F/A-18C
VFA-86 Sidewinders Hi, this is my Hobbyboss 1/48 F/A-18C (late version) BuNo 165200 VFA-86 Sidewinders MCAS Beaufort, NC January, 2011.
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I heavily modified this kit with resin parts that I made which include; the flap hinges, vertical tails, splitter plates, GPS dome,
exhaust nozzles and the underside chaff dispensers. I used Aires cockpit set, electronics bay, and radar.
The decals came from Two Bobs apart from the two on the exhaust nozzle covers, which I had made for me.
I scratchbuilt extra detail on the landing gear,
weighted the tyres and replaced the vents on the underside of the nose from the early C variant to the later mesh style that's found on the later C variant. Plus other antennas built from evergreen stock, I used Gunze acrylcs paints on all parts except for the metal on the nozzles which were painted with Alclad II.
Michael Hickey
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