1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18E

Royal Maces

by José Carlos Simón

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These are the pictures from my last finished model.  Hasegawa's 1/48 kit buit OOB except "unknown brand" resin seat (not very good, kit seat would have been perfectly valid) and minor surgery was done to the pilot's right hand.

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I borrowed some GBU bombs from a Hobbyboss' A-10 so the ordinance might not be very accurate, but I felt like building a full-loaded fighter and this combination looked attractive to me.  I hope experts will forgive me...

The upper black and yellow scheme has been masked and painted, as working with kit decals looked much more complicated and final result would have been less realistic to my eyes. I've also used some Hi-Decals stencils too.

This model is dedicated to my friends from www.Yoryi.com
Hope you like it!

Best regards from Spain,

José Carlos

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Photos and text © by José Carlos Simón