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No problem Harv. I'll try to load up my B-25 and A-10 pics tomorrow when I'm at work as the 'puter at home is sick and the wife's IPod won't let me jam a memory stick in it.

Starting this out so it'll be easier to get to while working on my build. Will update as I move along. Cheers, and feel free to use whatever you need whenever you need! Sorry for the "through the glass" cockpit shots.. Pilot was on lunch break. http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/ladder4boy/library/F-18C%20165196 This should be easier to look through than the slide show

Harv.. Haven't been around much for the past week and just read about your stent procedure.. Glad to hear everything came out okay! I've heard that building models can be very relaxing and therapeutic... So I believe you should be able to use that as an excuse to stay in your PJ's and fondle some plastic for the next week or so! Glad your back buddy.. Jerry

Hi guys. For my first build on here, I'm going to attempt to build (and finish!) Academy's wonderful kit. I've previously built one of these OOB for a friend of mine, so I've got a pretty good handle on some of the kits pitfalls. These one will be fairly heavily modified as I've amassed a fairly substantial amount of AM goodies for it. Finished product will be BuNo 164264 VMFA-122 Werewolves commanders plane. Here's the obligatory goody picture... Full list of goodies.. -Aires exhaust nozzles (will only be using the innards of this one..will be scratch building the petals due to the resin part being way under-sized) -Aires wheel bays -Aires cockpit set -black box cockpit set (late). Will be using parts of both of these. -Eduard interior, exterior, mesh set, armament, and ejectIon seat details -Legend SJU-17 seats (according to Dave Roof, these are the most accurate) -D-Mold or Seamless suckers intakes.. Gonna try both out and see which ones I like best. -F-4Dable models chaff/flare dispenser set. Necessary for late model Hornets as it updates to the dual chaff/flare suite and adds the scoops on the gear bay doors. -Two-Bobs decal sheet -DACO publications book on the Hornet as well as walk-around pics I took of a late model hornet that I took at a Seymour Johnson air show a couple years ago for reference. I'll be posting my ref pics during the build for you guys to copy if you want them. This will be a fairly slow build as work is keeping me extremely busy at the moment, but I'd like to finish it in 6 months or so for my LHS modeling contest this fall. I welcome all criticism and help along the way! Cheers guys, Jerry

i would dig it out harv, but i don't want to steal your 'thunder' for having the longest ongoing build on here! :-) seriously, i screwed the pooch on some parts of it so bad i've got about a months worth of "undoing" before i could start back "doing". besides, i just spent about $100 on aftermarket for another f-18... and it's pretty much a blank canvas, so i'm gonna pull that out and give her a go tomorrow. stuck out here at the racetrack all day today so after i recoup from heatstroke tomorrow i'll get some picks and start posting. in the meantime, i've still got a donor trumpy p-38 from a friend for spare parts, so if you need any replacement parts, let me know! 'cept for the canopy.. that's the part i boogered up the worst!!!!! cheers, Jerry

Coming along swimmingly Harv! Glad to see you still bangin' away on this one.. Gives me faith that I'll eventually finish something one day! This is one of the first kits I bought when I got back into the hobby a couple of years ago. I got the full eduard set for it along with the verlinden cockpit and gun bay set.. had big dreams and aspirations for it. Started working on the flaps and quickly exceeded my abilities so it's been lingering near the bottom of the stash ever since... Every time I see you working on yours it makes me wanna drag it back out and make myself a "Putt Putt Maru". Keep up the good work and inspiration! Cheers, Jerry