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Testor's 1/48 Scale F-18 Hornet

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    November 2005
Testor's 1/48 Scale F-18 Hornet
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:52 PM
Hey guys! I've had this kit sittin around for years and was wondering if Testor's actually made it or if another company made it. I wanna start gettin my "extras" for it so any help would be perfect.

BTW, they kit is very nice. Ressesed lines and pretty good detail. Thanks!
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:58 PM
Ropie. I built that kit for the Community Build Project recently, and unfortunately wasn't very impressed with it. There were significant gaps in the wing joints and the panel lines were weak and inconsistent all over the model. Maybe I just go a bad kit??
I have a couple of friends that built the Revell kit and I think it is quite a bit better.

I do not know if it was made by another company. Good luck with your build, hopefully you have better luck than I did...

M.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 25, 2003 9:24 AM
Among my many Hornets, I have one Testors one. I'm currently working on it. I got mine mainly to use the FLIR and LTD/CAM pods and adapter fairings for a Revell/Monogram project. Eventually, some of her major parts including vertical fins and cockpit went to an AMT Hornet. I have enough spares to build a nice model out of the Testors. Were it not for all the replacement parts for it, I probably wouldn't be doing it. It lacks some of the finer details that the Monogram kit includes, and it does have rather soft recessed panel lines. On the plus side though it does have parts for either a one seater or two, and the decals are pretty good. The bottom line: for a fun, easy, and in the end attractive build, go for it- For accuracy and detail go for Monogram or Hasegawa.
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