EF-18B Hornet 1/48, Spain....

[HOLMES]

Your Hornet looks AWESOME..

Fabulous workmanship Honza..

HOLMES

[speedlimit]

Honza fabulous work as usual. Looking forward to the finish product.

Eric

[g0_command0]

Looks interesting!

What kind of primer do you use? also what decal sheet will you be using?

[Honza K.]

many thanks for all comments guys!

I´am using Mr.Surfacer 1200 by gunze.... decals will be from Aztec decal sheet....

and now, the base of camo...

[Ken Middleton]

Honza, that is an incredibly smooth paint job - very well done!

[Honza K.]

Thank you Ken, but this is only start :-)))

[RedCrown]

Hi Honza,

Simply outstanding work. Could you explain how you went about repositioning the rudders. They look fantastic.

Rick

[Honza K.]

Hi Honza,

Simply outstanding work. Could you explain how you went about repositioning the rudders. They look fantastic.

Rick

1) I cut them off

2) add plastic profile infrant of the rudders

3) Mill the grooves

Some photos are on first page of this topic...

And about airbrushing.... I know, many peoples want a tutorial, but:

I can´t shoot a photos under the lamp on my table.... it´s impossible to see some differences behind steps...

So... here are some photos of the top... the bottom will be maybe tomorrow...

[jimz66]

Amazing work as always Honza. Well done. Very well done.

[FAR148]

Honza,

Wonderful paint work! One question, what are you using for your post shading?

Steven L

[Brutalos]

Honza I will say it again, your models are a beauty to watch. Excellent airbrushing and modelling skills!!! Congratulations!

[Honza K.]

Thanks you really much Jimz and Brutalos.

Honza,

One question, what are you using for your post shading?

Steven L

Thank you too Steven.

For postshading was used base grey C307 with little bit of white as a first. And as a second base grey C307 with little bit of black and brown.

[Honza K.]

One daylight photo....

[Aigore]

Fantastic paintjob as usually, Honza!

I remember you doing a small tutorial of your techique on that Phantom, was it last year? that showed extremly well how you do your magic. Maybe you should write an article with them pics and we´ll endorse you getting it pinned in "Tools`N Tips" ?

[Laud]

Wow!

I'm actually building a "F" Hornet and looking at your paintjob makes me asking myself "will I ever reach such a result???".

Really impressive.

As it's the first time I use a airbrush, there's a lot to learn. I tried the pre-shading technique which turned out quite good, BUT: Seems like I didn't thinned the colours enough and because of that I ended up with some ugly "dusty" parts on the surface. I had to sand it (1000) and redo the coating to get a smooth surface. Result: The pre-shading was fully covered and gone.

Looks like I can try to gain back a bit of the effect by using this post-shade technique.

However... I'll keep an eye on your build to learn as much as possible about your weathering skills!

Cheers!

[kurnass77]

Honza,

I'm without word...

But I have a question for you:you think the job of weathering is easier on a model with TPS compared to a model with multi-tone camo (to understand type IDF or SEA ) ?

Gianni

[Honza K.]

Thanks for kind words. :-)

you think the job of weathering is easier on a model with TPS compared to a model with multi-tone camo (to understand type IDF or SEA ) ?

I don´t know. Maybe it´s really little bit easier... But ever scheme have some plus and minus....

[chuck540z3]

Honza, your skill and steady hand are very obvious in your painting and weathering of this Hornet. We all have our methods, but yours are PERFECT! Thanks for sharing.

Chuck

[Honza K.]

Thank you very much Chuck!

some better photos meybe?

[Ken Middleton]

that is a fantastic paint job!

[Impatient Pete]

That's awesome Honza

[infideon]

mindblowing paintjob!

[Honza K.]

Thank you very mutch!

decals..

[IrishGreek]

Honza,

Wow. That is really a great job you're doing there. I've got a long way to go...

John

[Honza K.]

Thank you really much!