1/32 F/A 18 A

[chrispisme]

A colour bird CF-18...OR CF-188 if you prefer. With Blackbox "A" conversion cockpit and tails...and a few other little odds n ends...

please disreguard the Russian ejector seat off to the one side, I won't be using it here

 

[lupanzer]

... amazing stuff!

Luiz

 

[phantom II]

:woohoo: Will be watching

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[errains]

That's a koolazz paint scheme for that there Hornet, I too will be keeping an eye of this build

 

[moon puppy]

Oh this will be a beauty...(canadian lingo eh?)

 

[chrispisme]

Yep, Canadian.... hold my beer a minute and watch this!
I was much younger and naive when I bought all the add on’s (other than the decals that is) I’ve decided to forgo all the photo etch, which has but one purpose and that is to drive me insane. The resin stuff will be used as it converts the kit to an A and is much easier for me to deal with.
I haven’t built any gray fast movers in years so this will be a break from my normal routine...wish me luck

 

[jknaus]

One of our more colourful birds. Cool fact, there is a tribute in the markings to all those who died during 10/11. Looking forward to watching the build. Does the conversion also give you Canadian shock absorbers?
James

 

[jknaus]

And maybe of some use to you.
http://www.ipmscanada.com/ipms/Reference_%20Article/Aircraft/Ref%20Aircraft.html
http://www.ipmscanada.com/ipms/Reference_%20Article/Aircraft/Aircraft_Page/CF18HornetDiv.html
James

 

[moon puppy]

Does the conversion also give you Canadian shock absorbers?
James

Y'all changed the shocks? What, all terrain?

 

[jknaus]

Does the conversion also give you Canadian shock absorbers?
James

Y'all changed the shocks? What, all terrain?

You betcha for those times you really need to get off the beaten path

 

[chrispisme]

Gabriel Sensatrack heavy duty shocks! It also has a mini beer cooler in the rear compartment...
aaannnd a block heater!
all you guys in the warm climate areas will need to look that one up! hahaha

 

[moon puppy]

Gabriel Sensatrack heavy duty shocks! It also has a mini beer cooler in the rear compartment...
aaannnd a block heater! hahaha

So when I got to Grand Forks freakin' North Dakota in May'83 (Season just changed from Winter to Summer) they took me to the barracks and I noticed all the electrical boxes out in the parking lot. My southerern' butt said "Hey, they give you power outlets to work on your cars or something? That's neat!"
The guy who was giving me the tour said "No that's for the block heaters"..."That what..."

And since when did Canadians have minibeers? :drinks

 

[chrispisme]

Hahaha yep, I had some tourists came through many years ago in winter (long before electric cars) saw the cars all had 110V plugs hanging out of the front radiator grilles and thought we all had electric cars! I wish!!

Australian pilots once had the misfortune of doing a stopover for a maintenance issue, deplaned in -40° and almost died...
One of them said what the H*ll is this stuff? Ice? you put ice in your drink, you don't walk on it!

 

[chrispisme]

James, the LEM decals suggests cutting the shocks off the MLG and inverting them, that should be good enough for me.
I'm using this book and the web as my reference guide.

 

[razordws]

Sweet! Looking forward to this.

 

[jknaus]

James, the LEM decals suggests cutting the shocks off the MLG and inverting them, that should be good enough for me.
I'm using this book and the web as my reference guide.

Should be close enough. Good book, I have that one also. Funny, never built a CF-18 yet. See too many of them I guess.
James

 

[chrispisme]

A bit more done on the kit the last couple of days. I thought I'd start with the landing gear and do what I can there. I'll add wire and solder in a bit for some extra detail.
Nose gear with plastic rod drilled and stuck on to simulate connectors

US. main gear

Canadian main gear...I flipped the shock over

 

[moon puppy]

 

[chrispisme]

Having a good time with this kit, it's not resin (xsept the bits I've added and we all do that) it's not short run, the parts all have good fit and locating pins/holes so I guess I'm trying to make it harder or something...!?
My reference book(s) shows a mass of hoses and wires in the gear bays, I'm not going to add all that stuff but a bit to clutter it up should do.
Anyway, some pictures of the work (work?) done so far.
The Daco book with gear bay pictures

The APU exhaust as supplied

New exhaust, aluminum tube mangled and filed to shape

And I opened up some air intakes

 

[errains]

Looks like some good mangling going on here