Farnarkle Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Hello All,This is the Trumpeter 1/48 DH Hornet F3. OOB with the exception of Barracuda Wheels I won't dwell what Trumpeter did wrong as enough has been said already. Sort of looks like a DH Hornet anyways. Given that I build almost exclusively in 1/144 scale with the odd exception it was a real challenge to do a "supersized" kit. Pics via Iphone 4 so the quality is sort of rubbish, apologies... don't own a decent camera anymore. Oh, by the way, Xtradecals were also used on the kit depicting a 64 Sqdn Aircraft during exercise dagger 1948 I think. Thanks for looking and happy modelling all. Happy to answer questions. Ian 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 A very nicely done Hornet there Ian. It looks really good in that scheme. Well done and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Lovely! Christian, exiled to africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 A great rendition if this beauty from DH. The weathering on the silver looks terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 For all thats wrong with the kit that will annoy those who can spot it, I'm not sufficiently familiar with the Hornet to be able to see those faults & to me it looks like a Hornet & a very nicely built one at that, Even the photos aren't too bad. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 As Steve said above that looks very much like a Hornet to me and a lovely one at that ! Great colour scheme and nice weathering. Well done Ian. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Yep, looks like a Hornet and a da--ed good-looking one, too! Slick work! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 No mistaking that, its a Hornet! Very well built and finished too. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ththtttu7 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That's really nicely finished. What paints did you use? The lightly weathered aluminium/doped silver has come out especially well. I haven't seen a 1/48 Hornet of any make in this scheme before, and it is a refreshing touch of colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Hello David, The Silver is Alclad II Aluminium with some Alclad II Duraluminum on some of the panels to give a bit of contrast. Applied over Tamiya Rattle can Nato Black. The Yellow is Gunze Acrylic H329 Yellow applied over white primer and pre shading with a cream yellow H34 and red H13 spots. Airbrush control when spraying the Alclad was pretty ordinary so it really was up to post shading with diluted Tamiya X-19 Smoke to weather her properly. There is also some paynes grey and raw umber oils mixed and blended into some of the high wear panel areas near the cockpit. Hope that helps. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Looks lovely! Sometimes it's fun to ignore accuracy concerns and build a nice model. Of course when you find out it takes up as much space on your shelf as nine Hornets in your usual scale the fun might wear off a bit! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 That for sure is a lovely looking plane. Ace job there. I'm currently building a vamp, with a similar silver colour scheme and would like to adopt your technique for "post shading" as my pre shading didn't go according to plan. I read that you used oils and tamiya paints too, did you paint on then rub off with spirits? Or just paint very lightly? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. John. Ps. Just thought I should check if you did a WIP. Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 G'day John, No WIP on this one..... Sorry. I would suggest you have a look at Spencer Pollards tutorial on youtube regarding Natural Metal finishes. Mine is fairly closely adapted from his work. If you follow his recipe or adapt it to your own situation I'm sure things will work out good. Have fun with it... Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeradej Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Lovely weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Been away from here for a little bit and come back to find this. What an absolute beauty! If there is anything wrong with it then I can't tell.............A fine build - well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Cracking bit of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 G'day John, No WIP on this one..... Sorry. I would suggest you have a look at Spencer Pollards tutorial on youtube regarding Natural Metal finishes. Mine is fairly closely adapted from his work. If you follow his recipe or adapt it to your own situation I'm sure things will work out good. Have fun with it... Ian Thanks for the info, I'll give it a looksie, much appreciated. Johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Fantastic looking Hornet! Looks very much like a Hornet to me, would like to know in what way it doesn't! ;-) I'm currently building three Classic Airframes 1/48 Whirlwinds and to be honest I really wish they had been the Trumpeter kits regardless of inaccuracies. I had been given them on a contract build otherwise I would have built the Trumpeter kit. I can whole heartedly say the CA kits are THE worst kits I have ever had to struggle with in all the years I've been building kits. Most of the parts seem to have a life of their own and really do have an aversion to lining up, joining up, twist and shout etc! Trumpeter all the way with these kits definitely! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Hello Martin, Below are link to a review of trumpeter kit issues. You are a very brave man taking on the CA kit. http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1417344893/Trumpeter+DH+Hornet-+discussion+of+accuracy Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ththtttu7 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Fantastic looking Hornet! Looks very much like a Hornet to me, would like to know in what way it doesn't! ;-) I'm currently building three Classic Airframes 1/48 Whirlwinds and to be honest I really wish they had been the Trumpeter kits regardless of inaccuracies. I had been given them on a contract build otherwise I would have built the Trumpeter kit. I can whole heartedly say the CA kits are THE worst kits I have ever had to struggle with in all the years I've been building kits. Most of the parts seem to have a life of their own and really do have an aversion to lining up, joining up, twist and shout etc! Trumpeter all the way with these kits definitely! Martin Hi Ian, Personally I didn't have any problems putting the CA kit together. In fact, it is much easier to correct than the Trumpeter version. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234989551-dh-sea-hornet-nf21-vw957/#entry2120182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 G'day John, No WIP on this one..... Sorry. I would suggest you have a look at Spencer Pollards tutorial on youtube regarding Natural Metal finishes. Mine is fairly closely adapted from his work. If you follow his recipe or adapt it to your own situation I'm sure things will work out good. Have fun with it... Ian Sorry for so many questions. I watched the you tube vids, they are very good. I only have one question. Spencer seems to flit between oil paints for panels then acrylic for the smoke and then back to oils. Does this work? I thought you usually top coat before any oil paint are added? Thanks for any info. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Hello John, No no, don't feel as though you are imposing, asking questions is good. Alclad II is a lacquer based paint and seemed to cope well with oils mixed with a small amount of white spirit directly applied and blended into the surface. I didn't have any issues. I did the post shading with the smoke (alcohol based diluent as the smoke is a acrylic) then moved on to the oils. Under normal circumstances with camouflage I mainly use either gunze or Tamiya acrylics. I would then seal under pledge one go/future etc, decal and seal decals with pledge etc..... Next I would flatcoat with testors dull coat using a lacquer diluent. Any further weathering should be OK as the lacquer dullcoat seems to cope with enamel washes or filters. I almost always use a lacquer based dullcoat/glosscoat/satin coat to seal the previous layer. If you are feeling a little concerned find a scrap bit of plastic and treat it exactly the same way during your painting steps and use it as a test bed before you proceed. Hope this helps. Ian Edited July 13, 2016 by Farnarkle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hello John, No no, don't feel as though you are imposing, asking questions is good. Alclad II is a lacquer based paint and seemed to cope well with oils mixed with a small amount of white spirit directly applied and blended into the surface. I didn't have any issues. I did the post shading with the smoke (alcohol based diluent as the smoke is a acrylic) then moved on to the oils. Under normal circumstances with camouflage I mainly use either gunze or Tamiya acrylics. I would then seal under pledge one go/future etc, decal and seal decals with pledge etc..... Next I would flatcoat with testors dull coat using a lacquer diluent. Any further weathering should be OK as the lacquer dullcoat seems to cope with enamel washes or filters. I almost always use a lacquer based dullcoat/glosscoat/satin coat to seal the previous layer. If you are feeling a little concerned find a scrap bit of plastic and treat it exactly the same way during your painting steps and use it as a test bed before you proceed. Hope this helps. Ian Hi Ian. Thanks for the tips, much appreciated. I have decided to use a tried and tested method on my Vamp but I a have a Seafire, a P36 lightning and a mig that could do with some silver lovin' like you have suggested. I'll be taking your advice for sure. Thanks again. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow 65 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Oh....that's a real beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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