Quadruple Jet Threat.....Finished

Fermis,

Your airbrush results are so smooth and silky.  Everything looks well balanced when its done.  That A6 and F14 are well done.  What did your use for the green on the windscreens?

scottrc

Fermis,

Your airbrush results are so smooth and silky.  Everything looks well balanced when its done.  That A6 and F14 are well done.  What did your use for the green on the windscreens?

 

Thanks!

It's just Tamiya clear green...(sprayed on the inside)

ygmodeler4

All four looking fantastic Fermis. Gotta love fresh venison meat in spring/summer! The way it happens is rarely pleasant (I had one hit the truck a couple summers ago), but meat in the freezer is always a great silver lining!

 

Thanks!

I'll take venison any way I can get it.

I've had it killed by bow, crossbow, 20ga, 12ga, 50cal, 270, 30-06, car, truck, van, SUV...this is definitely my first (probably the last too) that was killed by plane! Makes for a good story!

Throwin some bacon wrapped backstrap (filet) and those little inner tenderloins on the grill, here in about 1/2 an hour!

Awesome spread here Fermis. Absolutely jealous. One day I'll catch up to the modern jets, but for now I need to keep knocking out these props. 

keep em coming. 

bvallot

Awesome spread here Fermis.

 

Now...here's a spread!!!

I'll also throw this guy in here!

Verlinden 120mm "Top Gun" pilot. I just threw some random spare decals at his helmet...not "authentic", bu any means...looks cool, I guess!

....gettin close now!!!

They're on their feet!

For the intake covers...I drew the eagle head...

I then reduced it on my copier/printer...printed it on decal paper...placed on intake cover (painted yellow), then painted the black around the outline.

Used extra hog head decals for these covers.

Got all the ordnance painted up and ready to mount!

Should have these wrapped up tomorrow!

Wow, they look great! 

Thanks again!

Alright dudes, and dudette...the Quadruple Jet Threat is done!!!

First up is the E...

...and the F...

Group shots in a few....

Group shots....

Photobucket has decided that NOW was a good time to start being a jackwagon, once again...more tomorrow, I guess.

Very nice!  I hate PB.  I gave up on it a few months ago.  Went with imgur.com.  Works pretty well so far.

fermis

....gettin close now!!!

 

They're on their feet!

 

 ...

Hi,

I meant to post this yesterday, but forgot.  Anyway, your builds look great, and without the tail fins they have a kind of weird sci-fi look to them

Pat

Which Hornet you like best???

Revenant

Which Hornet you like best???

 

Splendid work so far ... So very impressed with your modeling skills.

I barely have room to build one model in my hobby room at a time and, even if I had the room, I sincerely doubt I'd be able to work on more than two at a time. 

I believe I've mentioned before (in someone's thread) that I no longer use PB for my main image hosting site - they're really a PITA at times. I've switched to Flickr which, if they were not associated with Yahoo, would rate them as very good in my book (I have some memories of how difficult it was to get rid of Yahoo as my search engine many moons ago). 

fermis

Started with the 18's.

Not a whole special going on with these.

The bad thing about these kits is that there's no intake trunk...just half a wall(where the gear bays are) not very far back in there.

 

 

So...FOD covers to negate that issue!

Heated up some sheet styrene over a candle and pressed it over the intakes...

 

 

Those have been cut to the proper size and set aside for now...we'll see those again later.

 

On to the 14.

For the nav lights and tail beacon, the kit provides these in clear parts...but Those parts never seem to fit nicely, so I didn't even bother trying. I heated some clear sprue, dabbed a bit of CA, and smashed the heated end into the slot.

 

 

The first and only time I tried heat-smashing parts like this, I ruined the underlying kit part. Any ideas on where I may have gone wrong?

Congrats on a stunning quartet of builds!

Beautiful work!  Love the A-6 loaded for bear, and the new Hornets look great packing as well.  The bad guys better beware.

John

Top notch work, Fermis! They're gorgeous!!

Thanks again guys!!!

MIflyer

The first and only time I tried heat-smashing parts like this, I ruined the underlying kit part. Any ideas on where I may have gone wrong?

Congrats on a stunning quartet of builds!

 

I'd say things got too hot! There's a very narrow window between just hot enough and too hot. I'm not going to lie, I almost always deform the kit part, at least a little. The nav lights are a non issue, as it all gets sanded smooth...mask over what will be clear, paint covers up the remainder of clear that displaced the kit plastic. The intakes got a little muffed up as well...but again, non issue, as they got covered up by the FOD covers.

Side note....Is your company in need of pilots? I'm getting back into it (just got my medical last week)...got a little ways to go to get back to current and proficient...will likely be back at Willow for some multi time, in the near future.

Forgot the "group shots"...little late and pointless now, but why not?!!!

Hey Fermis  ;

   I can't see the ship name on the 14 . Humper must be drooling something awful right now ! My Foster Daughter flew the A-6-E off the Independence and one other Carrier .

 I think the A-6 in any form is awesome ! T.B. 

Well !

 Looks like the 14 and 6 want to go and kick some butt ! By the way , with that loadout will the A - 6 get off the deck ? I know she'll need the cat !

 Darned good job as usual . Thanks for sharing . T.B.

Which is your favorite?