1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet

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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet

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First off I'll say that this build is coming along nicely Mike. Secondly.....do I ever hear you on work interfering with benchtime. I've got it going on at work AND at home. Complete bathroom renovation, wife wants to repaint and re-ceiling the hallway and replace all the dadblame doors on that side of the house. :headslap: And then(and I brought this on myself) I just got through removing the throttle body fuel injection from the truck and installing a GM HEI distributor with a Holley 650 double pumper. That last part doesn't sound like a whole lot but the fuel lines had to be completely redone, throttle position and rpm ckts had to be wired in to the ECM for proper transmission shift control and then everything had to be dialed in. She runs pretty dang good now though. :grin:
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Yeah it seem like life in all forms have been getting in the way of working on the kit. Work is only one aspect. There's the CONSTANT RAIN we've been having here that just won't go away so that I can paint. We're having to move as well. We were going to buy a house but that fell through so we have to find another house to rent. I have bad brake problems on my truck as well.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet

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Back to work on the Super Hornets. Fairing in the front windscreens.

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And continued work on the bottom side of the wings.

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On the outer wings, there's a covering for one of the hydraulic actuators that has a navigation light built into it. The kit part just has a indention where it would be. I drilled it out and cleaned it up. I'll add some white glue there and paint it either red or green depending on the side it does on.

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Lovely detail work Mike - these are going to look aces when you've done!
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Thanks but I think you meant Jokers.
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Looking good! An alternative to the white glue is UV-activated epoxy. It dries super clear and hard and it is pretty much instantaneous under a few seconds of the UV light. No more waiting.
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:hmm: Thanks for the tip.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet

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Medicman71 wrote:
Stuart wrote:Lovely detail work Mike - these are going to look aces when you've done!
Thanks but I think you meant Jokers.
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