Indonesian F/A-18C

[anthonyp]

Get comfy, there's three more parts after this one.

Here's that really awful 1/72 Trumpeter F/A-18C/D kit that came with a tube of "glue" and peel-and-stick decals.  The shapes of the parts was just wrong, and the fit really bad.  Let's not even look at the weapons, which, at best, are suitable for cutting up.

The inspiration for this one came when I was looking at the Aztec decals I got this summer, and saw how Indonesian F-16's were painted when they first took delivery of them.  Really, any plane would look attractive painted like that, but I was in my F/A-18 building mode, and built this.

I armed it with two AIM-7's, two Sea Eagles, and two AA-11's.

[anthonyp]

another view

[anthonyp]

top view

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underside

[John Howling Mouse]

But it looks so GOOD here, whaddaya talkin' about?

   

[Captain Canada]

Sweet....love the paint and the load.

Does look like a crappy kit. The wings and the nose look wierd !