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Thanks for the feedback guys. It always helps! I really enjoyed this kit, not quite as intricate or puzzle like as a Tammy in this scale but fun nonetheless and looks great OOB
Here's a shot next to my Phantom II F-D
Cheers
On the bench: A-4F 1/32 Hasegawa
Just deployed: F6F-5N Hellcat Nightfighter 1/48 Eduard
Up next: A6-E Intruder 1/48 Revell
Nice work Casper, that's another great model for the Group Build!
With regards, Ninetalis.
Handi the Corsair office looks awesome,very nicely done Sir!
Casper the stealth looks great!
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What a great build ,, and fast too ,,, looks excellent!
Wow, that looks fantastic Casper. I love the surface texture.
"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"
Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming
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Ok, this bird is done!
Yeah Ninetalis, great work everyone! Great looking cockpit, handiabled
Ninetalis Casper, do I see part of an amazing aircraft stash under that desk?
Casper, do I see part of an amazing aircraft stash under that desk?
Afraid not, they're already built.
That's some real great work you guys!It's kinda of sad that nobody's reacting on this great progress...Just keep it up!
Here's the top view of the Nighthawk. I must say the inclusion of PE intake grills from Trumpeter is awesome. It's hard to convey in a photo but if you look at just the right angle, you can see the intake fan sitting back behind the grill. The other PE parts were not see through so it really gives the model a boost. I tried to photograph this but couldn't get it
Well all of the hard work with masking sure paid off. I'm very pleased with the results. Here is the underneath.
Only 2 decals to go on the bottom then I'll attach all of the greeblies before decalling the top. I want to avoid resting this bird upside down so as not to upset the paint work on the top.
You guys want paint?? You got it!
almost 3 pots worth. I did the underneath with Tamiya XF-85 Tyre Black but wasn't that happy with the finish. I did the top with Mr.Colour H77 which is Rubber black and has a nicer sheen to it. Once this dries I'll apply gloss coat for the decals.
Quick update on the Corsair ,,, fuselage taking shape,,,
Thanks for lookin!!
Masking complete. This took quite a longtime to do but because the F-117A utilises non-reflective radar technology, the panels and shapes are all straight and saw toothed with no curves. made it much easier to mask. Also decided there wasn't a tight enough seal between the canopy and office sill. I decided to paint the canopy separate and mask off the office.
Also the exhausts ports are painted matt black but the plane will be painted in tyre black. The subtle blue shade matches the real planes skin quite nicely.
Well she's a big girl, got her sewn together. Nice to have the seam underneath and not cutting the fuselage in two!
Well, this is everything. All parts have been cut off the sprues and have been glued, painted or drying from glue and painting. For such a large kit, there didn't seem to be a lot of parts, not like the Tammy 1/32 F-16 which had endless sprues to deal with.
Next job is to sew the bird up once the refuelling bay has been fitted just behind the cockpit.
Scorpiomikey Very cool. I found the hard way that spraying with the canopy on doesnt work so well with the F-117.
Very cool. I found the hard way that spraying with the canopy on doesnt work so well with the F-117.
Well I've done a test fit and it should be ok. There is a separate roll bar in the kit for the inside and the canopy piece fits perfectly and locks in with little clips. Having already done another F-117A I now know that the front of the canopy has a saw tooth shape so an extra masked off spray for the part of the fuse underneath is needed.
Getting the internal structures fitted into the Nighthawk.
Bomb bays and front wheel cabin and bottom camera;
Engines, cockpit and front camera. The instructions called for the painting of the whole engine. I decided only to paint the intake fans as they are the only thing you will see and I didn't want to waste the paint on unseen parts. Makes me wonder why the supplied such detailed engines at all.
I painted in intake fans in Alclad chrome, this will be just visible through the PE intake grates.
Progress,,, a birdcage is born,,,
Cockpit and front camera housing attached;
Front undercarriage and underneath camera housing attached;
Griffin, Fantacmet, Where's that progress?!
I'm working on the seats and cockpit decals right now and should have some photos up soon.
The bugatti is in a box burried in the office somewhere. Unpacking is going very slowly, and the whole room needs to be cleaned out so i can lay the flooring, no building till then unfortuanatly
Casper , she's lookin great! Here's my Corsair's R-2800 so far ,,
Thanks for lookin!
No problem professordeath, Casper allready made an F-22 and I think there are 2 more who have a F-14 beeing build, now that I mentioned it, Griffin, Fantacmet, Where's that progress?!
Btw, Scorpiomike, how's the Bugatti?
Nice hint on the black prime Casper, I'm gonna that to from now on!
Now the dreaded parts that need gloss white! Actually I used to really scared of air brushing light gloss colours but I've gotten a lot better at it now.
The landing gear and bomb bay are all meant to be gloss white. I've chosen an off-white because I just like the colour depth a little more. Also to achieve some more depth I primed all of these parts with black so when the white is applied there is subtle shading where the white hasn't quite gotten into. it also creates a nice depth through the white areas as well.
Ninetalis CallSignOWL Im getting some progress done on my crazy build. I think Ive decided a name for it too: MiG-25KR Got some pictures of your crazy Fox swingbat?
CallSignOWL Im getting some progress done on my crazy build. I think Ive decided a name for it too: MiG-25KR
Im getting some progress done on my crazy build. I think Ive decided a name for it too: MiG-25KR
Got some pictures of your crazy Fox swingbat?
I accidentally deleted some in-progress pics, but I should be getting more soon.
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
Damn, that is mint. I love it...now do it in 48 scale lol
Cockpit complete. I was a bit annoyed that Trumpeter neglected to include PE harnesses on such an expensive kit. I'd expect for the money I paid to get some more detail. Anyway I had some spare buckles left over from my Tammy F-16CJ build so I used lead foil to make the harnesses.
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