Meng 1/48 f/a-18f Super Hornet Part II FULL BUILD

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Meng 1/48 F/A-18F SUPER HORNET
The FULL BUILD showcasing this recent kit of the Super Hornet.

FULL VLOGS and explanation videos of this build are available via PATREON

NOTE: RIO with JHMCS helmet is deliberate error as I wanted both crew "visors down"
JDAM and GBU markings are questionable... the depiction of the ablative coating in 48th scale can be done with mr surfacer but looks typically over done and out of scale in 48th.

0:00 Intro
0:16 Construct, Paint and Weather Pilot/RIO and ejector seats
3:42 Construct, Paint and Weather Cockpit
5:57 Construct, NLG, MLG, air intake ducts and fuselage
10:47 Canopy seam removal
12:12 Prime, Paint and Decals
15:51 "Salt weathering" technique
20:00 Construct, Paint and Weather NLG and MLG
22:58 Arrestor hook
23:47 Pylons, Ordnance and stores
26:19 Weathering - Oils and Enamels
30:49 Engine Nozzle metallics
31:41 Final assembly of sub components
34:07 FINAL REVEAL


The F/A-18F, nicknamed Super Hornet is a two-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft developed by The Boeing Company. This multirole fighter can perform operations like maintaining air superiority, ground attack, maritime strike, air control and refueling of other aircraft. The surface of this aircraft is coated with a special material that can absorb radar waves to greatly reduce the radar reflection, and it has the capability of stealth combat. It has as many as 11 weapon mounting points, and it can carry almost all types of U.S. Navy ammunition including the Joint Direct Attack Ammunition (JDAM) and the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW). As an important carrier-based fighter aircraft in active service in the U.S. Navy, the F/A-18F Super Hornet has participated in the U.S. military's combat missions in many places around the world in recent years.