The Matcha Aggressor -WIP

Aggressor Hornet! Before starting the whole thing I did a color trial on my newly recruited paint mule as I have to mix the greens myself. Think I got pretty close and all after 2 mixes on the dark and 4 on the light green. Some luck involved 

Now some old school cockpit painting 

Cockpit is good but seats are very boring...I tried some colors, didn't like it ... 

...applied sheep skin with dabbed liquid putty, looks a bit more organic. (Left one WIP) Still need seatbelts 

 

better 

 

wonder why they didn't put those on the outside 

removed with a dremel after glue dried, i have to sand the ducts anyway 

intakes completed 

dropped it off the table...ffffff.. 

Fit is generally very good for such an old kit, only some liquid putty used to hide the join lines 

nose fit is good as well, also added some weight though its not in the instruction, better safe than sorry 

 

Have to make this joint disappear 

using a generous layer of soft putty 

waiting for putty to dry: one thing I always do is saw some gaps between the moving parts, little things add to realism 

Also restored the damaged inlet with some sheet 

after the sanding, looks weird&cratered 

...but is actually flat 

started with the cans, the updated sprues fit well and are crisp 

added the included PE (very hard to cut) 

also puttied and sanded the joints on the inside 

polished alu 

 

also polished the canopy which had a massive seam