Rémi Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Hi all This time I propose to follow a build of the E-2C Hawkeye from Hasegawa at 1/72 scale The Grumman E-2C is a iconic plane for the 70 area like the F-14 Tomcat frequently associeted to it But if the Tomcat is now out of service, the E-2C always fly and is the "eye of the fleet" I started this buils several weeks ago but I really start the paint job only this week because I must wait that my F-104 dry I start with this kit Initially, I wanted to use a decals sheet with a plane with a "stars and stripes" flag on the nose. But this sheet is now unavable I decided to make the artbox scheme who is attractive. For this, I make a mask for the bird on the radome radar. This week I attacked the cockpit paint The Hasegawa cockpit is very well detailled for the scale It need only a good job paint and the add of the seatbelts I paint the two screen on the central consol with a drop of transparent green from AK For the dashboard, I made a mask with a Silhouette printer after to have scanne the decals sheet After I painted in black the dashboard, masked the panels instrument and spray the grey One drybrush later and some buttons in red, the dashboard finished On a E-2C there are buttons all around the cockpit even on the ceilling Like I wish a clean interior, I decided to paint the interior of the transparent piece I made the mask for this job and paint the upper console Like my Silhouette printer is warm, I decided to make the propeller mask Hasegawa give the white and aluminium part of the blade in decals I scanned it and made a new mask. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Beautiful work on this so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 The work night I painted the front wheel bay. This part need only a white paint and brown accent panel line Now I can close the fuselage Don't forget to drill all the holes and glue the 3 windows on the rear right fuselage You need too a weight of 30 grammes. Hasegawa indicates to place this weight under the cockpit floor. It is impossible to place a such weight in this place ! I place it behind the rear cockpit partition. Now we can see the global line of the plane For the next step, I decided to take care of the engines and specially the air intake of the Allison T56 Turboprop Hasegawa has been lazy at this place We have only a straight piece behind the air intake. To correct this, I decided to dig it and create a printer 3D pieces I wouldn't be difficult to create the air vein Before that, I cut the center propeller plot from the front piece of the engine After I drill the half engine piece with the help of a moulding line The difference between a drill piece to the left and the orignal piece to the right 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 The work of the day At first, paint of the radome. Before the set the mask, I painted the radome with AK paint After, paint of the bird The rest of the day was passing to modelise the air intake. When you have not the experience to do it, you pass several hours for only a little piece 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 That's fantastic work on this E-2! I really love the way you masked the bird motif. This is really a pro job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 The first batch print The external diameter could be a little more thick but it should be suffisant for a cyano glue. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Excellent start, good work with the masks and 3D printing. I haven't built a Hawkeye yet but I do have a Greyhound. Vacu-formed fuselage by ID Models and mastered by me. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 This build advance at low speed but advance. I decided to paint the model by element : fuselage, wings and tails were paint seperatly For this, the wing-fuselage junction must be perfect. hopefully, this junction is almost good. There are only a little space, that can be corrected by two spacer in the fuselage I painted the lateral window in orange like we can see on some photos The tails paint started too And when we add all the elements, the E-2C appear 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 This anything-but slow-build is quite excellent! Better still, it's Grumman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 A nice thread to follow, I have this kit in stock & your improvements are welcome info. Not sure I'm up to 3d printing yet though, but I do like what you're doing with it. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Neat work... Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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