Alan P Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Hello Britmodellers! Here's one of my lockdown builds, made for the In The Navy groupbuild. It's the Kinetic 1/32 kit (reboxed Academy) and one of the best jet models you can get. This one's mostly out of the box except the cockpit (Avionix), seats (Aires), chaff buckets (F4dable Models) and armament, which is a mix of Wolfpack (GBU-38) and Trumpeter (GBU-12). It's a really attractive two-sided scheme with the flag on the airbrake, excellent decals by Flying Leathernecks. I used Xtracrylix paint for the main scheme and Colourcoats for the wear and tear effects. This aircraft was painted in Kuwait at the end of the deployment in 2007 but my main references were some excellent photos of it at Las Vegas shortly afterwards, so the degree of dirtiness is reasonable for a special scheme! The wings were depicted folded even though that's not normal for land-based Marine examples, because I think it's nice to show off an aircraft's unique features on a model! The two-sided scheme is also very attractive, commemorating all the units making up MAG-2 at the time. The cockpit was a Black Box/Avionix set from way back, but built up really well. The kit canopy was less fun to build...it's the biggest clear part I've seen on any model, and the attachment points were very flimsy to hold such a large cantilevered piece. Epoxy glue was the only solution. Unusually for me, I even painted up the underside (out of sight out of mind is my usual policy 😂) If anyone's still reading this, the build thread is here: All the best, stay safe and thanks for looking, Alan 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Absolutely great Hornet, looks awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Very nicely made model and I especially like the weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Very nice alan 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Really like that mate. Nice build and the cockpit looks smashing. I have a couple in the stash to do as well having seen the real thing once or twice in action. Just wish someone would pull some fingers out with some more up to date other than 2002 RAAF decals for the Middle East. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Harry Callahan said: Absolutely great Hornet, looks awesome Thanks Harry 👍 45 minutes ago, Bill.B said: Very nicely made model and I especially like the weathering. Thanks a lot Bill, this is the first time I tried painting the dirt and wear rather than using washes and it worked much better. 13 minutes ago, Hewy said: Very nice alan 👍 Cheers Glynn, you know all about this one already 😁 Thanks again, Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Greg B said: Really like that mate. Nice build and the cockpit looks smashing. I have a couple in the stash to do as well having seen the real thing once or twice in action. Just wish someone would pull some fingers out with some more up to date other than 2002 RAAF decals for the Middle East. Thanks a lot mate, cockpits are my thing so might as well do it properly 😂 Not much going on with decals for non-US subjects, considering the aircraft is/was used by many forces around the world 😕 Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Fantastic model Alan, one of the best Hornets I've seen! I think replacing all the mesh was worth the hassle and the cockpit is very convincing, love the HUD. What in the end did you use for the cockpit screens? Excellent job again! David Edited July 6, 2020 by mirageiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Great model AP, is this pre-self harming🤒. I never knew the Kinetic kit was an Academy tool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 5 hours ago, mirageiv said: Fantastic model Alan, one of the best Hornets I've seen! I think replacing all the mesh was worth the hassle and the cockpit is very convincing, love the HUD. What in the end did you use for the cockpit screens? Excellent job again! David Thanks David, high praise indeed from you 😊👍 The screens are covered with reflective polarised film from Hasegawa over a black background. 1 hour ago, speedy said: Great model AP, is this pre-self harming🤒. I never knew the Kinetic kit was an Academy tool. 😂😂😂 Yes thankfully before. The Kinetic boxing might be the only way to get the Night Attack version these days. Thanks again folks 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Excellent build; very appropriate weathering and the cockpit is truly awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 That is fantastic Al, great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Fantastic result!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 On 7/6/2020 at 12:45 PM, SAT69 said: Excellent build; very appropriate weathering and the cockpit is truly awesome. Thanks very much (and it's nice to be able to read your posts at last!) 😉👍 On 7/6/2020 at 2:35 PM, Stephen said: That is fantastic Al, great work. Thanks very much Stephen, means a lot coming from a grey jet expert 🙏 On 7/6/2020 at 4:58 PM, exdraken said: Fantastic result!! Thanks my friend 👍 appreciate your input during the build. On 7/6/2020 at 9:19 PM, phildagreek said: Very nice! Thank you very much Phil 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Awesome build with very attractive markings Alan. I have four samples of Academy Hornets (C and D with Academy boxing and two A/B/C/D with Kinetic rebox) in this scale. Most probably I will never have time to build them. But having them makes me feel good 🙂 Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyg352 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Lovely job Alan! Weathering looks spot on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Absolutely gorgeous Al, a mighty fine build. Love the tail markings and that flag on the speed brake is superb. Lovely work Sir. Eng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 16 hours ago, Serkan Sen said: Awesome build with very attractive markings Alan. I have four samples of Academy Hornets (C and D with Academy boxing and two A/B/C/D with Kinetic rebox) in this scale. Most probably I will never have time to build them. But having them makes me feel good 🙂 Serkan Thanks very much Serkan! If you ever lose that feelgood feeling, PM me! Can't have enough Hornets in my opinion 😁 13 hours ago, jimmyg352 said: Lovely job Alan! Weathering looks spot on! Thank you, first time I used paint instead of washes and I'll stick with that from now on. 9 hours ago, eng said: Absolutely gorgeous Al, a mighty fine build. Love the tail markings and that flag on the speed brake is superb. Lovely work Sir. Grae you're a gent 👍 thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Incredible build. Looks amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 That's a real attention grabber, lovely scheme and the weathering is first class 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 9:47 AM, Hobo said: Incredible build. Looks amazing. 20 hours ago, F-32 said: That's a real attention grabber, lovely scheme and the weathering is first class Thanks very much gents! Will be posting its big brother from the Navy soon...😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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