VMFA-232 F/A-18C
1April 5, 2019VMFA-232, F/A-18C
2April 15, 2019VMFA-232 CO Aircraft
3April 5, 2019VMFA-232 CO Aircraft based out of Japan. These are the marking I am going to use
4April 5, 2019Squadron patch
5April 14, 2019The kit
6April 5, 2019Kit parts
7April 14, 2019
8April 14, 2019
9April 14, 2019
10April 5, 2019Kit decals, I will use markings for VMFA-232
11April 5, 2019I wash all my kits before starting work
12April 5, 2019Kit cockpit
13April 5, 2019Kit cocpkit. I added some small details
14April 5, 2019Added details to cockpit
15April 5, 2019I used the kit decals for the panels
16April 5, 2019Decales for panels
17April 5, 2019Cockpit painted and finished
18April 5, 2019Cockpit
19April 5, 2019I will use True Details resin seat
20April 5, 2019Resin seats are very nice
21April 5, 2019I washed resin seat in windex
22April 5, 2019Kit seat
23April 5, 2019Kit seat
24April 5, 2019Kit seat and resin seat
25April 5, 2019Resin seat
26April 5, 2019Added some weight
27April 5, 2019Cockpit installed
28April 5, 2019Kit airframe upper and lower
29April 5, 2019
30April 5, 2019
31April 5, 2019
32April 5, 2019Cockpit installed
33April 5, 2019Kit main wheel wells are very incorrect, so I will grind them out
34April 5, 2019Grind out wheel wells
35April 5, 2019Grind out main wheel wells
36April 5, 2019New wheel wells detail
37April 5, 2019New wheel well in place
38April 5, 2019The kit does not have any intake ducts you could see inside so I made one out of thin plactic
39April 5, 2019New intakes
40April 5, 2019New intakes
41April 5, 2019New intakes much better
42April 5, 2019
43April 5, 2019Intakes
44April 5, 2019New intakes and wheel wells
45April 5, 2019
46April 5, 2019Added nose weight
47April 5, 2019Kit nose cone
48April 5, 2019Kit upper and lower halfs
49April 5, 2019Fuselage glued together
50April 5, 2019Fuselage glued together
51April 5, 2019Cockpit
52April 5, 2019Kit wings and tails
53April 5, 2019Wings glued on
54April 5, 2019Tails glued on
55April 5, 2019Airframe complete
56April 5, 2019Airframe cpmplete
57April 7, 2019First coat of paint MM dark ghost gray
58April 7, 2019First coat of paint MM light ghost gray
59April 7, 2019Here is something new, I used a metal washer to mask in nose radome
60April 7, 2019The washer mask worked very well
61April 7, 2019Just find the one you need and spray
62April 7, 2019Metal washer mask
63April 7, 2019Just to cool, metal washer mask
64April 7, 2019The kit comes with a decal for the red tail flash but I masked it and sprayed it
65April 7, 2019Masked and sprayed tail
66April 7, 2019Red tail flash
67April 7, 2019Red tail flash
68April 7, 2019I did some light weathering with a brown wash
69April 7, 2019Hard to see brown wash
70April 7, 2019Future for clear gloss coat for decals
71April 7, 2019Future clear gloss coat
72April 7, 2019Future clear gloss coat
73April 14, 2019Kit drop tanks
74April 7, 2019Kit drop tanks
75April 7, 2019Kit drop tanks glued together
76April 7, 2019Kit drop tanks
77April 14, 2019Kit drops painted
78April 7, 2019The kit comes with no bombs so I used two GBU-12's from the Hasegawa's Weapons set 2
79April 7, 2019GBU-12 used
80April 7, 2019GBU-12's
81April 14, 2019Kit gear doors and wheels
82April 17, 2019Decaling under way
83April 17, 2019Top view, Kit decals worked very nice
84April 17, 2019The Aircraft does not have a lot of markings
85April 17, 2019Nose decals
86April 17, 2019Squadron markings
87April 17, 2019The tail has the most markings. The slime lights are a little too yellow
88April 17, 2019Only one decal on the bottom wing
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