Delayar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Hi Folks! I recently started a build of a Hasegawa F/A-18E Super Hornet in the Anniversary Scheme of 2010. kit: Hasegawa 1/48 Decals: Afterburner Decals "East Coast SuperBug CAGs" and Afterburner Decals "Super Hornet Upgrade Set Aftermarket: Quickboost Seat Quickboost ECS vents Phase Hangar seamless intakes Eduard GBU-38 Tamiya AIM-9X, AIM-120 and GBU-12 (from the F-16 kit) I started with the cokpit, using the decals from the Afterburner Upgrade set. They are marvelous, although I am not sure if the grey color is correct... The Quickboost seat with paint and decals: The fuselage required some surgery to fit the Quickboost bard stacks: The small gaps are filled with CA, and will be invisible under the paint. I fitted the fuselage sides and intake lips before attaching the seamless intakes to get a good alignment of the parts. I carefully fitted the intakes to prevent gaps between the intake parts. As they now floated above the wheel wells and were held only by a small amount of CA at the front, I added support struts and secured them with epoxy glue behind the intake fans: looks good so far: Cheers, Markus 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Nice work so far. I’ll be keeping tab of this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Indeed, some good mods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thank you! Cheers, Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 I continued with the assembly of the fuselage. I decided not to follow the instructions and first glued top and bottom halves together before joining forward and main fuselage. I also attached the wings to the upper fuselage first to get a nice transition between fuselage and wing top surface. After attaching the forwar fuselage, filling and sanding started. And the fuselage is ready: Cockpit parts added: On the bottom, I accidentially removed the location bar from the right wing outboard pylon, so I had to drill registration holes. With the leading edge flaps, flap hinges and canopy installed, the Super Hornet is ready for some paint: Cheers, Markus 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 You’re moving out quickly on this one, and it’s looking great. - Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Thank you! Cheers, Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Good, fast work. Excellent progress on this, and clever thinking on the building steps to avoid extra work. This will be a good one 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Hi Folks, I finally found time to continue this build. I applied a base coat and did the preshading: I also started with the ordnance: The items are not yet flat coated. All are from a Tamiya F-16 kit. Cheers, Markus 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Looking good! What else? Tanks? Targeting pod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Yes, it will have two tanks, an ATFLIR pod and two GBU-38. They are not yet ready, however. 😉 Cheers, Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 That ejection seat is really sharp! As is probably obvious to everyone, I tend to focus on cockpits to get a better feel for how the experts do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Painting continues. Here, the underside is already painted with MRP Light Ghost Grey, upper surfaces with MRP Dark Ghost Grey First stages of a light weathering: On pictures, the original aircraft has barely any signs of waethering. The bottom has yet to receive some more weathering. The tails are peinted and decaled. Som light touch ups are necessary. Cheers, Markus 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Looks good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 top work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Thanks! Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Wow, time flies. It's been a long time since the last update. Anyhow, I wasn't idle during lockdown. After painting and fading the TPS, I painted the skunk stripe. I didn't weather it very much, since on the reference pictures, the bird is relatively clean. Further detail painting and a gloss coat: And so the decaling bagan. The Afterburner decals went on really smooth. Sadly, the stripes for the black/red tank were not inlcuded on the decal sheet, so I had to make my own: Applied to the red tank: And after a gloss coat, I painted the rest black: Cheers, Markus 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Wunderbar Markus !! Now, I feel guilty to have mine stored aside !! I'll save your thread in my files... Congratulations again !! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Looking great on the paint work and real nice on the tank decal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Thanks! Cheers, Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice work so far Markus! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Excellent! The cockpit looks great, the deviation from the instructions paid rich dividends and the end result is sure to be outstanding. Can't ask for more than that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thank you! Cheers, Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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