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1/32 Nighthawk by Trumpeter

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    October 2013
1/32 Nighthawk by Trumpeter
Posted by jeromech on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:35 AM

All i can say is that this is a very very big kit, 

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:54 AM

Started detailing! 

  • Member since
    February 2011
  • From: St louis
Posted by Raualduke on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:12 AM

Outstanding detailing skills,I'll be following this one

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:15 AM

Oh i forgot i started this about a month now, thanks for checking its my first post on this site.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:00 AM

Now that looks interesting, I didn't even know this was out. Will be watching.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

Dre
  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:46 PM

Super-nice details you''re adding there.

  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Dean30 on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 5:11 PM

This is a great looking kit! How huge is it?

  • Member since
    February 2014
  • From: Michigan
Posted by silentbob33 on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:14 PM

I'll be keeping an eye on this...I have the Testor's 1/32 Nighthawk in my stash, so you'll be giving me some nice inspiration when I get around to it.

On my bench: Academy 1/35 UH-60L Black Hawk

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:40 AM

The first image shows its a really wide kit, its around 50+ cm long, its a big kit and a highly detailed one,

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Sunday, April 20, 2014 9:03 AM

testing tamiya white x-2 and tamiya white primer! 

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    February 2014
Posted by USMC6094 on Sunday, April 20, 2014 12:13 PM

sweet build, I have the Testors 32nd scale kit in my stash, but this one has a great trump over the other, my kits wings are separate pieces so more seams, I like the way Trumpeter did theirs.

Great progress too  

  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Dean30 on Monday, April 21, 2014 9:10 AM

This is looking great, I myself like to scratchbuild detail for my builds, but I am nowhere near as good as what this is looking, I'll definitely be paying attention to this build!

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 5:19 AM

 99% done on the cockpit.

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 5:24 AM

Mild weathering on the Bomb bay.

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    February 2014
Posted by T3chDad® on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:10 AM

Great work! ...looking forward to your updates.


  On the bench: Between Builds...

  • Member since
    April 2007
  • From: Twin Towns, MN
Posted by MAgather on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:09 PM

Nice work. That cockpit looks great.

Good Modeling,
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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Sunday, May 25, 2014 1:34 PM

so i left this thing in my table for a month and guess what dust covered it, sigh* 

And also im not happy with the details so i added more, 

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Sunday, May 25, 2014 1:35 PM

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: Phoenix, AZ
Posted by Fly-n-hi on Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:37 PM

The 'pit looks great!

cml
  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: Brisbane, Australia
Posted by cml on Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:33 PM

Welcome to the forums Jeromech.

I'm in awe of this build so far - that's some excellent scratching!  What do you use as a reference? Did you buy a reference book or just google or did you work on the plane?

Chris

  • Member since
    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Monday, May 26, 2014 7:17 AM

I started building using google images as reference then a good person who i never knew well and meet gave a walkaround of F-117, its a really good book,  thanks to him i can super detail this kit, 

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    April 2010
Posted by Theuns on Monday, May 26, 2014 10:03 AM

Stunning detail!

Theuns

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:07 AM

Hello Im back, College keeps me busy, I have no idea why my images wont show up again but if youre interested on seeing the progress of this kit just click the link of my facebook album or you can add me up on facebook just look up for jerome racer. i do build a lot of models not just this one. Cheers. 

https://www.facebook.com/rockzone16/media_set?set=a.768886209788513.1073741833.100000014241543&type=3

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    October 2013
Posted by jeromech on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:12 AM

removing seamlines and filling gaps is a tiresome job.
  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by uilleanncraic on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 10:12 AM

This is great!  I've been building the same kit over the past year or so myself as work and family time (and computer desk space) allow.  You've done a lot of the same additions I worried about on mine.  It's really a shame that Trumpeter didn't do just a bit better with their design and molding here.  It's not a "bad" kit by any measure, but given the resources they had available, it comes off as just lazy or maybe more accurately apathetic for them to have missed so much of the obvious.

I will say that the new Aires cockpit update is a masterpiece, and the Eduard exterior set in particular really helps to tart up the outside and much of the wheel wells.  I've got a couple build threads on mine if you care to look - and thought about posting one here as well, but It's tiresome enough trying to keep two pages updated.  I'd rather be building!  :)  But you can peruse through all my mistakes and work-arounds here if you like.

If the above link doesn't work, it's over on LSP's forums:

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=45784&hl=

Great build so far.  Can't wait to see how you finish it off!

Cheers,

Brian~

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