Benner Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) so, start the thread for my next DS build ... the kinetic hawkeye .. belonging to VAW-126 Seahawks. Will build aircraft 601 and a wider view of another plane.. squadron specific decals will be custom provided by kursada. aftermarket I have planned for this build include: kinetic exterior photoetch set quickboost intakes quickboost propellers wolfpack wingfold update Edited October 14, 2011 by Benner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Nice. You'll probably have more fun with it than I since you're a better builder than me. These can be a pain for sure. You'll have the entire DS fleet soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Don't forget to pick up a set of Steel Beach resin seats. It's about the only thing you can see in the cockpit, but they are a vast improvement over the kit parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rampage55 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Cool... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 hey hey, what's this?!? Where's the Sukhoi mate??? but since its a Grumman bird, you'll be excused this time... but only this time ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Don't forget to pick up a set of Steel Beach resin seats. It's about the only thing you can see in the cockpit, but they are a vast improvement over the kit parts. thanks for the tip, I'll probably get that set now, wasn't sure how much is visible in there with this kit. hey hey, what's this?!? Where's the Sukhoi mate??? but since its a Grumman bird, you'll be excused this time... but only this time ;) Sukhoi? what Sukhoi? ;) .... at least it's not where the Alpha Jet went ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldog 09 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 DMolds has a wing fairing correction set you might want to look at. Here is the link. I will definitely be watching this build. Dave Fassett Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 DMolds has a wing fairing correction set you might want to look at. Here is the link. I will definitely be watching this build. Dave Fassett ordered, thanks :) here's how it is now... cockpit isn't the greatest, but once it's all closed up you won't see much so I'm not too concerned about that. I was a bit disappointed when gluing the wings/ fins, etc together that I had to use more putty than I expected all along the trailing and leading edges. .. and the curvature of the fin to stabilizers aren't that good either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 broke off a few of the static dischargers, so I just cut them all off, drilled some holes and replaced with wire which is much stronger. .. lots of putty / sanding to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Looks good so far. So when are we starting to design the decals? Looks like this might be in the paint shop in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Looks good so far. So when are we starting to design the decals? Looks like this might be in the paint shop in a couple of weeks. ... more like a couple a months to be honest, the resin seats I want are out of stock and the Dmold update has been paid for but I have no idea if it has been shipped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I've got some sets of seats sitting in my basement all cast and packaged. I'll be getting them to Gordon this week. Look for them to be available by next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 I've got some sets of seats sitting in my basement all cast and packaged. I'll be getting them to Gordon this week. Look for them to be available by next week. awesome news, thanks! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 just received this in the mail today ... Dmold E-2 Correction. It's a nice resin set, like the part especially that there is no resin block that has to be removed. here it is glued in and with the wing dry-fitted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 progressing slowly ... will be stalled soon because of the lack of aftermarket that hasn't arrived. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'm having bad flashbacks watching this. Looks good though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 radome is dry fitted, am putting this build away until I get the resin I need. Gotta await Spruebrothers to be restocked with steelbeach seats, and awaiting Luckymodel to be restocked with other resin. The luckymodel order was annoying as when I ordered the parts, they were in stock .. then they became "available" and I can't cancel the order. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The Luckymodel wait usually isn't that bad though. I ordered some F-16 wheel wells before I noticed they were "available" I got them in about 3 weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 The Luckymodel wait usually isn't that bad though. I ordered some F-16 wheel wells before I noticed they were "available" I got them in about 3 weeks. ... well, it's probably close to 4 weeks by now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
josepedro Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 very interesting thread! following with attention! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 They sold out pretty quickly! But have no fear, I've got more sets cast and ready to go. I'll be taking them up next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 ... haven't made much progress as I await more aftermarket to come in; might have to start another build. Anyway, here's a little comparison of wheels. Royale Resin E-2 wheels and kit wheels; the kit ones don't look that good. I'm glad Kinetic gave me a 1:48 E-2C, but I'm still disappointed by the quality of such a (relatively) new kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 ... haven't made much progress as I await more aftermarket to come in; might have to start another build. Anyway, here's a little comparison of wheels. Royale Resin E-2 wheels and kit wheels; the kit ones don't look that good. I'm glad Kinetic gave me a 1:48 E-2C, but I'm still disappointed by the quality of such a (relatively) new kit. Those kit wheels have some big issues. Navy tires are always kept at very high pressure and I don't think I've ever seen tires on carrier aircraft with any deformation. If those were on an actual aircraft, I think it would be pulled from service! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 got some more resin today. So here's a comparison between the kit wingfold parts and the Wolfpack set which is a bit better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 here's the wings ready for paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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