The Hornet's Nest GB 10/10-10/11

I agree with steve. the length of the GB is long anyway. maybe mid/early sept?

Right on guys, I think you are right.  We shall press on as scheduled.  Thanks for chiming in!

Awesome pic Frank, Man he looks really low....

Just found this one....

Reporting for duty Sir !

Here's my new ride!

And what I'm butchering to make it!

Looks like it will be a lot of fun here!

CHEERS!

Julez- AWESOME pic, never seen that one before!  Anyone else have some cool Hornet photos?  Please, feel free to post your favorites!

Darren- aboard mate!  Great to have you here, and what a striking (and fitting) CAG scheme- never thought a lot about that one until I saw you were building it.  I looked at it more closely, and WOW!  What a cool looking bird.  Great intro photo too, well done.

Frank, holy crap those Blue Angels pilots really dice with death don't they.....Oh yeah the RAAF only recently released that pic....

Tango, good to see you here, love that scheme you have chosen, awesome

Yes nice sceme choice CAG!!!!

Julez, that is normal for the Blues!!! The solo's take offs are the low and high end of the Bug's performance envelope. The low end, they do a down and dirty roll after lift off. The high end, gets to take off speed sucks the gear up(no pull up) then hauls back on the stick! Impressive show from the start!!!

Hi guys,

My first post on this site.

I have been lurking here for a while, and saw this GB, what better opportunity to dust off my HobbyBoss 1:48 F/A-18A Hornet.

I'll be modelling it after an RAAF Hornet from no. 77 sqn. (this bad boy)

Also, apparently we have 5 new super hornets in town at the moment for weapons testing, might have to head down to Edinburgh and take a peek.

LOL, twisties, as soon as I saw that name I knew it had to be an aussie!!! Looking forward to your build mate!!!

not sure i fyou guys have seen this one. Probably have, but this is very similar to my build.

and on that note, anyone know of a good source for 1/144th pilots? I was going to hijack them from the dragon F-14, but after looking at them... looks like they were sculpted from continually melting chocolate.

Thanks for the warm welcome Chaps!

I love all the pics that are on display here, I will try and show some of my own later!

Here are some cool Hornet pics!

All I have to say is "digital Camo" scares me! Looks awsome though! I might try it.........some day!

Travis

twisties, I added you to the roster!  Glad to have you with us mate.

Great Hornet pics all.  Thanks for sharing. 

Daywalker, I will build 2 Hasegawa F/A-18F models in 1/72 and maybe a Revell F/A-18E in 1/48. 

Or better yet, we can vote on it if you all would like.  Both 1/72 or the single 1/48?   

macattack80

Great Hornet pics all.  Thanks for sharing. 

Daywalker, I will build 2 Hasegawa F/A-18F models in 1/72 and maybe a Revell F/A-18E in 1/48. 

Or better yet, we can vote on it if you all would like.  Both 1/72 or the single 1/48?   

Hmmm...

Do I pick the two kits, or the 1/48 kit... my vote is for the 1/48 F/A-18E.

i'd go for the 1/48 as well

Twisties, hey to the GB and the forums....It's good to have another RAAF build going on, thats one from 77 and one from 75...Sweet

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

This build should be interesting, first aircraft model in a looong time, plus I'm still not too good with the airbrush. Oh well, at least I enjoy this stuff.

Those were some fantastic pics of Hornets, I need to get some high vis decals for my kit. Ive been searching but nothing I like yet. Anybody have suggestions for a site where there is a good variety of high vis decals

Steve

Here is a pic of a Hornet

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Steve,

Here's a link to Fightertown Decals.  I have picked up a few of their sets, but haven't used them yet- plan to for this GB!  I have bought them from Sprue Bros, but also ordered from them direct for sheets that Sprue Bros doesn't carry.  Have fun looking through the options!

Twisties, i'm sure you will do fine with the 2 tone camo...BTW Nice Mirage pic in your avatar, i've got one of those to do as well....

Fran, thanks very much for the link to the decals, im going to brouse through them soon and see if anything strikes my fancy

Steve

Julez72

 

Now that is an AWESOME photo!  I bet that guy on the balcony needed clean shorts after that pass.

Glad to help Steve, hope you find some you like there.  BTW, I ran across this sheet from Afterburner Decals.

Love that stinging tail art!  I am thinking of trying an EA-18G Bug, but am having trouble trying to locate the conversion set for it.  Sprue Bros has been outta stock on the Steel Beach offerings for some time, and to be honest, I am unsure which of the two sets they offer I would need based on the photos on their website.  One set is listed "without pods", and the other with.  But, both photos look very similar.

Yeah imagine the vibration in that building.....

That scorpion tail art is very nice, the top one is an eye catcher

Frank, if you can find it you could just pick up Italeri's 1/48 Growler kit.  No conversion req'd.

Twobobs also carries some colorful CAG decal schemes.

Oh yeah, forgot about the Italeri offering!  Anyone have any experience with that kit?  I read at Cybermodeler that Italeri not only gives you the needed parts, they also updated the basic kit to address some issues with the previous offerings (E and F).  Two thumbs up to Italeri for doing that!

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Just thought I'd bump this thread back up to page 1.  Also found this video at Youtube, too bad it's a score instead of the jet sounds.

Frank,

You might as well build the divine scale kit because Pegasus doesn't make a F/A-18 kit.  I'd like to throw my hat in the ring with either the C or F model provided by the CAG as a Christmas gift a couple of years ago.  As for F/A-18 pics, I'm a little partial to this one as it was taken by meself at last years Alliance Air Show in Fort Worth.