Honza K. Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Hello Gentlemans! I hope that I am back. I will try to build new boss kit with some extras for hasegawa kit. Here you can see some of fresh progress... Edited March 15, 2011 by Honza K.
daz greenwood Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Fantastic work as always Honza. Seeing all these WIP threads of Tomcats is making me itch to do one.
Honza K. Posted March 11, 2011 Author Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Thanks guys. I love HB rivets Edited March 11, 2011 by Honza K.
daz greenwood Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 I see HB's mad riveter has been at it again.
HOUSTON Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 HonzaK I really love your work. Always a pleasure to follow. Great work as always. NEAT and FLAWLESS work for sure. BRILLIANT start ... HOUSTON
Honza K. Posted March 15, 2011 Author Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks guys! myabe it will be something like dual build :-)
Tim T Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 Honza's Back! Popcorn sales about to go through the roof. Great work as always.
James G Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Great stuff as usual Honza - you need to put up some sort of tutorial on how you just put kits together...they always look so neat!
Calum Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 Great start as always Honza. But a couple of questions 1. How much trouble was fitting the Aires Cockpit to the HB F-14? 2. have you deepened the panel lines on the F-18?
Tango 1 Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 Fantastic work! I really enjoy seeing your builds and as I have a HB F/A-18C in my stash I shall be watching this thread with great interest! Keep those posts coming!
Honza K. Posted March 21, 2011 Author Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks gentlemans! Great start as always Honza. But a couple of questions 1. How much trouble was fitting the Aires Cockpit to the HB F-14? 2. have you deepened the panel lines on the F-18? 1. Not so much... If you used some resin cockpit before, you will have´n any problems... 2. yes, everything was deepened. Pit is ready...
Calum Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks gentlemans!1. Not so much... If you used some resin cockpit before, you will have´n any problems... 2. yes, everything was deepened. Pit is ready... lovely stuff Honza. Is that a Resin pit in the Rhino? Also what did you use for the rivet holes? Needle and Pin vice? or did you drill them out individually? (if so that's a mammoth task)
Honza K. Posted March 21, 2011 Author Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks Calum, for rivers was used needle.
robw_uk Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 looks great (as always) honza...... some questions 1) how do you get those pre-shading lines sooooooo neat... I admit my A/B is on the cheap side but is still dual-action and can (in better hands than mine) spray down to thin lines (upgrade in the offing much later this year)..... 2) does the brown(?) mottling show through the grey very well? thanks in advance
Honza K. Posted March 29, 2011 Author Posted March 29, 2011 1) freehand 2) yes, its brown... some progresss....
Calum Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Lovely work to date Honza Another quesion. Do you fit your resin cockpits first then paint/detail them?
Kiwi Boy Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Hey Honza great work on the Tomcat and Hornet. Tomcat being my number 1 favourite aircraft and the Two seat Super Hornet coming in second. I am glad someone has finally come to their senses and decided to do the HB tomcat justice the way it should be. Hobby Boss have made a mistake with their attention to detail. The boxing is stated as being a bog standard F-14A. This unfortunately is wrong. The F-14 you have in the box is actually the Late production of the F-14A as it has the Radar Warning ECM antennas on the leading edges above the air intakes. It also had a further upgrade of the P&W TF30 engines. Although still less reliable as the GE F110 motors, the upgrade to the original TF30s did give some 10-15% extra thrust and slightly less vulnerable to compressor stall. Despite this, F-14A crews still had to be very careful about what they did with the aircraft not to induce any turbulance or any kind of airflow disruption. Basically don't be a Maverick and fly right up the jet pipe of the aircraft in front!! I trust you will be putting a Lantirn pod on the right hadn pylon and the later bomb racks under the fuselage? So apart from not having a standard F-14A, you do have the makings of a very lovely Late F-14A or potentially with the GE F110 nozzles, a very beautiful F-14A Plus (ie the F-14B). Keep up the good work and you are welcome to peck my brains on the F-14 anytime. if not ask Mr Daz Greenwood. Over to you Daz!! Regards Andrew
Honza K. Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 many thanks! Calum do you see photos? :-D cockpit was painted after surfacer 1200 of all plane.. Kiwi Boy: many thanks! I'll try not to disappoint you... Some progress od Sbug.
periklis_sale Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 WOW!! how did you mae the decals and look like they are painted on! What is your secret?
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