exdraken Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 C.15M EF-18M Hornet 15-28 Spanish Airforce Ejercito del Aire 25 years of Hornets at Ala-15 Zaragoza air base Quien ose paga Hasegawa 1/48 Modelmaker decals I saw this very same jet at Airpower 19, unfortunately only static... but still impressiv paint scheme! need to search for my old photos! credits to : https://mypics.at/blog/airpower-fotos.html Modelmaker is producing decals for some of the greater schemes out there, check them out! the kit itself is in my stash, the box rather battered, contents fine though fortunately! might add the one or other aftermarket set after going through my boxes.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 A very nice choice Werner. Spanish Hornets have worn some very nice special schemes over the years and the one you have chosen is a very nice one. Very interested to see how this one goes together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Yes, I agree. This is an exciting choice of markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Nice choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Nice one! Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Great scheme! Looking forward to seeing this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatol Pigwa Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Great to see the spanish Hornets getting some love, BUT the Canadian scheme looks lovely as well. Maybe we will see it return later this year? I sure hope so! What is your take on the Modelmaker decals? They appear a little bland in the photo, buit this might be due to some camera settings. OTOH the picture of the original seems to have the colours slighty oversaturated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 started to cut some sprues.... actually my first Hasegawa Hornet -shame on me! detail is good, but I am a but under-whelmed by the cockpit, and the obvious complexity of this kit!, also the age of those molds shows... lots of cleanup necessary! and as usual, one has to get accustomed always again with the hard/ and brittleness of Hasegawa plastic.... seat is rather bare, some molded on belts are more of a joke!, something needs to be done in this respect! I guess I will not invest in an Aires cockpit, mostly as it would only arrive late if I even find one!.. lets see! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Those moulded on seat belts aren't the best are they Werner, perhaps just get a resin seat as it would be much cheaper than a cockpit and would probably actually fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, modelling minion said: Those moulded on seat belts aren't the best are they Werner, perhaps just get a resin seat as it would be much cheaper than a cockpit and would probably actually fit. let's see what the post ´woman brings in the next week... the seat is not bad in overall shape I think.... but detail is soft, as on the cockpit consoles... landing gear bay on the other hand I think is quite ok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 hours ago, exdraken said: et's see what the post ´woman brings in the next week... I hope she doesn't slow you down too much. I'm expecting at least a cockpit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 now you've got me, Tiger Meet scheme!!! Mmm that cockpit is a bit underwhelming, some nice AM resin bang seats are what you need....... and maybe some Quinta........arr what the hell!! Give me you CC details and I'll sort out inn the AM stuff you'll need!!! Trust me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 9:47 PM, Bertie Psmith said: I hope she doesn't slow you down too much. I'm expecting at least a cockpit. lucky me! not that apparent in this shot, but difference is huge! first sanding session.... as was to be expected 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 "lucky me!"..... I've never heard that comment made on arrival of a Aires Cockpit...... should be like "woe is me!" Through my crystal ball I can see through the fuselage as well once you've sanded it back enough for the cockpit to fit! But yes it will be an improvement over the kits supplied cockpit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 9 hours ago, trickyrich said: "lucky me!"..... I've never heard that comment made on arrival of a Aires Cockpit...... I was thinking the same thing, Rich. Though to be fair I haven't had the pleasure myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 12:40 AM, trickyrich said: lucky me!"..... I've never heard that comment made on arrival of a Aires Cockpit...... should be like "woe is me!" 20 hours ago, gingerbob said: I was thinking the same thing, Gentlemen... thanks! sort of masochism is involved here I guess... Actually the "lucky me" referred to Bertie and his expectations... On 1/9/2022 at 9:47 PM, Bertie Psmith said: I'm expecting at least a cockpit. Actually, I ordered a Quickboost seat AND the cockpit. But only the cockpit has arrived... a signal? On 1/9/2022 at 9:47 PM, Bertie Psmith said: I hope she doesn't slow you down too much. It is already.... sanding, dry fitting, sanding... And guess what... .. Sanding! Is there actually an alternative cockpit out there? All recent stuff is of course for Kinetic' great kit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Despite the usual difficulties of fitting an Aires cockpit or almost any resin cockpit I guess, there is some beautiful detail there and it will be absolutely worth the effort. As you’ve seen, I’ve used the kit parts and a few bits of etch and it does improve things a little, but your cockpit will be a different level. I assume you’ll have the canopy raised to show it off? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 those photos are really bad, but I think I managed to sand enough to make it fit! I also found the resin seamless, full length intakes I searched for the past 2 weeks from Xmold, I guess they will also help to complicte this build.... but usually fit is good with Xmold. detail definitely is ! lets see how all this fits 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 They look fantastic. I’ve got a Maestro Models set of seamless intakes, but they’re probably not even half the length of those. Have you got aftermarket exhausts as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 they do look quite nice and the fit looks to be good as well. How much surgery did it need to get them to fit? Well done on getting the cockpit tub to fit...... just know the labour involved with Aires tubs! Should look nice once it's all painted up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Nice work Werner, those intakes look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 16 hours ago, trickyrich said: they do look quite nice and the fit looks to be good as well. How much surgery did it need to get them to fit? they are pretty nice, surgery is marginal as constrained to plastic hidden within the fuselage anyways.... before and after: fit si also rather good: only the outer "fainrings glued to the intakes as of yet feels a bit like a puzzle to put it like this for the photo and dry-fitting 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Good job getting the intakes fitted Werner.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 two weeks without any real progress.... some base painting, so I tried to bring the cockpit up to something that can be nicely hidden in the fuselage the mesh that protects the avionics bay is nicely done in PE but hardly lets you see a thing of the below stuff ready to close her up! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Nice work Werner, the cockpit looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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