I've got a Hasegawa F-18 kit on the way, and surprisingly, I haven't been able to find an online kit review. This is for the F-18A or C (I'm not sure which, a friend is "donating" it). I've checked my favorites (ARC, Modeling Madness, Hyperscale) and have come up with pretty much a blank. Any suggestions?
Don McIntyre Clarksville, TN
HmmnnnI can't find any either, but I have both the C and the D kits from Hasegawa and I can attest that they are without question the finest kits of the Hornet released to date. Seperate poseable surfaces, nice engraved, panel lines...short on ordnance, though. The only complaint.
I hope you end up with the C one - it has all the parts you need to build and early or later Lot C, or an A with a bit of work; mostly on the tails. I'd suggest buying a resin ejection seat - the True Details ones are just fine, and cheap. Other that and a set of decals of your choosing it will build into a fine model right out of the box, IMO.
Have fun building it.
I've always heard good things about Hasegawa's F-18s, I've got one of the old Monogram kits started (years ago!), I just never finished it. I know there's a ton of aftermarket stuff available for these kits too. Should be fun. Might have to order some decals from Two Bobs... If I get the right kit, I think a gunship gray Malaysian example would look too cool.
I have yet to see anyone do one of the Malaysian Hornets. I know some company has a set of decals out to do them all...there are only eight of them. Wish I could recall that decal sheet...anyway, I do know they are overall FS 36118. Quite an easy paintscheme. Yes - they are cool looking.
Check Two-Bobs decals,
For some reason Two-Bobs isn't letting my on their site right now.
Is this the sheet with both the "as delivered" and "corrected" Malaysian national roundels? That's the one I was thinking of, I just can't recall who does/did it. (There were a few screw-ups at the factory with the initial paint on these jets...)
That's because it should be
That's better...but I can't find any evidence that Two-Bobs ever produced a set of decals for TUDM Hornets.
I think this is the set I was thinking of:
That's the one I was thinking of as well. The sheet isn't manufactured by Two Bobs, it's imported by them. Just looked at the site, and unfortunately it appears that Malaysia only bought two-seaters. 8-( Oh, sorry about the "two bos.net." Don
Yes - that's correct. Only D models, and only eight of them.
Interesting decal set, in that it captures both the "as delivered" paint mistake in the roundels, and the correction applied by the Malaysians.
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