red Dog Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) yep Fred, only one way to do it But before, let's make sure everything in there is ready for closing: helmet... check pilot looking left ... check hands on control ... check hud in place... check oxygen hose firmy glued in place (unlike last time) ... check hell hole .. crew chief forgot to cover it canopy actuator ... check canopy lever ... check closed compass ... in place Some weapons work. I'm not 100% decided which load i'll use, probably an asymetric config with 2 bags and the IMER with 1 LRDG on the primary station. I'll be flexible for the rest. the Zacto's sidewinder are awesome The MER was converted to IMER. Still needs some detail painting and weathering. The LRDG come from the trumpy superhornet Inert laser maverick, chin load and the hook support, the whole model will be supported by that small rod! After a full day spent decalling the hornet (kit's decals are a bit on the thick side) I needed a break and worked on the carrier deck section. The base is MDF wood 18mm thick. I started drawing 90mm radius circles for the location of the tie down and bore 6mm holes in the wood. The deck received a couple of rust oleum coat to simulate the anti slipping revetment. First time I try that and I'm happy with the texture result. The tie downs were then painted and glued in place. They are PE tie down from J's work. The rest of the work will be painting the centerline and weathering and scraping the deck. Edited March 10, 2018 by red Dog Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Progressing very nicely! Nice loadout! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 This is definitely going to become a showstopper, stunning work. Coincidently one of my favourite paint schemes too. Hats off to your work. Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thank you gents I hesitated for long between the two available vfa-192 in the box.Initially I wanted to do the 2000 version with the yellow dragon on the tail. but as the build progressed, i finally decided that the worn look of the paint would better suit the 2001 low vis version. I found multiple pictures of the wfgd landing at Astugi which sold me on the low vis paint scheme got a question for the navy experts in the house any idea of the width of the deck yellow and white centerline? it seems pretty large but it's hard to judge from the picture i have found on google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 yep Fred, only one way to do it But before, let's make sure everything in there is ready for closing: helmet... check pilot looking left ... check hands on control ... check hud in place... check oxygen hose firmy glued in place (unlike last time) ... check hell hole .. crew chief forgot to cover it canopy actuator ... check canopy lever ... check closed compass ... in place Some weapons work. I'm not 100% decided which load i'll use, probably an asymetric config with 2 bags and the IMER with 1 LRDG on the primary station. I'll be flexible for the rest. the Zacto's sidewinder are awesome The MER was converted to IMER. Still needs some detail painting and weathering. The LRDG come from the trumpy superhornet Inert laser maverick, chin load and the hook support, the whole model will be supported by that small rod! After a full day spent decalling the hornet (kit's decals are a bit on the thick side) I needed a break and worked on the carrier deck section. The base is MDF wood 18mm thick. I started drawing 90mm radius circles for the location of the tie down and bore 6mm holes in the wood. The deck received a couple of rust oleum coat to simulate the anti slipping revetment. First time I try that and I'm happy with the texture result. The tie downs were then painted and glued in place. They are PE tie down from J's work. The rest of the work will be painting the centerline and weathering and scraping the deck. I don't mean to pick nits...and please correct me if I'm wrong here... But shouldn't the end of the tail hook be facing the other direction - ie: towards the direction of movement (forward) and the deck arresting cables? It appears that the hook at the end is facing backwards? Regardless of my own lack of knowledge...this is an AWESOME build!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Nice catch !! it was only put for the photo, it isn't attached yet you may have saved an important detail, thanks Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Nice catch !! it was only put for the photo, it isn't attached yet you may have saved an important detail, thanks I wasn't sure if that was actually how it was supposed to be or not...and I know I've done stuff like that myself more times than I care to count! Glad it's not just my hazy vision from watching all these AMAZING builds...and also that it's easily reversible! Cheers Bri~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Yep, I'll stick with 30-32mm - it seems to match the hundreths pictures I found of carrier deck In the meantime, I continued my creative micro painting. Time to get that 0.15mm airbrush needle out of storage: The model has been decaled, gloss coated and washed. Now I'm painting the anti corrosion touchups. Once done, it will be faded back a bit into base colour. The wing bag and centerline received the same treatment, the decals are homemade Same kind of work on the top wings And faded back with base colour Edited March 10, 2018 by red Dog A-10LOADER, Mal_Belford and Uilleann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Just amazing!!!! I really love how you did that respray work around panels etc, so common on modern jets and you nailed it perfectly. Very inspiring indeed, thank you for posting Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 This is what i love.... This weathering i just lovit.....missing words.... And i agree very inspiring.. /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Looking very good! Very nice weathering! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyF4s Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Your Weathering is pure Michelangelo. This is an excellent display of the artwork that is such a huge part of a successful build. You have captured the impression of this beautiful bird in flight and given it back to us in scale and 3D! Kudos! Sincerely Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Thank you gents, I appreciate your comments I was kinda waiting for someone with the guts to tell me that the weathering was overdone, which is true in the picture earlier. Luckily the final mist of base colour blended all that back to my comfort zone The deck ceterline was painted: 30mm wide, about 1 meter in real life next is fading a bit that line and painting tire marks. Of course I'll need to solve the wire issue, I'd like to have one wire placed a bit forward of the hook.Weapons are finally done, my highlight is the modified IMER and the two blue LRDG. I hesitated putting only one but in that case, it has to be the rearmost one and I wanted to have one in front so I decided to put two.The AN-ASQ-173 and AGM65 have been updated with some internal tubing and lense to simulate the opticals. much better so. it's easily done and really makes a difference.Simply bore a hole in the front of the weapon/sensor before gluing the lens.Glue another lens (or round the end) to a tube matching the hole, paint them (in the case of the AN/ASQ173 in black with an optic in gloss black.)insert the tube into the hole and then only glue the final lens.With the tails installed, the resin exhaust and all stores the Hornet is quite heavy for that 2mm supporting rod Luckily I planned a backup plan with a transparent rod going through the centerline fuel tank, just in case ...She's almost done and as always I can't wait to remove the canopy masks and have it displayed.More pictures of the final model soon. Edited March 10, 2018 by red Dog stusbke, Uilleann and A-10LOADER 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stusbke Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Yes RD looks kick ass! I'm also looking forward to the unveiling of your project mate looks killer already! love your IMER, the blue LGB training rounds sure do add a splash of colour there! Cheers Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Roof Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Just a friendly FYI, these are actually called LGTR's (Laser Guided Training Rounds). I had the pleasure of loading quite a few of these when I was attached to VMFA-134 back in 95/96. One small correction for any future Hornet build.......the edges of the trailing edge flaps are not red on the F/A-18. They are gray (can be either the 36375 used for the bottom or 36320 used for the top). All in all, a very enjoyable build to watch come together! Thank you gents, I appreciate your comments Weapons are finally done, my highlight is the modified IMER and the two blue LRDG. I hesitated putting only one but in that case, it has to be the rearmost one and I wanted to have one in front so I decided to put two. Mal_Belford and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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