Canada's Hornet: Part 1

Last Summer, I bought Revell's 1/48th scale F/A-18 kit and was not overly happy with the decal schemes provided, so I bought Leading Edge Decals for it, representing a Canadian Air Force fighter. Ten Months later, I'm finally getting started. 

The first thing that I noticed when I opened the box was the massive amount of parts, over 125 parts, and many took up the entire length of the box. Then I realized, this was going to be a massive project; But not to worry, I have my loyal assisstant, Hairy, as seen in the photo to help me! :P