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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2012, 03:17:19 AM »
Sweet!  Now put some canards on that bird.
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #26 on: August 04, 2012, 05:58:33 PM »
i found this image of the Northrop F-18L in an Issue of Flight International from 1979  8)



another stealhy adaption of the Super hornet as proposed to India, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (International Roadmap)

changes include Conformal Feultanks, internal weapons bays (in pod on the centerline) and an IRST sensor under the nose among others.
it was also expected to have an F-35 style cockpit.

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2012, 02:50:57 AM »
^ Good stuff! Hope they'll carry through with this.

Can the CFTs be carried on any Super Hornet or just newly built ones? In case of the F-16, the CFTs can only be carried on pre-configured airframes. Retrofitting them to older Vipers would be too costly as it would entail an almost complete rebuild.
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2012, 03:13:09 AM »
The conformal tanks certainly make the F-18 look more muscular. 
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2013, 12:26:39 PM »
During a recent Shipbucket-style brainstorming session, a couple of things came back on my mind.

This is one:





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And another...... I remember someone expressing his belief that the F/A-18E/F is about the size that the original Hornet should have been.  I forgot the logic that was brought up behind the sentiment (although it came to pass as he expressed his disagreement about half a decade ago on the notion of Super Hornet being the Tomcat replacement), but does anyone have his/her own take on it?
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2013, 07:37:13 PM »
Some interesting info on the F-18L posted by BillRo over on Secret Projects.  I really find the Sparrows on the wingtips interesting as I don't recall ever seeing such a configuration on a Hornet (of any variation) before:





I remember reading that the reason the Sparrows were fitted to the fuselage and the sidewinders on the wing tips of F/A-18A/B was due to ease of handling on the flight deck, i.e. the heavy Sparrows would be fitted when the wings were folded, even below deck, and the Sidewinders fitted as the wings were unfolded on the flight deck mandraulically.

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2013, 01:15:32 AM »


International Roadmap SH



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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2013, 03:41:48 PM »






 :-* Possibly the coolest Hornet I have ever seen. That Su-35 splinter scheme seems to look great on anything
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2013, 12:19:35 PM »
Well over 10 years ago before ever hearing about the F-18L, I'd started a USAF  F/A-18C Fatback from the Monogram kit.   The wing folds were removed and the spine had no taper towards the midline as it went aft.  It was largely engraved too...and then some medical issues got in the way and the project died.   It's around somewhere still and hope to get it restarted some day. 
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2013, 04:45:37 AM »
Boeing flies prototype of Advanced Super Hornet configuration



Boeing and its industry partners are flying a prototype of the Advanced Super Hornet complete with conformal fuel tanks, enclosed weapons pods and signature enhancements.

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #35 on: August 13, 2013, 06:55:35 AM »
Paint orange. Refit for remote control.

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #36 on: August 13, 2013, 07:36:25 AM »
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #37 on: August 18, 2013, 06:34:43 AM »
Coming soon:

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #38 on: August 18, 2013, 07:31:07 AM »
Very stylistic, but it's a fantastic profile.

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #39 on: November 24, 2013, 01:45:12 AM »
F-18XL

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #40 on: November 24, 2013, 02:11:47 AM »
F-18XS "Hornette" (my "old" "drawing")


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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #41 on: November 24, 2013, 03:45:07 AM »
F-18XL




Check out pg 1 of this thread.  Great minds think alike! :)
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #42 on: November 24, 2013, 11:54:18 AM »
F-18XS "Hornette" (my "old" "drawing")




I love this small fighter. A modern re-edition of XF-85 Goblin? ;)

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #43 on: November 24, 2013, 12:35:20 PM »
Will use that bar code camo on some build  :)

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #44 on: November 24, 2013, 03:09:46 PM »
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #45 on: December 16, 2013, 08:42:38 PM »
hmm..  here are some of my 1/32 offerings..



and I guess the one that's most relevant in this forum is the Iranian P530


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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #46 on: December 17, 2013, 01:56:37 AM »
Nice work.
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #47 on: January 19, 2014, 05:11:01 AM »
Random ideas:

Hornet and/or Super Hornet in this scheme:

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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #48 on: January 20, 2014, 04:12:09 AM »
Thoughts of putting P-530/YF-17 features into a Monogram Hornet have been in Ye Olde Noggin for a while.  smaller radome, cone intakes, revised LERX, wings, and stabs. 
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Re: F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #49 on: January 21, 2014, 07:41:33 AM »
If you can find an old Entex "F-18" you're about halfway there.  I don't know who did the original release, I am sure Entex was a rebox.  Anyway, it was based on some mockups and is closer to the F-17 than other models.  BTW, it is in 1/72.