misha71 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 great build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 This is such a great kit! Psyched that you are working your magic on this one brother! Looks outstanding, as usual! cheers, P Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Some more work. But first, a couple more pics of Homer. Homer led the first airstrike during Operation Falconer 2003. Here he is before departing on that day. And here he is upon return from the same mission. Its stuff like the above that really make me strive to do the best that I can on each of my subject pilot builds. Early on in the build, I realised that there was a fair bit of stuff that was on Homers Hornet during his 2016 mission that I would have to scratch build, such as the BOL dispensers as shown earlier. Another feature was the ELTA 8222 ECM pod that was standard issue for our Hornets, mounted to a unique adapter on station 6. I was ready to make these in plastic card but this was during the aquisition of my 3D printer, so one thing led to another and I ended up designing each piece. I did investigate the Wolfpack 8222 pod but was not happy with it. And here are the parts. They are almost ready to go. I am still playing with various angles of printing to get rid of some of the small visible lines and a panel line or two need to be tweaked to give them a bit more depth. Test fit to the model. Its a shame that they wont be very visible! Daniel Leduc, Derek B, themongoose and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Would really enjoy seeing the final product , Fun Fact i was in OpOKRA during ROTO 8 when this occured... and now that i've discharged, im looking at building my own model to go in my study. I'm really interested in your models for your 8222 and Adaptor as well, which is how i found this page. Kagemusha and GreyGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Love seeing Aussie Hornets, they were so often outfitted so differently than most other operators ... Outstanding Build Sir ... -Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 16 hours ago, GreyGhost said: Love seeing Aussie Hornets, they were so often outfitted so differently than most other operators ... Outstanding Build Sir ... -Gregg They always looked so new and clean compared to marine hornets GreyGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Thanks , there was another jet hit by lightning band it was given a "Zeus" artwork... I never really got into tail numbers but if you google a21-027 ... You will find the the 100th anniversary 3sqn jet that never got cleared to be painted and was supposed to be over there at the same time GreyGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 That was a sharp special scheme ..! -Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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