1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet

[Medicman71]

Two good looking bugs there Mike!

Thanks Stuart!

[Medicman71]

After talking to someone who had built the same kit, I had to check out the landing gear and they're fit into the fuselage. The mains will need some work to get right and they all need a lot of clean up. Quite a bit of flash on them too.

[Stuart]

More fun!

[LyleW]

yeah, fun like a root canal by the dentist in Running Man! I hate trying to clean up landing gear.

[Medicman71]

[Medicman71]

Got two of the three cleaned up. They obviously need to be painted. The main gear is the worst. Lots of missing details, some of which I can fix.

[tempestjohnny]

Most manufacturers simplify the gear a lot. F-18 gear is fairly complex so.....

[Stikpusher]

[Medicman71]

Yeah it's not even close to that Stik. Out of curiosity, why don't people make landing gear sets in resin?

[Stikpusher]

I would guess that resin by itself is too brittle, especially at weight bearing stress points like the wheel axle/strut join. Those sets that John gets with metal cores and resin outer portions are ideal. But that is a very niche selection right now, like Moskit metal exhausts.