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Gallery Article by Rob Melehan |
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This is Hasegawa's excellent F-18D Hornet in 1/48 scale. Much has been written
of Hasegawa's 1/48 scale family of Bugs, so I won't go into any great detail.
I
used the fantastic cockpit from Black Box for this Bug, which fit as advertised
and cause me no grief. I, however, lost one of the sidesticks for the rear
cockpit after it was launched from the end of a pair of tweezers into the
carpet. The kit went together pretty well with no major fit problems, though
some filling was required on the intakes.
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I used the kit
decals for VMFA(AW)-242 'Bats.' My kit sheet's stencils were a little
misaligned, so I ended up swiping some from my Hasegawa F-18C, and not
using others. the CATM-9L on the wingtip came from Hasegawa's 1/48 Weapons Set
C. I have yet to decide what I am going to hang on the outboard underwing
stores stations, if anything, but I am leaning towards one or two Multiple
Ejector Racks.
The model was
painted with Model Master enamels. Future Floor Polish was used as the gloss
coat, and PollyScale Clear Flat was used for the flat coat. Weathering was
accomplished with what has become my standard technique, an artist oil 'sludge
wash' and an application of 'Doc O'Brien's Weathering Powders.'
Rob Melehan
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