Viking Night Attack - WIP
WSO Instrument cover - was just a single, straight, open piece. but quite easy to fix with sheet
Using Eduard PE here. The kits main instrument panels were good, the side panels: meh.
I painted the screens gloss black/green since this will be power off.
For my liking they colored their PE a bit too bright, like very light dark ghost gray, but there will be wash
I painted the screens gloss black/green since this will be power off.
For my liking they colored their PE a bit too bright, like very light dark ghost gray, but there will be wash
No L-Brackets on this newer airframe model since they use internal stiffeners. (But there are earlier BuNo USMC D-Models that still have the brackets!)
Cut these up and used them for the 3 little support plates on both sides
Cut these up and used them for the 3 little support plates on both sides
Sanded down the weird round fin tips. Also sawed out and slightly angled the rudders
made a gun from a sprue disc and stretched cotton bud
the infamous HB Mad Riveter was unleashed on this kit as well. My solution was a massage with acrylic putty. Through drying shrinkage it still leaves some shallow rivets which are more suitable than the bullet holes before that. The rivets on the lids were closed with proper putty and sanded flush, I will add new rivets along the edge there
No chafflare buckets in the kit so I decided to scratch the actual dual buckets. This is just the first step, next will be putty and sand. My original plan to drill the holes with the PE template from the hasegawa kit failed because I am too clumsy and my tools suck. My new plan is to just paint them with the PE pieces as masks. Still better than nothing.
Kit actually offers interior on the rear end, sad they messed it up with giant pin constructions...
cockpit in its place, also I added the bulges on the canopy frame
had to get rid of some plastic to marry the two halves
Otherwise fit was ok, especially the side fuselage pieces were not a problem (as on some other hornets)
thats something eeh ... special...fixed that on the right
installed the bird slicers with sheet stripes on masking tape
finished the flare buckets. As you can see, some more putty work on the underside, as always with the hornets LEX. Also modified the centerline pylon from the straight to the angled shape
Some orange holo foil added to the Nite Hawk pod
applied some holo foil to the HUD, quite a nice highlight on a plain gray plane
I also exchanged the kits seat to the more recent SJU-17 + added the MFD cameras left+right to the pilot, both stolen from revell super hornets
I also exchanged the kits seat to the more recent SJU-17 + added the MFD cameras left+right to the pilot, both stolen from revell super hornets
lots of panels to shade
First rough paint layer, I usually go panel by panel, leaving a dark edge arround the panel lines which will get treated seperately. This way I get an irregegular look over the whole plane and dont accidentally kill the preshade.
Blue: This panel line along the spine was tragically forgotten by HB, rescribed it
Red: Deepened this one significantly as it is a very prominent gap on the original
Blue: This panel line along the spine was tragically forgotten by HB, rescribed it
Red: Deepened this one significantly as it is a very prominent gap on the original
Second coat is on. I also added some resprayed areas using the "fresh" dark ghost gray from vallejo, the rest is the bleached out looking DGG as it comes out of the AK RC 251
masking the layout, the ring is cut from the dropper of an empty vallejo bottle and glued with PVA
usual method of dabbing cheap thick acrylic paint. In hindsight I should have done this less thick in the beginning as it tends to push into the crevices and under the tape and you have to clean up. Which is not that hard as the paint is easy to remove
Voila - painted with light ghost gray, which will get wheathered down. Only the ring got a bit too fat maybe, but ok
looks nice+rough
CM stores loaded - used PE pieces from hasegawas hornet as paint mask
decals check! Very good quality by twobobs
GPS Dome added to the spine
Sadly the intakes end after a few cm and you look at the inner gear bay structure...I am not one of the people who aim their torchlights down the intakes - but that needed fixing. So I put a background with a dark grey gradient airbrushed on.
thats how the hatches look after new riveting, and a wash
weathering of the top side done, but the cell phone cam is still loving the blue too much in daylight...
btw, HB forgot the small but important exhaust holes between the fins, watch out for that if you build it
btw, HB forgot the small but important exhaust holes between the fins, watch out for that if you build it
under artificial light it looks closer to reality with the camera considering the blue-amount
on its legs now
Sorry friends of the soap, but thats how I like my models 😉
the kit offers seperate slats + flaps but to make them extended you have to cut the hinges and re-attach
Commentaires
19 7 December 2020, 14:21
DanielWelcome Roland+Maciej! I made some progress in the meantime and finished the major build stages. I really love the elegant shape of the D-Hornets, can't wait to start painting her 🙂
13 December 2020, 22:09
DanielThanks Roland, no, its not a shake+bake by any means, still nothing major to get mad at. Dryfitting is really advisable though😉
13 December 2020, 22:10
Peter WLooking good! Also, love the D model, wonder how this kit compares to kinetic's offering
14 December 2020, 14:51
Murad ÖZERFollowing! 🙂 thanks for the captions btw for i do have the single seater and knowing before what to expect will surely help a lot.
14 December 2020, 20:57
DanielFirst paint layers are down! I plan to keep a bit more tidy since it its ground based, but who knows where the road will take me😉
@Peter: Thank you! I ask myself the same question, the kinetic is still on the wishlist. What I can say is that it comes with many more options for the different airframe updates. This one is based on an early D.
@ James&Jos: Great to have you on board! 👍
@Murad: Welcome! Great if I can be of help, I'll try to point out the major issues
18 December 2020, 18:54
Jos JansenGreat progress Daniel, next project of my shall also become a Hornet...👍
19 December 2020, 20:06
Jos JansenGet your point about which kit Daniel..already ordered a lot of resin stuff for the HB kit...😄
22 December 2020, 18:32
Jos JansenGonna plan a next HB F-18 project myself...studied your pics very closely, good tips Daniel especially to fill those damn huge rivets on the wings...WTF!
From the low countries, merry Christmas my friend!
25 December 2020, 12:11
DanielThx!
@jos: added a closer look at the outcome of the rivet treatment on pic 30, quite satisfied with it
@roland: Bavarian kingdom? 😄 jia griaß di! I am now living in the swabian empire...
(but I am not swabian by birth, praise the lord 😄)
26 December 2020, 18:02
Jos JansenThx Daniel, I've already made a riveting plan thanks to your pics...your riveting came out very nicely on those inspection hatches, much more real...👍
26 December 2020, 18:11
Danielnot much work this time of year+no "visit the whole family" tour = time for the important things in life 😄
(ok -I admit I really miss the family tour...)
30 December 2020, 20:34
Nathan DempseyWow, I almost missed this one. You are working wonders on this kit Daniel. Can't wait to see the finish.
31 December 2020, 03:32
Nathan DempseyI just went back and read how you approached the paint work on this build. I'm going to have to try that out 🙂
31 December 2020, 16:12
Daniel@ Nathan: I found concentrating on individual panels really being a big step in bringing me closer to the desired result, previously I painted big surface patterns as you would on a car and it really makes a difference in the end
@Slavo: thanks+amen - a beautiful mess is what we aim for 😄
@ all: Thank you for joining in, a happy new year to everyone as well!
See pics here: Viking Night Attack - Armed+Ready | Album by halohead (1:48)
3 January 2021, 13:27
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This HB Kit looks like a hornet, but only from afar - a lot of work needed to get it in the right direction...
