delayar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Hi Folks! I recently started a build of a Hasegawa F/A-18E Super Hornet in the Anniversary Scheme of 2010. kit: Hasegawa 1/48 Decals: Afterburner Decals "East Coast SuperBug CAGs" and Afterburner Decals "Super Hornet Upgrade Set Aftermarket: Quickboost Seat Quickboost ECS vents Phase Hangar seamless intakes Eduard GBU-38 Tamiya AIM-9X, AIM-120 and GBU-12 (from the F-16 kit) I started with the cokpit, using the decals from the Afterburner Upgrade set. They are marvelous, although I am not sure if the grey color is correct... The Quickboost seat with paint and decals: The fuselage required some surgery to fit the Quickboost bard stacks: The small gaps are filled with CA, and will be invisible under the paint. I fitted the fuselage sides and intake lips before attaching the seamless intakes to get a good alignment of the parts. I carefully fitted the intakes to prevent gaps between the intake parts. As they now floated above the wheel wells and were held only by a small amount of CA at the front, I added support struts and secured them with epoxy glue behind the intake fans: looks good so far: Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Nice. These are decals in the cockpit? Looked like Eduard PE. QB seat is for the F-14D, right? When I get around to my planned F I'm hoping on using them. Are they the same height as the kit ones? I seem to remember the Quickboost SJU-5's being smaller than Hasegawas. Frankly, I seem to remember whenever I used Aires or Quickboost seat it was at least a bit underscaled, save for one. Worked great in their cockpits though. Nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hi! Yes, these are decals on the cockpit instruments. From Afterburner decals. Also yes to the QB seat. This is for the F-14D, although both seats have the same canopy breakers. They are the same height as the kit ones and fit the SH perfectly. Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 I continued with the assembly of the fuselage. I decided not to follow the instructions and first glued top and bottom halves together before joining forward and main fuselage. I also attached the wings to the upper fuselage first to get a nice transition between fuselage and wing top surface. After attaching the forwar fuselage, filling and sanding started. And the fuselage is ready: Cockpit parts added: On the bottom, I accidentially removed the location bar from the right wing outboard pylon, so I had to drill registration holes. With the leading edge flaps, flap hinges and canopy installed, the Super Hornet is ready for some paint: Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Hi Folks, I finally found time to continue this build. I applied a base coat and did the preshading: I also started with the ordnance: The items are not yet flat coated. All are from a Tamiya F-16 kit. Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Nice. Love that part of the build, when pile of parts start to look like a Hornet 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Painting continues. Here, the underside is already painted with MRP Light Ghost Grey, upper surfaces with MRP Dark Ghost Grey First stages of a light weathering: On pictures, the original aircraft has barely any signs of waethering. The bottom has yet to receive some more weathering. The tails are peinted and decaled. Som light touch ups are necessary. Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Underdog Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Markus, Wow, love the Tail-art... going to be a great looking "SuperBug!" Really like what you're doing with the kit, making it better with the add-ons and therefore having a nice looking finished model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Wow, time flies. It's been a long time since the last update. Anyhow, I wasn't idle during lockdown. After painting and fading the TPS, I painted the skunk stripe. I didn't weather it very much, since on the reference pictures, the bird is relatively clean. Further detail painting and a gloss coat: And so the decaling bagan. The Afterburner decals went on really smooth. Sadly, the stripes for the black/red tank were not inlcuded on the decal sheet, so I had to make my own: Applied to the red tank: And after a gloss coat, I painted the rest black: Cheers, Markus Edited July 2, 2020 by delayar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Paintwork and decalling looks great, you home made decal hits the spot as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thanks! Cheers, MArkus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 She looks great. The work-around for the stripes on the tank is pretty nifty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 8:09 PM, delayar said: Wow, time flies. It's been a long time since the last update. Anyhow, I wasn't idle during lockdown. After painting and fading the TPS, I painted the skunk stripe. I didn't weather it very much, since on the reference pictures, the bird is relatively clean. Further detail painting and a gloss coat: And so the decaling bagan. The Afterburner decals went on really smooth. Sadly, the stripes for the black/red tank were not inlcuded on the decal sheet, so I had to make my own: Applied to the red tank: And after a gloss coat, I painted the rest black: Cheers, Markus How do you make them yourself? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Hi! I found some images of decals, which were included in a 1/144 kit (i think by Revell). That gave me the idea of the general shape. I made some drawings and used masking tape to evaluate the size until I was satisfied. I then printed the black parts on transparent decal film. I can send you a PDF file of the drawing. Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gonzales Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Very good show Markus. Like said above, the approach to modeling is just great. Clear modeling language! Like to see your further finishing and display. Can't wait. Super Bugs are very high on my list of modeling challenges. Kind regards, Robert Jan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thank you very much! Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) I finally finished my Super Hornet. After the gloss coat, I made an oil wash, flat coated the TPS area and made the final assembly. I had a bummer nearing the end (meaning after the oil wash, right before the flat coat. The model was in an unsafe place, because I planned to flat coat it in the next hour or so. As I was looking for something in the cupboard above it, an object fell on the modell. As the canopy was still masked, I didn't find out about the degree of the damage. The nose antenna broke of, and I heard a rattling inside the aircraft. so I assumed that the HUD was dislodged. The nose antenna was no problem, there was a spare in the kit. I thought that maybe I can remove the canopy and reattach the HUD. However, after the final flat coat, when I unmasked the canopy, I found out that the object seemed to have hit the canopy directly and there was a crack in the canopy 😞 As it turned out, I glued the canopy in place really tight. So I found no way to repair the damage without greater surgery and replacement parts and decals, therefore I decided to leav it as it is. It is a pity, but I think it is still a beautiful model. I managed to reattach the HUD - the windscreen wasn't glued as tight as the canopy - but that was after I took the pictures 😐 More pictures will be posted in the Display Case: Cheers, Markus Edited October 19, 2020 by delayar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Markus, Very nice build review, paint job, and final reveal Please post more pictures when possible. Mr. Happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanW Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Looking really good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delayar Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 17 hours ago, Mr.Happy said: Markus, Very nice build review, paint job, and final reveal Please post more pictures when possible. Mr. Happy Hi! Thank you very much. More pictures are in the display case section: Cheers, Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my favs are F`s Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Beautiful and contrasting! I like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Very Nice! Great job on the decal making too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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