1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18D Hornet

Gallery Article by John Kettenis on July 22 2003

 

F/A-18D Hornet VMFA(AW)-225

There is actually nothing new to write then already published on ARC about this model and the Orion decals.

To build this model, I used the Orion decals (apart from the ruddertips, which I brushed because the decals didn’t stick to the complex surface of the tips), Black Box cockpit set and the add on Black Box set for the F/A-18D, Hasegawa bombs and SLAMMER and Superscale RBF flags. 

 

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It is the most expensive model I ever bought. Everything fits perfectly and no additional items, apart from the Black Box set, are needed.

I never found any detailed seat in a Hasegawa box so an additional set of seats are needed.  

The box goes without engine blades too, so a big gap is visible when looking inside the intakes. If I had noticed this earlier, I had taken some spare parts from other boxes to solve this problem. It was also a disappointment when I didn’t find weapons included in the box. Referring to the price, the least Hasegawa could do, is enclosing some bombs and missiles. All in all the fitting quality is very good but, to my opinion, the box is too expensive.

John Kettenis

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Photos and text © by John Kettenis