F-18 Hornet WIP
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Hi everyone, back with another update
pretty close to unwrapping this monster haha, taking alot of time to get it right.
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@okayasugf - That’s not a bad one either!
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@LIGHTNING35 - Yes. The Super Hornet main gear are beefier, yet a bit simpler mechanically. The nose gear strut is also a bit taller, I think…but the tires are the same size, as I recall.
I didn’t really start to notice some of these kit problems until I put a couple of my earlier 1/72 D and F kit builds side by side…then the errors really showed up. The F kit was a good example in shape, but clearly under-sized overall. And they had clearly recycled the landing gear from their A-D kits, so the F model was also low-riding!
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@okayasugf - that’s more the shape of the respective pylons…you could go a bit thicker and taller, though. The SUU-79s are a bit more like barn doors…check those RoG drawings again!
…and the D&S book!
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uvmapping started, sorry for long delay -
@okayasugf - here’s a pretty good depiction of a SUU-79…yours are still a bit pointy.
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starting the texturing of the jet! Major milestone for me -
@okayasugf - this part is the really fun part…!
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@okayasugf - now you’re into the details!
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@okayasugf , nice piece of work my friend ! Nice to see quality modeling here !
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@Radium thank you radium, it is high praise coming from the legend itself
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@Stevie yessir, the fun part starts now
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still have no idea how to do canopy glass -
The F-18E Super Hornet in Falcon BMS 4.37. Thanks to @Radium for making it possible to see it ingame. Testing it out -
Very glad to see this is upcoming.
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Another simmer looking forward to flying that!
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@okayasugf - sure looks like you got the canopy figured out!