My 2011 1/18 customs

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Black Lion VF-213
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My 2011 1/18 customs

Post by Black Lion VF-213 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:37 pm

The VF-33 F-14 was earlier this year and I sold it to a member here who would appreciate it more since he was on the USS America's last cruise. I sanded away ECM bumps that didn't exist on that particular Tomcat.

The F-18 is the 1987-1988 YF-18A Hornet NASA used in their HARV experiments. I filled in all seams, all screw holes, created smooth operating tailerons, sanded down some ECM bumps that didn't exist on the YF-18, removed and filled in the holes left from the LEX fences, and filled in the gun ports since those didn't exist either. I scratch built the gun gas purge vents on the underside of the front fuselage. I also scratch built the angle of attack probes that are on the wingtips. I removed the missiles and sealed in the wing ends and affixed the probes. Those probes are made from solid metal so they're pretty durable. Later I"m going to work on the landing gear doors and make them more realistic like Rob (Mig29K) did to his BBI Hornet about 5 years ago on this forum.

The Sabre is where I increased the yellow a little bit more. A little flashier. And added some testors metallizer paints on the gun panel and exhaust. Nothing major to this model


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Re: My 2011 1/18 customs

Post by flyboy_fx » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:09 pm

CLick on my albums, select the pics you want (Hover over them, there is a check box), click on the drop down that says, "Chose action," then click, "Generate link codes for selected," go to the box the says HTML (Or something like that) for forums and copy whats in the box and post it here!
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Re: My 2011 1/18 customs

Post by Black Lion VF-213 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:40 am

Thanks flyboy your quick tip produced results!

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Re: My 2011 1/18 customs

Post by flyboy_fx » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:12 am

THOSE ARE GREAT!!!
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