From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "galucci@mail.ru" References: <1986738537.20040429105430@mail.ru> Subject: Re: In jet gallery Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:22:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Hi Sergei, Thanks for sending in your F-18 article. I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC....currently articles are taking about 3 weeks from the time they are sent in until they go on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Сергей" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:54 PM Subject: In jet gallery > Hi Steve! > It is the new review and my new work! I hope my illiterate words will correct slightly; -) > > F/A-18F 1/48 ITALERI > When I began this project declared Revell and Trumpeter models Super Hornet which can and should be better, seem by the remote prospect. Italeri kit was at me in hands, and I could it engage. First of all, I wanted to correct the models, admitted by development, of a mistake. Therefore work began from the tax of the information. In the beginning it was a little, but with receipt F/A-18 in squadrons in a network has appeared much foto this plane. > From the basic lacks of model a poor interior cockpit, very simple ejection seats, wrong recessed panel lines and much another. I intended maximum to finish model. Many lacks were necessary me or to remove, or as much as possible to smooth. > For detailed cockpit I have decided standard cockpit from Hasegawa F-18D. On it I have a cabin Black Box, therefore I could by it offer. > To alteration the instrument boards have undergone. Ejections I also have taken from a set Hasegawa and has finished them up to an acceptable condition. > The wings have undergone to alteration first of all I wanted imitation mechanization on parking flaps almost always are lowered downwards. I have cut off them and has finished. The stabilizers also can be in a different rule, but more often are rejected downwards. Stabilizers makes together with the bottom part fuselage I am strictly horizontal also them has cut off. > The completions were made on fuselage. I rised new panel lines and drill rivets. > Work with air intakes has borrowed some painful days. > Navigating fires in model on inflows too large, and consequently also were modified. Before a wind glass there is a trapezoid overlay under gauges and aerials. In model it at all was not -it has made independently. A configuration of a gun and unit with a refueling probe also was corrected. The fine completions were made in a cockpit and on a canopy (the mirrors, hooks) are added. Canopy and wind glass were covered a mix two acrylic varnishes -smoke and red. It seems, what exactly these by a way I have achieved the necessary shade. > Weapons and fuel tank also were corrected. Pylons also have undergone to completion. > From weapons offered to installation I has left only rockets, corrected by me, AIM-120, AIM-9, AGM-88. Strongly has finished rockets AGM-88. For impressiveness by me was decided to arm the plane four bombs JDAM. > For marks I used a little decals. From them has combined the plane of a squadron VFA-122 with number 101. Whether serial number of the plane for the plane with number 102 was corrected on one figure from last six is made five (I do not know so it actually). Stencils for final I used from different decals and even 72-nd scale. In it I looked at a photo, than on the instruction more. > Well you have understood, that it is model for those who does not search for simple ways; -) With impatience I expect new model F/A-18E from Revell. > Happy modelling! > Sergei Galicky, Russia