Boatmans Super Hornet F18/A- F Build

[boatman]

HI GUYS well another small update on the hornet an here at last im now fittin on the decalls an to me this has been a rotten fit an now i find at least the decal havnt let me down an not splintered thank goodness but ive found out that some on the tail are not the correct 3 c/m withd that they should be an im useing the decal set an fit so see how i get on with them

[Richard48]

How was the Ammo decal stuff Chris?,I still have Micro set and sol.I usually mess up the decals.

[boatman]

an here the first tail decal in the water an it took a fair while to lift so it could be placed in postion on the tailplane

[boatman]

an next i fitted all 4 decals an they are just acceptable an on the right tail plane was my fault as i dint quite line upthe decal proprly so a little red showin

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looks good Chris and an easy touch up fix on that decal.

[Jim R]

Looks fine and as Steve says the red is not difficult to deal with.

[Steven000]

Great start on those decals Chris, have fun with the rest of them ?♂️ cheers

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Chris

[boatman]

Looks good Chris and an easy touch up fix on that decal.

HI Joe yes hope to touch up the grey an cover that red up but the decals as i have found are not all the same size some are as much as 2mm undersize as i measured the first decal at 3 c/m an painted the red 3 c/m band but white diamon decals some that are 2 mm undersize s Aaaaaaccchhhhh so some touch ups required as when i put on the tamyis tape on the decal just got to hope that when i remove the tamyia tape it wont lift the white diamon decal oh dear an thanks for stoppin
ATB
chrisb

[boatman]

Looks fine and as Steve says the red is not difficult to deal with.

AN HI Jim lets hope thats the case
ATB SIR
Chrisb

[boatman]

Great start on those decals Chris, have fun with the rest of them ?♂️ cheers

AN YES Steven the decals are comin on an had to ask jen to help me to hold the plane on its side so i can place them decals as they have been little blighter by curlin up when i slid the off the bakin paper an i held the paper an decal as close as poss to the place where they should be fitted but still a problem of tryin to straighten them out afterwards so far the only blessin is that the decals have not splintered cheers for lookin in sir
chrisb

[Tworrs]

Great progress Chris, she is looking the part now with a little colour from the decals.
ATB
Garry

[boatman]

AN thank you fly joe for your nice comments an got to go now back to my model show ive put tiger in over the wkend an its the biggest show ive seen yet there are hundreds of different types of models so many it took me over two hrs to look over them i'll try an take some pics for you all but i forgot to charge camers batt oh dear cant remember everything now gettin old
ATB chris

[boatman]

Great progress Chris, she is looking the part now with a little colour from the decals.
ATB
Garry

AN HI Gary cheers yes im likein fittin the decals an there are a lot of them to go on the plane but hopefully over the worst big ones decals that curled up an really treid my patince but i havnt shown them yet will do domorrow as got to get back to model show today boy has it been a busy few days an im shattered but hope i can reload tiger back in the car tonight as its panic stations when its gets 4 pm an they all will be wantin to load up their models back in the cars so i think i will wait a little whie an let them fight over whos goin out first as there are a lot of models there an then back to our freinds for a well desevred tea of S/K puddin as they invited us over only hope i an jen can stay awake oh dear
ATB sir
chrisb

[Tworrs]

Sounds like you're having fun mate. Enjoy the S&K pudding :-)

[scottie3158]

Coming on nicely mate decals can make or break a build but your on top of it.

[boatman]

Coming on nicely mate decals can make or break a build but your on top of it.

THANKS Scottie yes so far they have gone on well but still more to fit on but i will have another go tomrrow now the model show is over as im shattered
chrisb