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Wilbur Wright The Hasegawa F-18's in 48th scale are tremendous. They are worth the cost. I've built the A and D varients.
The Hasegawa F-18's in 48th scale are tremendous. They are worth the cost. I've built the A and D varients.
Another thing that bothers me about the Hasegawa kits is the lack of a full length intake trunk
That does not surprise me about the Hobbyboss Hornet. Trumpeter/Hobbyboss make nice kits, but they tend to have some gaffes of one sort or another. And for the cost of their kits that really should not be happening.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
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stikpusher I've built the Monogram A, and it builds up nice enough. But it has some fit challenges. As well as the stabilator design being a bit fragile. Not the best, but not horrid either. Has anybody built the Hobbyboss Hornets?
I've built the Monogram A, and it builds up nice enough. But it has some fit challenges. As well as the stabilator design being a bit fragile. Not the best, but not horrid either.
Has anybody built the Hobbyboss Hornets?
I thought I read somewhere that the Hobbyboss one had accuracy issues. I've never built it, though.
Thanks for that information. I'll be sure to look for that when I get to building it.
On the Bench: Lots of unfinished projects!
Yeah, the problem I found, was that there was a thin section between nose area right in front of the cockpit and the cockpit itself that didn't want to fit properly. I ended up trying to cut the front section away from the cockpit itself, but it still wanted to sit proud in the bottom part of the fuselage no matter how hard I tried.
The only F/A-18's I've ever built were the old Revell/Monogram kits in the late 90's and most recently, the F/A-18E Super Hornet. Both of which, from what I remember all had various issues.
I just purchased the Kinetic F/A-18C and plan on building this as a Marine Corps Aggressor aircraft called "Russian Splendor". I've read that there are some challenges with the nose on this kit. I'm sure that, as with any kit, there are likely to be issues and challenges that will be found. I've read about the terrible instructions with these kits and hopefully I can make something decent out of the kit.
So, I have the urge to add an F/A-18 to my stash. It will be built up as a Marine Corps version, so either an A+ or C.
My question is, which one is the most accurate, which one fits the best? Is there one that is a good compromise of fit and accuracy or is there one that is both accurate and fits nicely. All the searching on Google I've done says that Hasegawa is, hands down, the best. But, I saw my buddy's Hasegawa F/A-18C and I noticed that there were some fit issues that he didn't care to address, noteably where the bottom of the wing fits into the top. Also, before I had built up any sort of experience, I tried one of the Kinetic ones, and I made a disaster out of that and scrapped it. The instructions were awful, and fitting the top half to the bottom half at the nose sucked, and the canopy didn't even fit right.
Anyhow, understanding that this is all subjective to each individual modeler, please give me your opinions. Thank you.
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