alaninaustria Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Ben! You've knocked out a beauty!! Amazing build!! Cheers Alan Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Herne Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I stumbled onto this thread nearly 4 hours ago...with in-progress threads I usually mumble to myself "That's nice" and fast forward to the end of thread to see the final results... I read every single post in this thread. You answered technique questions I've been trying to answer for years. This thread has actually motivated me to take the rest of the day off and hit the workbench. I've seen some incredible work in my day - John Vojech, Derek Brown, and Alex DeLeon's IPMS Nationals winners, and countless others here, on FB, and other sites.... This model, this project, ranks in my top 5 of all time... the scope of work, attention to detail, and precision of the build are simply stunning. Wow...all I can say is wow.... Jeff A-10LOADER, johncrow, F`s are my favs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Gosh, it's hard to know you're coming to the same show with a model in the same category and know that this will raffle the prizes You know what I don't care because at least I will be able to see this one in real tomorrow, and I can't wait It is expectionnal stusbke and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Most of the brighter areas represent touch ups; these are done free hand by airbrush. Sometimes, I mask off individual panels with Post Its or something similar and spray along the edges with a brightened base colour. I think there should be a pic of it a few pages back! Thx! I recently ordered an Olympos MP-200C for the really fine stuff, hopefully I can get the kind of result you do. Cheers, Marcel Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 This entire build has been absolutely stunning. Finish to present it speaks loudly to your skill..beyond impressive. Do tell us ...how did you get Harv to still for so long so you could make that head? Still...brilliant work Geoff Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 step by step gets even better then the last A-10LOADER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Your comments made my day, thank you all very much! The Prowler itself is finished now and has survived its first show and contest; I will of course show you some photos in the RFI section soon. There will be a carrier section to put the Prowler on in the future. I am still collecting information about the Kitty Haw section I'd like to build, but it's pretty difficult to get what I need. I'll keep you posted! Olivier, I sadly have missed you again at the show - some friends from Austria and Germany visited the show and I spent most of the time with them, I didn't even really have the time to check out all the models. I've had a close look at your B-25 though - it is absolutely gorgeous, huge congratulations! Hope we'll meet in person next time! Rdrunner and HerculesPA_2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerculesPA_2 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Hi Starfighter my friend, Im waiting for Viking too finish... Congrats dude!! Hercules Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) I haven't forgotten the Viking, Hercules! I will probably finish the Hercules Hawkeye first before I get back to the Viking; I have a few issues to solve first. Edited December 16, 2016 by Starfighter A-10LOADER and HerculesPA_2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Wow! The only reason I've missed this build up until now is that I'm not a Prowler fan, but I LOVE this build! The weathering is heavy yet very realistic and those figures! I don't recall seeing better ones. The rest of the build is awesome too, like your canopy glass. Cheers, Chuck A-10LOADER, F`s are my favs, Rdrunner and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Wow! The only reason I've missed this build up until now is that I'm not a Prowler fan... Cheers, Chuck No worries, Chuck, we all have our weaknesses... Me, I'm a big fan of all things US Navy (well, the jets that is...) and this Prowler is just terriffic. Great work, Ben. I really have to try to visit one of the shows in Belgium one day. It's not that far, after all. Cheers Rainer Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Ben, I am going to PM you about some 3D printing ideas/help..... Cheers Anthony Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Olivier, I sadly have missed you again at the show - some friends from Austria and Germany visited the show and I spent most of the time with them, I didn't even really have the time to check out all the models. I've had a close look at your B-25 though - it is absolutely gorgeous, huge congratulations! Hope we'll meet in person next time! I wanted to meet you as well, But Stubske has been so busy all day that we couldn't even talk to each other either I must say I had to compromize the visit as I promised my wife to go hunting for X-mas tree during the afternoon and I even missed the price giveaway. Congratulation on taking gold, it was very well deserved It's a gorgeous model which attracted a lot of attention. I'm sure we'll bump into each other soon enough Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Keep em coming Ben! Great work! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 I have started Kitty Hawk's port stern section to place the Prowler on. The deck was cut from 10mm Forex, the grey structures below are 3D printed. CODY, Marcel111, Rainer Hoffmann and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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