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Ordered an Sidewinders F-18 the other day, and I'm looking for some upgrade parts for it, the exaust is a must, so if anyone can get me a link to a set, and maybe some more upgrades if there are any, it would be MUCH help to me!

Try Pizzaguy I got a couple sets from him. Good Luck

pizzaguys are great replacement but you will have to cut off the factory nozzles. i have done to birds. his name is nat and he also sells on ebay other project,s he has done

Alright, I'll look into that, does anyone know if there's any other upgrades such as...
Fuel probe, airbrake, ANY metal upgrades?

An extra 2 tanks would be nice too

...And a FLIR/ and Laser pod!

That too

Anybody got pics of these pieces parts that are wanted ?

This is what I'm aiming for, IF I can find all the right parts, and POSSIBLY someone that can do it.

Pickel, what kind of help could you give me with this, if I were to send it to you?

The_Helicopter_Pilot wrote:Pickel, what kind of help could you give me with this, if I were to send it to you?

Not sure do you have any pics of the parts you want so I know what they look like ?

Pretty much what's right here.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/G ... or/00.shtm

Here are pics from the AN/AAS-38A FLIR and Laser targetting pod (about 1993), used on F/A-18: From Wikipedia:
Inert model found at bpbsurplus.com: It is 76" long.

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It was mounted together with the ASQ-173 FLIR (source: Wikipedia):

The newest version (in use on the F/A-18E) is called ATFLIR (AN/ASQ-228) and replace 2 or 3 previous pods that have been used together, from Wikipedia, here on a F/A-18:
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The Helicopter Pilot, I could'nt reach the link you gave.
BTW, board member A10_Loader also made a FLIR pod for his detailled Tomcat, but I don't know which type it is:

Finally, found the reference for the pod that A10Loader made for his superdetailled Cat: it is the AN/AAQ-13 and -14 target and nav pod from the LANTIRN system.
For my own BBI F/A-18C, I would be happy with only the AN/AAS-38A pod.

The pod/FLIR looks easy enough what about the fuel probe and airbrake ?

Any pics of that ?

The FLIR pod looks to be quite simple to fabricate.

Is the fairing for the pod on the F-18 model ?

I do not have one.

This May be helpful

Are they on both sides of the aircraft ?

The AAS-38A hangs to its pylon on the left side of the aircraft. Same for the more advanced ASQ-228. According to what can be seen on pics, the pylon is attached to the fuselage above the Sparrow missile place. I have not seen pics from the front of the airplane, so I don't know the angle it has with the missile attach. But to fit exactly on this curved and straigt surface of the air intake/Sparrow missile place seems difficult to make with a perfect fitting between pylon and fuselage...
The pics show that the AAS-38A can be used alone (left) or with the ASQ-173 FLIR (right). The ASQ-228 is carried left and alone.
Pickel, how interested are you in making such a kit???

The AN/AAS-38 would be my preferred, I guess the armament, would be a good start to this project before I get to out of hand with all the extra detail to the model, I'm sure a lot of people are tired of the stock bombs on the F-18, we need some type of ATG weapons on our model's' and maybe a way around how the sidewinders are permanently attached to the rails, I'd like to have the option to have rails only on this model.

granch wrote:The AAS-38A hangs to its pylon on the left side of the aircraft. Same for the more advanced ASQ-228. According to what can be seen on pics, the pylon is attached to the fuselage above the Sparrow missile place. I have not seen pics from the front of the airplane, so I don't know the angle it has with the missile attach. But to fit exactly on this curved and straigt surface of the air intake/Sparrow missile place seems difficult to make with a perfect fitting between pylon and fuselage...
The pics show that the AAS-38A can be used alone (left) or with the ASQ-173 FLIR (right). The ASQ-228 is carried left and alone.
Pickel, how interested are you in making such a kit???

Very if there is a lot of demand.

The FLIR pod on A10 loader's Tomcat is made by JSI and included on the Black Knights F-14 release. He did add a lot of detail to it but he didn't make it.

I'm interested

The_Helicopter_Pilot, you mentionned that you'd be interested in a lot of stuff to improve your Hornet. A very honorable project, but... if you want an airbrake open, than you should plan a fuselage inside job. If you want the airbrake open, than you should also plan to make the horizontal fin movable, the vertical fin articulated, possibly all flaps down for a landing configuration...

So, I would prefer a less ambitious improvement for which I'm sure to have the money and not a far, far delay to get something achieved. I'm trying to make accurate wooden Sparrow missiles. But smart bombs like the Paveway II compatible with an AAS-38A FLIR/targetting system would make a great thing...

Pickel and other guys, I don't know how to launch a poll...

granch wrote:The_Helicopter_Pilot, you mentionned that you'd be interested in a lot of stuff to improve your Hornet. A very honorable project, but... if you want an airbrake open, than you should plan a fuselage inside job. If you want the airbrake open, than you should also plan to make the horizontal fin movable, the vertical fin articulated, possibly all flaps down for a landing configuration...

So, I would prefer a less ambitious improvement for which I'm sure to have the money and not a far, far delay to get something achieved. I'm trying to make accurate wooden Sparrow missiles. But smart bombs like the Paveway II compatible with an AAS-38A FLIR/targetting system would make a great thing...

Pickel and other guys, I don't know how to launch a poll...

Give me a list of wants and I will post it as a poll.