F/A-18 C BuNo 164264

[Jprice]

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

[Dave J]

Nice! I will be looking forward to this!

[smitty44]

Yes!! I'm ready!! 

[Jamme]

NIce choice Jerry.

I take a seat on the first row.

Cheers,

Jamme

[Grant]

Nice ......... looking forward to this one!