Revell 1/48 F/A-18F

Thanks, it looks to be 2014-15

That is just fantastic!  I love the yellow, great job!

toshi

Thats a nice looking Hornet, i like the weathering effects on the wings, black baseing i am guessing. really well done.

Thanks toshi and Bish, 

It is black basing. The majority of the weathering is all done with oils. It's something I am learning as I go.

Its come out really well. I am still trying to get the hang on black baseing, i'm a bit to heavy handed when it comes to laying down paint.

Beautiful.  Have been wanting to do a Hornet for quite awhile.  Used to work at McDD in St. Louis.  Built almost every kit that came out of F-4 and F-15, but left just as kits for -18 were coming out.

I like the finish!

Thanks​ everyone, I am getting this whole grey aircraft thing kinda down

echolmberg

Holy smokes! All I can say is "WOW!" I've got that same kit rising to the top of my "to do" list but I think I'm going to do it in the marking of Pax Naval Air Station. I used to live close to it when I was growing up so I think I'll go that route. Now that I see how your build turned out, I dunno man, I'm now thinking of using those markings instead! Congrats on turning out an amazing looking kit! I hope mine turns out even remotely as good as yours. Eric

 

Thanks Echolmberg,

     I think the Pax markings are pretty sharp. The only reason I went with this one is that the majority of the revell builds of this release I have seen are all done in the Pax markings. To be different I went with the swordsman markings instead and was pretty happy with the result.

Really nice example of an F-18. Good work again! 

Max

B_one fixer

 

 

echolmberg

Holy smokes! All I can say is "WOW!" I've got that same kit rising to the top of my "to do" list but I think I'm going to do it in the marking of Pax Naval Air Station. I used to live close to it when I was growing up so I think I'll go that route. Now that I see how your build turned out, I dunno man, I'm now thinking of using those markings instead! Congrats on turning out an amazing looking kit! I hope mine turns out even remotely as good as yours. Eric

 

 

 

 

Thanks Echolmberg,

     I think the Pax markings are pretty sharp. The only reason I went with this one is that the majority of the revell builds of this release I have seen are all done in the Pax markings. To be different I went with the swordsman markings instead and was pretty happy with the result.

 

To be honest with you, I think the only reason I haven't started on my F/A-18F is because I simply cannot decide which of the two markings to go with!  In reality, I think it might be one of those situations where, no matter which markings you choose, you just can't lose.

Eric