The Rebuild (thread) of a YA F-18 twin

[Thomas_W]

	Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpea
	Did you do the panel lines yourself? I see that you did the rivets.

the only panel lines i didn't do myself, are the ones that were molded into the fiberglass fuselage. all of the others i laid out and painted on.

here's pics of the last of the fuselage rivet detail. tommorrow starts the "detail paint" work.

[Thomas_W]

I got the gun area and exhaust nozzle area's painted since i had to wait for the exterminator all day... weathering will be started on here very soon

[Thomas_W]

So all of the weathering is done now!!!! She's a DIRTY DIRTY girl.. hahaha... anyways, markings should be here by the end of the week, then she'll get some nomenclature on her

[dubd]

looks freaking awesome! when do you think you'll fly her?

[Thomas_W]

	Quote: Originally Posted by dubd
	looks freaking awesome! when do you think you'll fly her?

I'm aiming for sometime in september, unless i decided to get a Comp-Arf Flash, then it'll be awhile longer. LOL i'll probly be moving in August as well to a new apartment, so that might put things on hold for awhile as well.

[sweetpea]

Very nice work

[wttiger42]

Awesome job. The F-18 is my favorite.

[RADRICH]

What's your energy source. I just went thru this entire thread again (I've watched from beginning) and just seeing the amount of work that you have done in such a short period of time has given me arthritis. It's like watching the Cistine Chapel being painted in a month! I don't think I could have done this much work in the same time frame even if I was an insomniac!!

[Thomas_W]

	Quote: Originally Posted by RADRICH
	What's your energy source. I just went thru this entire thread again (I've watched from beginning) and just seeing the amount of work that you have done in such a short period of time has given me arthritis. It's like watching the Cistine Chapel being painted in a month! I don't think I could have done this much work in the same time frame even if I was an insomniac!!

haha.. to be honest, i'm amazed its gone as fast as it has. I bought it with the intention of it taking about a year to complete.. well not even 4 months since i bought it, i'm running out of things to do b/c i didn't alot the $$$ to buy everything needed to buy to finish it. ohh well, i've got a business trip coming up, so that'll get me the $$$ to finish it...

Just motivated to get it done i guess... Maybe i'll start building a cockpit and detail the landing gear struts to make the project go a lil slower. haha

[zoomer260]

Hopefully we will get video of the maiden ? Commit now and the pressure will only build !

[Andrew Bird]

Holy cr@p. You're making me feel rubbish for every small project I've done that's taken months! Do you have 4 pairs of hands to work that fast?

It looks great - just make sure no creepy ghosts escape from that graveyard next to your house and steal it. I'm sure I saw the exact same thing on an episode of scoobie doo!

[Thomas_W]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew Bird
	Holy cr@p. You're making me feel rubbish for every small project I've done that's taken months! Do you have 4 pairs of hands to work that fast? It looks great - just make sure no creepy ghosts escape from that graveyard next to your house and steal it. I'm sure I saw the exact same thing on an episode of scoobie doo!

LOL.. you'll really hate me after i tell ya the next few things. the last plane i built was 4 years ago. That plane was an aeroworks 29% Edge 540 kit. It took me from monday evening to saturday night of the same week to have that airplane built and flying. Yep, an entire kit from box to sky in less than a week....

I'm "thinking" about getting back into building planes again for some extra $$$ once i get a larger apartment.... just gotta get my name back out their, and i think this is one project that should do that.