Kinetic CF-188B Hornet '934' in 1/48 Scale

A build of Kinetic's 1/48 scale F-18A/B commonwealth kit as aircraft #934 of the Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Bagotville, Quebec. This was a special build project for me as I was lucky enough to fly in 934 with 425 Squadron in May 2023 while doing some work for the Canadian Department of National Defence, and had been wanting to make a replica of the jet since then. An old bird these days, but still an absolute beauty!
The kit has lovely surface detail but the fit isn't great in many places and the instructions are inadequate and flat out wrong in several places so it's a tricky one to build. I used an aftermarket RCAF decal set to supplement the in-box Cartograf ones.
Music is 'Alberta Bound' by Paul Brandt. I claim no copyright.

[@enrik2184]

Wow, amazing, I've watched a lot of modelers here on YT; but You, MAN you are The One. You can make these models feels so realistic without exagerating panel lines etc... like many others do.

[@rifledude303]

Well this comment just made my day - thank you so much Enrik! 😊

[@diggledoggle4192]

You ought to be doing a Ford F-150 model with that background music

[@rifledude303]

Haha, fair one! I listened to this on the radio the way to Cold Lake during one of my RCAF visits this year so it was the most relevant music I could think of 😂

[@diggledoggle4192]

@@rifledude303 I gathered it was a reference to Cold Lake, good job on the Hornet

[@MVeminor7]

Nice build dude. Keep it up. Thanks for posting AND for your service!!. Mikey V.

[@rifledude303]

Thanks very much Mikey!