Photo Album

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February 1, 2019
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February 1, 2019
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February 2, 2019
beginning work on the main gear bays
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February 2, 2019
.020" solder and wire to simulate piping
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February 2, 2019
about 1/2 done...
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February 3, 2019
some placards added
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February 3, 2019
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February 3, 2019
nose gear bay as furnished in the kit
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February 3, 2019
added a bunch of clutter
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February 3, 2019
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February 3, 2019
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February 9, 2019
these bumps have to be removed for a CF 18 A
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February 9, 2019
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February 9, 2019
One bump removed completely but sink marks showed up
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February 9, 2019
CA'd sink marks
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February 9, 2019
gloss white latex paint poured into the pipes and left to set
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February 9, 2019
sanded through the back of the plastic to make the vents see through
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February 9, 2019
hollowed out the gun vents
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February 9, 2019
fitting out parts for forward fuselage
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February 9, 2019
wings attached to upper half
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February 9, 2019
not following instructions, attaching side panels to lower half to avoid those fit issues in this area
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February 9, 2019
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February 9, 2019
the one issue, a mismatch of my own doing, fixed with a shim of .010 sheet
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February 14, 2019
Some of the Vallejo colors being used for the gray's
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February 14, 2019
Bottom, light gray on
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February 14, 2019
Top medium gray
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February 14, 2019
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February 14, 2019
Tamiya orange and yellow (custom mixed)
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February 17, 2019
I cut out paper scans of the decals and used them as stencils (wet to stick them in place) then shot paint right over the paper
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February 17, 2019
painting in progress
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February 17, 2019
masks removed, touch needed but not too bad
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February 17, 2019
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February 19, 2019
this bug has blue eyes
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February 19, 2019
most (except the inevitable touch up) painting is done, back to construction for a while
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February 19, 2019
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February 20, 2019
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February 20, 2019
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February 22, 2019
decal work finally begins
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February 22, 2019
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February 25, 2019
fitted the intakes and landing gear...finally
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February 25, 2019
masking for alclad on the pipes
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February 25, 2019
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February 25, 2019
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March 3, 2019
Finally adding the aircraft shaped bits
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March 3, 2019
flaps on with decals added
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March 3, 2019
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March 5, 2019
I goofed, I forgot to paint the gunship gray on the ailerons, all fixed now but kinda hairy masking and painting over decals
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March 5, 2019

1 February 2019, 02:52

Nathan Dempsey
Nice! Love the markings.

1 February 2019, 03:10

Chris Parsons 著者
Thanks Nathan
I forgot to add...Black box "A" cockpit and tail for the conversion, Eduard photo-etch, some Lion Roar bits n pieces, Leading Edge decals for the 20 years Hornets colour bird version and whiskey to work up the nerve...

1 February 2019, 03:20

Patrick Hagelstein
Whiskey is my favorite tool as well...

1 February 2019, 04:12

Konrad -
Looks nice 👍! I watching too...
ähhmm and cheers 😉.

1 February 2019, 17:35

Chris Parsons 著者
Thanks for looking in on me!

2 February 2019, 21:01

Konrad -
Impressive detailing mate 👍!
Great Job!!

3 February 2019, 18:57

Chris Parsons 著者
thank you very much...tough on the old eyeballs

3 February 2019, 18:57

Konrad -
LOL!
Yeah but it's worth 👍

3 February 2019, 18:58

Logan Eden
Good Morning, Chris Just love the added detail, and this looks like it's coming along great. Is there a covert group in SMAS that has been taking over the club with CF-18's???? This makes four that are building them....group build??? Catch Ya, Logan

10 February 2019, 14:18

Patrick Hagelstein
I see you really needed that whiskey: amazing job in those details! 👍

10 February 2019, 18:04

Chris Parsons 著者
Hi Logan! Sorry but I've dropped out of the club, I haven't been keeping up with them at all. This was a project to help get me through winter...I thought it would take longer.
Patrick, yup! I've gone through a bit of whiskey on the detailing...the decals are frankly scaring the bijeebers outa me so I'm going to try masking and painting some of the art on it...hold my drink and watch this! Hahaha

10 February 2019, 23:41

Patrick Hagelstein
😄 I will! I could need a nice one while getting into my WTD 61 F-4F.

11 February 2019, 02:04

Ronny Verlaek
Pfoeeee , thats a really nice build so far , i'm taking a seat and i will follow this untill the END ... 😉 Keep Up This Good work ... Thumbs Up ..

11 February 2019, 02:56

Chris Parsons 著者
Thanks a lot you guys!
Painting under way now, the orange and yellow rear is masked and sprayed and I'll get some pics up soon...

13 February 2019, 14:42

Konrad -
The colours are amazing Chris! Very nice paintjob so far!!

17 February 2019, 07:51

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking paint so far, Chris!

17 February 2019, 14:29

Patrick Hagelstein
Nice and vibrant! 👍

17 February 2019, 17:22

Chris Parsons 著者
Thanks guys! A looooooot of masking, unmasking whoopsing, remasking repainting and unmasking again.
Hopefully able to post some pictures of the fuselage in it's finished color application soon...maybe...

17 February 2019, 21:32

Konrad -
Cant wait mate cant wait 😉

17 February 2019, 21:51

bughunter
Wow, superb paint job 👍

17 February 2019, 22:44

Chris Parsons 著者
Thank you for the kind words and encouragement, the masking takes a lot of time and tape!..you should be buying Tamiya masking tape stocks right now!

19 February 2019, 00:04

Clifford Keesler
Looking great.

19 February 2019, 00:18

Nathan Dempsey
I agree, this is looking great. I will never complain about having to do a few straight lines again!

20 February 2019, 04:06

Holger Kranich
Awesome Chris! Fantastic detailing in the gear bays. A feast for the eyes!

20 February 2019, 08:08

Chris Parsons 著者
Thanks for looking and encouraging mates! It's a great kit to build as well. Although, doing a demo plane, I'll now have an armload of spare pylons tanks and weapons.

20 February 2019, 17:59

bughunter
Wow! Mind blowing paint job 👍

3 March 2019, 08:22

Chris Parsons 著者
Thank you very much sir!

3 March 2019, 15:35

Chris Parsons 著者
Calling this one done...off to buzz my wife then park it on the shelf

3 March 2019, 20:29

Nathan Dempsey
Wonderful result. Came out great!

3 March 2019, 20:56

Chris Parsons 著者
Thanks a lot

3 March 2019, 22:24

Clifford Keesler
Excellent result.