Thadeus Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 It's awesome that GB rules allow for the tiger themed squadrons. This makes my second entry possible. A black tailed VMFA(aw)-224 Bengals jet from Al Assad air base from around 2005. I don't really know yet which markings I'm going to use, since I have the kit markings for a jet with outboard black tails and inboard gray, or MAW Decals for all black tails. I'll just have to look for some more pictures to get some confirmation which of these markings were present in 2005 over the skies of Iraq. Thanks for watching! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Cooooooool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_superbug Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) According to Osprey's US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet units of OIF by Tony Holmes Bengal's operated the black tails from JAN 05. With that being said, just the O/B of the tail was completely black, with the I/B having the Fin with a diagonal line to the lower part of the leading edge black. HTH regards Brendon Edited January 3, 2015 by Aussie_superbug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 According to Osprey's US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet units of OIF by Tony Holmes Bengal's operated the black tails from JAN 05. With that being said, just the O/B of the tail was completely black, with the I/B having the Fin with a diagonal line to the lower part of the leading edge black. HTH regards Brendon Thanks Brandon! This helped out a lot :) I do have some searching still to do. Apparently I've made my first mistake :) Both options considered by me are of the same jet with the same tail markings. There are some minor differences in other decals, such as size of the VMFA(AW)-224 sign, and the size of the stripes on the fuselage. It can be caused by the MAW decal sheet being scaled to the Hasegawa Hornet, howaver, there's no indication of such on the decal sheet. Or (more likely) it's just an error on the Academy part :) I'm off to take some measurements :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 I've managed to push forward with my builds. I cut up the wing and prepared the flaps to assemble them drooped. I've also assembled some smaller pieces, such as fuel tanks and cut off most parts from the sprues. Hopefully next week I'll be able to make some more progress - the most tiresome part is pretty much done. Other one - the modification to the main landing gear - is still before me. Thanks for watching! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Some progress was made during the weekend. I've assembled the fuselage and filled the gaps. Also, I've modded the main landing gear :) Thanks for watching! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 nice progress - will return to your thread when I start building mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Oh maaaan... I'm having some troubles with motivating myself to work on modeling... I've barely touched my started models in 6 weeks. Well, luckily, my both Hornets are ready to be painted :) Just need to temporarily attach the canopies and mask them :). This is how it looks now: I just love those double seaters. I hope to finish both till the end of this month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 They both look great so far Thadeus! Keep it up mate. Tame the Tiger! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yeeeeey! It's alive! Alive! Ok... not yet, but I'm getting close ;) That's going to be one sexy looking bird when finised :) But first I have to finis my Spanish Hornet. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Done! I've used the kit decals. They were of the proper size, while the ones from MAW Decals were too small. Unfortunatly, most markings should have been black, while Academy made them dark gray. GBU-12's and AIM-9 came from the kit, while the LMAV and Litening is from Hasegawa weapon set. I've also used seats from Wolfpak - I've yet to use better looking Naces seats - I simply love them!!! I might have to dirty those wheels some more... Thanks for watching Guys! Hope You like my Hornets :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Sweet job! Nice base as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Thanks buddy! It's Italeri Carrier Deck section, somehow I feel my Hornets look better just standing on it ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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