The F/A-18 Hornet has several under wing hardpoints for weapons, and it’s a great attack aircraft with air to surface missiles and bombs and superb air to air fighting capability.  The Hornet exists in four versions:

• The F/A-18A single seat fighter/attack aircraft.
• The F/A-18B is a two seat version.
• The F/A-18C single seater with additional electronic warfare system.
• The F/A-18D two seater version with night intercept capability.

My model aircraft is a CF-18A Hornet of the CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.

The model is very beautiful!!!!                                                                            

The perfection of the mold is extraordinary.  Just finished the cockpit, I have joined the fuselage, and I have seen that the filler was almost superfluous!!!!!

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The landing gear legs are cast in metal, and with well defined detail.  The painting is very simple: 

The upper part of the fuselage is in grayish blue (FS 35237), and the lower part is in light grey (FS 36375).  When I finished the painting. I have applied the gloss clear paint, useful when applying the decals.  Finished  the proceeding, I have washed everything with the temper black.

Subsequently I have finished everything with gloss clear paint.   The final covering was done with the opaque paint on certain spots to give my jet a patchy weathered look.  All this was finished off with a dull coat of clear paint.

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