I'm going to let it dry overnite, then do the upper surface tomorrow...

[tempestjohnny]

Thanks for the heads up on the white. Blue looks good