1/48 Hasegawa F-18's &

Grand Pheonix F-3 Demon 

by Shawn Phantom Weiler

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Here are some new Super Hornets and a good old F-3 Demon.

The Super Hornets are both 1/48 Hasegawa built OOB. Only add ons are the Two-Bobs decals and masking tape seat belts. The light blue is how the plane was delivered from the factory. Some in the squadron did not like it. Same deal on the ARC discussion board. Some liked it others did not.

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Well long story short. Couple months later the squadron repainted it with a darker blue. The darker blue one also has been built with folded wings. This option can also be done OOB. Everything you need and instructions are very simple and right there in the box.

 

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These bottom shots are of my Grand Pheonix F-3 Demon. Not at all an easy build. Actually I ripped it apart twice during its build.  The resin is beautiful but the instructions are really lacking. The poor instructions and a lack of reference material went hand in hand in the complete tear down and rebuild of this one. However at the end of the day the build still turned out good.

Should you build it make sure you use one heck of a lot of nose weight. This one is VERY tail heavy.

Shawn 

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Photos and text © by Shawn Phantom Weiler