I just started a Matchbox 1/144 F-18 and discovered it's a prototype. Are there any out there that are production versions? Interestingly, I spotted that the starboard horizontal stabiliser is moulded at the wrong angle. I found some 1/72 drawings and reduced them to 1/144 to check. It looks like I'm going to saw off the stab and file it down to get the correct angle. That's Plan A. Plan B involves scratching one out of sheet plastic.
Bill Banaszak, MFE
Check out the new Revell AG kit. It is a production variant and is an excellent kit.
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Jim Bates
HI JIm, kinda sneaked out that one didn't it?
IIRC, the L&S ones, and the latter Revell G CF-188
Cool! I wasn't sure that wasn't just a re-hash of the Matchbox. I'll have to watch Squadron's January flyer whenever it arrives here.
Bill Banaszak, MFE
Didn't DML also put out an F-18 along with a bunch of other 1/144 scale modern jets?
Dave,
No question. I was kind of nervous to buy it, worried it was a DML or old LS tool. Thankfully that wasn't the case. Great kit. I want to know why we get a new tool 1/144 Hunter and CF-18, but no new 1/72 Hunter or CF-18!
Jim Bates
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