stevej60 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Hi folk's,with only a couple of build's ongoing I decided to give the rest of the year's GB's a miss and sit back to enjoy other people's work.I wanted to do a couple of subject's outside their scope one being Hasegawa's F-35B and this big scale beauty which I bought nearly two year's ago at a good price from Kit;s for Cash at the Northern show.It has a full engine included which has to be fitted for the exhausts to be mounted so I thought paint it up and see how it look's.Made a start today so hope to get a few picture's up later, Edited September 11, 2018 by stevej60 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hi folk's,just spent one of those day's chilling out watching a bit telly and popping up to the loft just trimming sprue's and glueing,no paint no airbrush cleaning etc so one day in I'm here. Also the tail;rudder wing's all cleaned up and assembled ready for paint,got to give Trumpeter a pat on the back for crispness of part's and fit no doubt they got something's wrong but so far so good. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hi Steve I would love one of these too and great work so far. Lookforward to seeing this progress. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 59 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Steve I would love one of these too and great work so far. Lookforward to seeing this progress. All the best Chris Cheer's Chris,I bought this with Special Hobbies Airacobra in the same scale which is one of the remaining GB build's I'm on with,this one's a million miles better in every respect,I got the base interior green on earlier tonight will post up tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Hello Steve nice choice curious which markings will she be in ? Edited September 11, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 21 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Steve nice choice curious which markings will she be in ? I have to agree Dennis - it looks very interesting - I shall be watching this one - 1/32 - should be good with @stevej60 at the wheel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 26 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Steve nice choice curious which markings will she be in ? Hello Dennis,she'll be finished in the box art RAF scheme Dark earth/Green over Sky with one lower wing in Black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Morning folk's,I got a fair bit done yesterday over a couple of hour's base interior coat applied ready for detailing. PE buckles are supplied so I fitted them over masking tape to make a harness they will be painted during the rest of the detailing. The IP is made up of a backing plate the face of which I painted white then fixed the acetate dial sheet onto it,the black painted facia is next thing to fit.Started painting the engine,there are load's of photo's of the Allison engine online and once the plumbing is added it should look great. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Morning folk's a bit more progress,engine fitted and plumbed in a little bit more detail to add here and there then time to close up the fuselage side's. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Nice work, built one myself sometime back and its great ...only for the shallow cockpit, me thinks its a great kit with a very good price tag. hope to see it done up soon. Rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 That's a great looking Tomahawk! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Morning folk's,engine completed and fuselage joined after the rear wheel assembly fitted,Ive seen some great detailing beyond what is supplied with the kit around the web but for me that's as far as I'm going.Now big issue with the kit is (to me) the awful exhaust assembly each stub is a two part affair and the fit is poor so I've painted and weathered them but even thoughit will be fiddly I'm fitting them last. Fuselage fit is great,the insert below the windshield need's patience though. Wing assembly faultless. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hi folk's progressing well the main airframe assembled now could be time for primer.She's a good size compared to Airfix's 1/72 kit. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Hi Steve, what are the marking options with this issue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Coming together very nice, your lighting fast compared to my builds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 4 hours ago, spaddad said: Hi Steve, what are the marking options with this issue? Hi Dave,apart from the box top option which I'm doing there's a U.S "Pearl Harbour" scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Evening folk's,just a quick update on the Tomahawk.Primed and bottom colour's painted next job the wheel well's and interior of the flap's which will be fitted in the down position. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Nice build Steve, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ozzy said: Nice build Steve, Thank's Ozzy,very enjoyable too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 Hi folk's masked off undersides and base coat if Earth added. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Looking good, this kit was the first Trumpeter kit that I build and I thoroughly enjoyed it, I built a desert one so it will be interesting to see it in UK colours. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hi folk's, I was at the Sunderland Air and Land Museum today and photographed the recovered wing of an RAF Tomahawk that crashed up on the Moor's in the west of County Durham,I sneaked over the rope for a look at the undersurface colour which I can only describe as very similar to a Beige Green along the line's of the colour I used on the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 1 hour ago, stevej60 said: Hi folk's, I was at the Sunderland Air and Land Museum today and photographed the recovered wing of an RAF Tomahawk that crashed up on the Moor's in the west of County Durham,I sneaked over the rope for a look at the undersurface colour which I can only describe as very similar to a Beige Green along the line's of the colour I used on the kit. Would RAF duck egg blue be a good match for the undersides of your model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Sturmovik said: Would RAF duck egg blue be a good match for the undersides of your model? Difficult to say as different brand's have different take's on the colour,I use Tamiya paint's and using their Sky as a base added Deck tan to take the green edge off and then added a touch of white to lighten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 Morning folk's,I took the Bull by the horn's with the new airbrush and sprayed the Green freehand, after spraying the Earth a shade lighter in the centre ofthe panels I repeated the process onthe green and it look's a bit better than the solid colour in this scale. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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