Showing posts with label F/A-18 Super Hornet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F/A-18 Super Hornet. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Great Deals!

Zoinks! A personal note I had to share. With not a lot in my local area for model shops I am limited to a couple of big box craft stores in the area; AC Moore and Michael's, both of which carry a VERY limited selection of a Revell USA kits. Primarily 1:48 scale.

One of the perks to these stores however is that they are almost always offering a 40% off coupon which can drop a $40 USD 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle kit down to $24 ... not a bad deal. On occasion however, they drop a 50% off coupon on you and even more rarely, as they did this past week, an uber coupon of 60% off any single item. And while only one store offered the 60% coupon the other always matches so it's essentially 60% off both stores!!

Needless to say I made a couple of trip to both AC Moore and Michael's and gave those coupons a work out!


QTY Paid Reg.Price Manufacturer Scale Model Kit # Discount
1 $19.99 $39.99 Revell 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle #85-5511 50%
1 $15.99 $39.99 Revell 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle #85-5511 60%
1 $8.80 $21.99 Revell 1:48 A-10 Warthog #85-5521 60%
1 $9.89 $24.99 Revell 1:48 MiG-29 FulcrumA #85-5865 55%
1 $14.99 $24.99 Revell 1:48 F/A-18 Super Hornet #85-5950 40%
1 $9.99 $24.99 Revell 1:48 F/A-18 Super Hornet #85-5950 60%
1 $7.60 $18.99 Revell 1:72 YF-22 Raptor (Snap-Tite) #85-1198 60%

The haul!
So that's a total of about $200 USD in plastic for just a shade North of $85 USD ... just wanted to say BOO YA! If you have a Michael's and/or an AC Moore around, they won't have much, but with some patience you could land yourself some pretty amazing deals!

These will be great for me since I am a beginner. It made buying the same kit affordable so I can either build it twice or have one in store for later or spares. Great practoce projects. The YF-22 is actually a pretty decent kit. It will give me something to practice painting on and, since I have two of those as well, I will try some scratch building on the cockpit to see if I can add some details there.

Anyway I thought I would share my find!

Now ... I guess I had better get to building something ...

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Aircraft Reference: F/A-18 Hornet (All Variants)




I recently added my first 1:48 scale model to my "stash"; a Revell F/A-18 Super Hornet. I have collected some nice F/A-18 documentaries here for a little back story.

Video List: Reference: F-18 (All Variants)
Number of Videos: 11
Playlist Duration: Approx. 5.75 hours



Attributions ...

Military HUB
Lei Jessen
DOC GMC
Mark Kowalski
History of Wars
SVE Documentary
gswags
EFPonline
Pedro Monteiro Oliveira
Military Forces
TUCKIE10

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Model Build: F/A-18 Super Hornet



I just added a Revell  1:48 scale, F/A-18 Super Hornet to my "stash". As I have been building and focusing exclusively  in 1:72 scale this will something of a leap for me. Upon initial glance I am excited about the level of detail although I have no idea what I will do with a model this size when complete. Part of the thrill of this hobby I suppose!

As with most of my models I started collecting video tutorials on F-18 builds. Looks like a pretty popular aircraft to model, however it also sounds like the Revell version is going to be something of a challenge. As I am just a Noob in this hobby that does not bode well for me! LOL ... I  guess you can't get better without working through being bad first. :) Besides I got for 40% off at the craft store so for $13 USD I figure it's still a pretty good deal.

This Model Build: F/A Super Hornet playlist includes 18 video, from 7 channels and span 3 - 3.5 hours when watched straight through. I wanted to issue a special call out to Doog's Models for his particularly informative multi-part build, something I have come to expect from Matt's videos. Thanks!

Playlist Home: Model Build: F/A-18 Super Hornet
Number of Videos: 18
Playlist Duration: Approx. 3.5 hours



Contributors ...
ScaleModelAircraft
IvanTheTerrible
Doogs' Models
Genessis Models
Bruno Basaez
MurderInkModels
Coen's Scale Modelling