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  1. Wowsers! I have the HB kit, and only did the MLGs to open and retract, and I thought it was the most complex and difficult part. I had no idea that there are things like that on the agenda... if I build it some day of course. πŸ™‚ I'm saving a bookmark of your topic, hopefully, it will be very very useful one day. Thanks, and keep up the good work.
  2. That varnish coat is tremendous! GJ! Do you plan on some subtle weathering indeed?
  3. Top-notch! The weathering is awesome!
  4. The fuselage is now one piece, and I straightened the connection with the tail section by adding these plastic plates: The tail section recieved alignment rods to hold the afterburner can in place, too: And I thinned the trailing edge along the nozzle - here the upper half is thinned, while the bottom is not ready yet. I'm very happy with how it looks now.
  5. The NLG is ready - here are the parts: Assembled/painted: And retracted: The motion is not quite gracious, so I didin't take a video. So, everything was ready for the gluing of the two fuselage halves - I added all sub-assemblies on one of the sides. Also, I preserved the OOB J-79 engine for a plausible outdoor display with the cradle, as it is a very very nicely detailed engine, and it would be a real shame to hide it permanently insidie the fuselage. I switched it with the leftover parts from
  6. Sp pristine and clean! I like the paintwork, and if you do some subtle weathering, it should look even better...
  7. From quite some time, I'm thinking about what should I build next - another plane, or this heli. πŸ™‚ And when I see builds like this, it inspires me to lean towards the heli... Awesome result and paint scheme. Congrats!
  8. Surface preps: formation lights, the gun bay is closed, and the small panel on the bottom side where is the center fin/hook is also added: Just barely glued. I'll sand them flush/rescribe/etc later. Then I cut the Reskit afterburner parts, and couldn't resist to take some ''transparent'' pics at night πŸ™‚ : Plenty of details here... but I used it only for testfits so far. Meanwhile, the rest of the afterburner can is assembled (with several milestones) and painted:
  9. Very good progress, and very GJ with the matte patterns. Btw I have built this kit too and noticed it really has some imperfections, yet - it is the best of its kind, imo of course.
  10. ...the camera screens look like ice cubes waiting for some whiskey, for example. πŸ™‚ A very nice placement of the PE pieces - definitely make a difference. Btw, what do you plan for the panel lines and the zig-zag RAM lines along the edges? - maybe some sanding and rescribing, or just leave them higher than the surfaces?
  11. Hi and thanks. The canopy is an aftermarket part - the AFV Club's anti-reflection canopy, and it has this ''special'' coating from the inner sides. I have no idea what is it and how they did it, but it is quite nice looking imo. While for the stretched skin effects - I found out it is called ''oil canning'' effect, and I did it by very subtle scratching of the surfaces in certain patterns, then a little bit more sanding, and the post-treatment payed another major role as well. Check out for example this post with some moments from the ''oil canning'' of the top fuselage.
  12. 10x, and yeah, it does things like this: but I believe (the truth is that I didn't try to open everything at once yet, as is painted/finished) it will look so much better with the bomb bays open as well... and a couple of huge green GBUs underneath... and it's not only that. The big doors when viewed from the side should look nicely contrasting white... the tiny little air disturber plates with the holes, from the front walls of the bays, are also moveable. The intake relief doors, from the top side, can also open and even the engine faces are visible though the
  13. Congrats on this model! It looks amazing! I especially like the heavy weathering and the... let's say, unparalleled loadout selection. GJ.
  14. Thanks all! Appreciated. @ Steve, the canopy is the AFV Club canopy with anti-reflection coating... as its label says. I was sceptical in the beginning, but it really changes hue according to the angle. The two small front facets are slighty less orange-y than the larger side facets, while the front center facet has a purple hue. There are certain angles where it looks like a normal transparent canopy. πŸ™‚ It's really a play of colors. And the entire coating is from the inner side, so only it needs legit protection; the outer side is normal plastic and there are no issues with the touching/
  15. It's flyin'. πŸ™‚ Enjoy some ready pics in-flight: And more in the ready section. I'll take the ''parked'' photos once I finish the GBUs and the handling case. Till then, thanks for watching and following along, and thank you for all the tips and ideas. Cheers.
  16. Here are some closeups: Note this is only the in-flight mode. I gotta make a transportation/handling case first, and finish the GBUs, and then will take pics in a parked mode - with everything open, the flaperons and ruddervators down, etc. πŸ™‚ a.k.a. ''more detailed''. I hope you like it.
  17. It is finally ready - my Trumpeter's 1/32 scale Nighthawk (here is the WIP). Ain't that a beast... πŸ™‚ There is more...
  18. All the weathering adventures are done, and it is ready. πŸ™‚ I added the last details in the cockpit, the PE intake grilles, removed all masks, and I did just manage to take a video with almost no daylight left, so here is just a glimpse: The bottom side is gorgeous as well. πŸ™‚ I made some sort of an ''alignment device'' that helped me draw long straight lines for the engine door leaks: And all dry, with a flashlight at an angle, otherwise I used satin lacquer for these lines and, in daytime, they are visible only at the same angles.
  19. Yep, 10x much. That's actually the video where i saw the basics. But now realize its just a single wire,painted differently on both sides. I'm gonna try it with a thicker one,for 1/32, and hope it will work like a charm. πŸ™‚
  20. Hey, J, everything looks so good!... especially the weathering. I just checked your build from the beginning, and wondered about something, as I kinda try to do the same thing nowadays. So, what's the story about the ejection pull handles - about the first pictures where you paint the wire - do you use just a single wire and paint it differently on both sides, then just wist it (the single wire), or is it just the picture that includes one of the wires - i.e. they are two wires - one painted in yellow and one in black, and you twist them together afterwards. Also, what kind of wire it is - how
  21. hm, maybe because I uploaded it as a Shorts and there is an expiry or something like this... Anyway, I just replaced it with a normal video, and gotta be a-ok now. πŸ€™
  22. Check out the wheels - the movement is ready - before and after: πŸ™‚ It was a hassle... the doors didin't fit perfectly, several thin struts are replaced, the plastic in some areas was very very thin... and 38 magnets later: And here is the retraction in motion. I know it is far from reality, but I didn't try to make the movement realistic at all. In the beginning, I was sceptical about the rigidity/sturdiness of this type of landing gear, but it turned out very sturdy. The model is light as we
  23. 10x, Aigore. The Nighthawk actually is in the 2nd stage of weahtering and I did a kind of a jig that allows me to slide the brush and draw the long straight lines on the bottom fuselage... just a sneak peak: It's not ready yet, but it really is something like building the Starfighter and, in the meantime - weathering. πŸ™‚ Those oil paints take quite some time to dry properly.
  24. So I end up using the MB seat from the kit... 😊It was quite the journey to remove the pilot figure from the Lockheed seat as it is a one-piece resin casting, but all went relatively well. I had to do it because the headrest of the original Lokcheed seet was adjusted very low, and thus there was a decent void space right behind the helmet of the pilot, which bothered me a lot. One of the top highlights of the Starfighter cockpit is that everything is ''filled to the brim'', and all profile-view images show that the helmet, the headrest, and the back railing are aligned and only a couple of inch
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