M4rk Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I finished this off the other week, although only just got round to taking pics of it at the weekend. My first 1/32 aircraft, a real monster of a model compared to what I'm used to, it also took way longer than I expected (over a year ). Its a great kit though, you just need allow a lot more time to do jobs that take not much in 1/48 scale. Its essentially a from-the-box build, but with a Quickboost ejector seat, Aires resin jet exahausts, Eduard etched placards and TwoBobs decals. I've discussed the pros/cons of these extras in the build thread here for anyone interested, but basically the seat is superb, whereas the jet exhausts were a pain in the bottom to fit (being slightly undersized) and the decals realy didn't want to cooperate. Got there in the end though! I also added a pair of GBU-12 bombs not included in the kit, which were kindly donated by a member of the Flory Models forum. Apologies for the large number of pics, think I got a bit snap-happy I entered this at the Model Kraft show at MK a few weeks ago and was pretty chuffed to take silver in the class. Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Superb!, looks great Got one of these in the stash with all the bits, hope I do a good job like yourself. Shaun. Edited February 20, 2012 by Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 great looking build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Genocide Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 That's awesome, bet it pops like a good 'un in real life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeg Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 That is awesome. Love the bright red on the grey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 great build.Modern jets arent really my thing, but this looks really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikmuntz Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 First of all, that is an excellent excellent model! Second...I can here the conversation now. "Wait, where the *%&$ did that other rocket for the starboard wing go??" "Why are you asking me, you had it last!" "Oh...no...we are done! Quick, find something else that we can throw on there!" Haha once again, great job on that one!! Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 A very sharp looking Hornet! Your weathering looks great and your choice of payload is a real party starter! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri48 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 That really is a stunning model..... Bri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob C Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Absolutely bloomin amazing. Well worth the time. Glad you took so many pictures, I could look at this for hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickers7 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Very nice! Good paint job too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Very nicely done and well deserving of the silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 That is one very nice looking Hornet, fantastic quality finish, i also like the load out, not seen that before, looks nasty (well being on wrong end anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4rk Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks for the comments fellas. The loadout is accurate for an OEF jet from what I can gather through research, although I struggled to find a pic of a hornet fully loaded up with GBUs and a Maverick. They certainly carry asymmetric loads regularly, plus only one Sidewinder over Afghanistan. Its basically a CAS loadout I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Hooker Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Liking that heaps! Really superb work that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 That looks fantastic.I have one in the stash as well and I hope I can make as good a job as you did. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4rk Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks Alan & Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhtmo Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Dont apologise for so many piccies. It's a smasher. Congrats on the silver. dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc7676 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Lovely build mate, a magnificent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoss Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Awesome finish! I like that a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Great Looking Model thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the MDman Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Very nice looking model. Is that Aires exhaust you used? TIA Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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