Monday, February 18, 2008

1/72 Hobbycraft CF-18

On to the next project! This time I am building a 1/72 scale Hobbycraft CF-18. Its not a great kit but I won it in a local model contest. I'm basically using it to display some Leading Edge decals I've had for a while. The decals represent 425 Sqn's 70th anniversary bird.

The cockpit is virtually devoid of detail but the canopy is going to be closed so I added some detail with plastic scraps just to suggest a busy cockpit. I was going to replace the seat with a resin Verlinden one but it was a bit too long for the Hobbycraft tub. Rather than fuss with rebuilding the tub I modified the kit seat with bits of plastic and some Tamiya tape for seatbelts. A resin seat may have been a little bit of a waste in this kit anyway. This kit can actually be built as a two-seater as well so you can see what the original seat looked like.





GB

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