Hornetto

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June 18, 2018
Nice finely engraved details, plastic has some sort of peach fuzz on it and required some sanding.
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June 18, 2018
I built the undernose sub assembly a tad fast, which resulted in a slight misalignment problem. Nothing a clamp couldn't fix.
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June 18, 2018
Intakes were a bit tricky to get to conform.
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June 18, 2018
A mix of Tamiya white putty on the LERX, CA glue with graphite on the intakes and Vallejo plastic putty for the hard to reach joints.
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June 18, 2018
Flaps down. In hindsight, I should have removed more material from the front of those pieces in order to get a wider slot.
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June 18, 2018
Hinges installed, had to redo one piece that had vanished, only to reappear once the glue was set.
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June 18, 2018
Joining the project backlog for canopy masking.
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July 6, 2018
Primed with Surfacer 1000, preshaded some with XF-18 & painted with Hataka lacquers. Went down fine, but the liquid mask I used in some spots actually lifted the pigments when I took it off. Hataka dark & light ghost greys seem very close in shade.
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July 6, 2018
Decals applied straight to the paint. Very pleasant sheet to work with, no silvering. Not sure the softer did anything though.
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July 6, 2018
Glossed with 2 layers of X-22 + SLT. Tried sanding the decals in between coats, didn't do much but the carrier film is not too visible anyway. Well I still should have removed it on the big tail pieces, but I'll live with it.
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July 6, 2018
AK PLW for grey and blue, which I now find a bit too contrasty. Played some with XF-82 to test out my newly received Aztek airbrush, then matt coat of XF-86. Canopy unmasked, now to work on the cockpit, gears and load!
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July 22, 2018
Cockpit done.
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July 22, 2018
Gear done. Applying small decals to tubular shapes was a real chore, not sure how to do that properly. Now I just hope that they don't peel away.
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July 22, 2018
Load almost done. Some weathering and assembly required still, and that will be it.
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July 22, 2018
Loaded for bear. Few bits to glue on and some painting touch-ups needed. Noticed too late that sidewinders were supposed to be gray 😄
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Komentáre

16 18 June 2018, 14:38

Patrick Hagelstein
This looks interesting!

18 June 2018, 15:39

Cuajete
Looks very good so far. Following!

18 June 2018, 18:37

Ekki
I'm in too.

18 June 2018, 20:52

Jozef Goos
verry nice

6 July 2018, 13:00

Pierre autor
Thanks!

6 July 2018, 13:09

Bryn Crandell
Looking good!

6 July 2018, 14:26

Konrad -
Very nice 👍

6 July 2018, 19:23

Cuajete
Fantastic painting and weather work. Maybe decals has something of silvering effect.

6 July 2018, 19:58

Pierre autor
Cheers!

@Cuajete: I don't think it's silvering, it seems it's just the carrier film showing under certain angles, although I'm not sure since it's hard to tell on a grey background. At least it doesn't look too bad, I've had way worse results before 🙂

7 July 2018, 12:26

Ronan
Très joli, Pierre😉

7 July 2018, 17:29

Cuajete
OK, Pierre 👍

7 July 2018, 19:02

Pierre autor
Merci😉

8 July 2018, 09:19

John Thomas
Nice work

8 July 2018, 12:38

Spanjaard
very nice job!

22 July 2018, 11:00

Pierre autor
Thanks guys! The plane is now complete, feels good to finish a kit for a change. Will shoot proper pictures soon.

23 July 2018, 09:47

Harry Eder
Very nice Hornet 👍

23 July 2018, 11:36

Spanjaard
She looks gorgeous!

23 July 2018, 11:40

Cuajete
Very nice, Pierre. Congrats!

23 July 2018, 12:09

Pierre autor
Cheers!

23 July 2018, 12:45

Augusto
Nice work!

23 July 2018, 13:42

Patrick Hagelstein
Really nice to see it painted up, especially in those markings!

23 July 2018, 14:25

Pierre autor
Thanks again! Found some time for some pictures. I will probably try some more matte varnish to try and kill off that sheen, especially on the decals.

All in all, a really nice kit despite a few shortcomings. I was not a fan of the Hornet before, and building this made me change my mind, it is a nifty looking plane afterall.

26 July 2018, 07:27

Cuajete
Better pics! 🙂 👍

26 July 2018, 11:43

Pierre autor
Yeah, still in the learning stage for that, much like with scalemodelling 🙂

26 July 2018, 13:58

Konrad -
Perfect 👍

26 July 2018, 19:25

Ekki
Fantastic result! 👍

26 July 2018, 20:21

Pierre autor
Thank you both 🙂

27 July 2018, 09:09