OWL's Crazy Hornet | F/A-188 Yellowjacket

[CallSignOWL]

My IPMS club had a " same model" group build, and I wanted to stand out from the pack. The base kit was the 1/48 Monogram F-18c, but I added quite a few "improvements": A spare MiG-29 cockpit with bang seat also sourced from the spares bin, lengthened the nose, dropped the flaps, folded the wings, added conformal fuel tanks, a tail from a MiG-21.....hope you like! 

[Snowtrooper]

The camo is nice and even nicer is the contrast with the bright yellow markings.

Also, the delightfully whiffed shape is quite close to some of the Northrop-Dornier TKF-90 studies (which eventually evolved into Northrop's ATF contest entry, which in turn became the YF-23), was this intentional or a lucky coincidence?

[su27rules]

  Great idea,good work!!

[CallSignOWL]

The camo is nice and even nicer is the contrast with the bright yellow markings.

Also, the delightfully whiffed shape is quite close to some of the Northrop-Dornier TKF-90 studies (which eventually evolved into Northrop's ATF contest entry, which in turn became the YF-23), was this intentional or a lucky coincidence?

completely unintentional. Ive not heard of the TKF-90 untill this post! 

[kerick]

Fantastic work! I bet your club was impressed!

[Rick Lowe]

Nice work! 

[zenrat]

Very good.  Did you upset anyone at your club meeting?

[Dizzyfugu]

Weird. But not unsexy! 

[NARSES2]

I do like that 

[Tophe]

Me also, I like this model, and its canard layout.

[DogfighterZen]

Nice, i like the camo colors.

[CallSignOWL]

Very good.  Did you upset anyone at your club meeting?

well...lets just say im starting to get a reputation

[zenrat]

Very good.  Did you upset anyone at your club meeting?

well...lets just say im starting to get a reputation

Heh heh heh. 

[Old Wombat]

Very good.  Did you upset anyone at your club meeting?

well...lets just say im starting to get a reputation

Heh heh heh. 

+1

[darthspud2]

very nice, looks too cool.