Pulled this one out of the stash since I used my old Revell build as a paint mule. This is the first kit by Hobby Boss that I have done, and I have to say I'm not impressed. The instructions were lacking big time. They didn't call out paint colors for a lot of parts. Most kits will call out a few different colors for the cockpit, this one literally only gray.
The load out I found out afterwards was pictured wrong. I should of just looked up pictures, but at that point I just wanted it off my bench. I had a heck of a time trying to fit the armament in there.
The decals were also quite brittle, some tried to curl as soon as I took them off the backing. The intake decals weren't even readable. It was like the red ink bleed when they were printed, so I pulled some from the spares bin.
On the plus side, the fit wasn't bad. I only really had to take care of the main fuselage seam. The armament fit was a bit crappy though. Better than the Revell kit I built a couple years at least. I still may pick up the Hasegawa kit one of these days and do that one. I kind of like how you can fold the wings with that one. I did have that kit, bought second hand, but it was missing some major pieces.
Anyway, a few pics.
Still waiting on my Hornet to arrive in the mail, don't even have an estimated delivery date. So I'll have to decide if I'm going to keep building Navy birds while I wait. I've got several more in the stash, Crusader, Demon, Fury, F4U Corsair, Skyraider, and possibly a couple more I'm forgetting.