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Themongoose
Chris Vandegrift (Themongoose)
US

Hornet

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1 29 November 2018, 15:23
Erwin Leetink
It is flying upside down already😉
29 November 2018, 15:41
Chris Vandegrift
Weird! The original pics aren't upside down. Just plain weird!
30 November 2018, 03:08
Erwin Leetink
Oh well, things happen...
30 November 2018, 09:14

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This build was for our local clubs Marine tribute in honor of past club President, avid modeler, and Marine Ed Kinney. I wanted to do a Desert Storm Hornet from the Hasegawa F-18 kit I had. Going through all the options I decided on a stinger from VMFA-451 because it received a purple heart for damage incurred from a SAM missile to the sidewinder station. The Warlords frlew out of Shaikh Isa AB in Bahrain. The Warlords were also the first Marine unit to attack Iraqi locations in Desert Storm so there was alot of history here to model.
This has been my most involved build, which ended up taking 6 months to complete (although there were a few family interruptions and that leaking 2nd floor bathroom lol but that's another "remodeling" story). Forward dating the model, which was essentially the prototype AC, was a chore helped along by 3 great LSP'ers. A big round of applause to RedDog, Dragon & Dandiego who donated parts from their stash, the Academy kit(a special note, that's RedDog's belly tank you see),

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1:32 F-18 Hornet (Hasegawa S23)

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