KIT: |
Hasegawa 1/72 F-18F Super Hornet |
KIT # |
00548 |
PRICE: |
$25.97 MSRP |
DECALS: |
Two options |
REVIEWER: |
Richard Bingham |
NOTES: |
HISTORY |
THE KIT |
Hasegawa has an excellent reputation for high-quality, well-engineered kits. This one is no exception. What you get is 120 parts, the majority is molded in the standard Hasegawa light gray, except for the clear parts and 4 poly-caps. Poly caps?! You betcha, the horizontal tail moves! If you've built any of Hasegawa's earlier Hornets, then you'll remember how annoying assembly is since the tail plane is molded onto the lower fuselage, leaving little room to clean up the seam between them and the wings. I like this option, now you'll have easier assembly along with some moving parts. Hopefully it will work out well. You also get some external stores in the form of two AIM-120 AMRAAMs, 2 AIM-9X Sidewinders 4 fuel tanks, 2 dual bomb racks and 2 sensor pods, which is a little surprising since Hasegawa has been leaving their kits without weapons for years, hoping you'll buy their separate weapons sets.
CONCLUSIONS |
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