1/32 Academy CF-18B

Gallery Article by Chuck Sawyer on Feb 10 2011

 

This "Legacy Hornet" is one of the original trainers that I had the opportunity to photograph extensively when it was brought to our Calgary Stampede 3 1/2 years ago.  It looked fairly tired then and I believe it is now in storage, since it was never upgraded.  Dozens of names have adorned the cockpit sill, but I left them off since I didn't want it attached to any one pilot.  This weary bird taught many Canadian pilots to fly the Hornet, so it belongs to no one.

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I threw the kitchen sink at this build as follows:

  • Black Box/Avionix F-18B cockpit and tail conversion set (AV32035)

  • Aires Resin Wheel Bays (2038)

  • DMold Corrected Intakes (DM32002)

  • G-Factor brass landing gear (32008)

  • MK1 Design F-18 Exhaust Nozzles (32001)

  • Leading Edge F-18 paint masking set (M32001)

  • Leading Edge CF-18 decals (32.21)

  • Eduard F-18 Hornet exterior photo-etch (32106)

  • Eduard F-18 Hornet mesh set (32111)

  • Eduard F-18 Hornet placards (32508)

  • Eduard F-18D Hornet Interior (32556)

……as well as many scratch built parts and details. Over 9 months of work, I created a build thread here on ARC and had many CF-18 experts help me with all the subtle details unique to Canadian Hornets. For that I truly thank them and you will see many of their suggestions in this build, based upon the 1/32 F/A-18D Academy kit. I hope you enjoy the pics….

Enjoy the photos.

Chuck Sawyer

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Photos and text © by Chuck Sawyer