Little Mac Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 (edited) Hi guy's, This is my Italeri 1/48 F/A-18E. I have added the Black Box cockpit and Two Bob's VFA-115 OIF decals. The build required a lot of dry fitting, filling and sanding than normall. The intakes were a nightmare to say the least :wacko: . I also cut and dropped the flaps, (sorry for swearing ) reshaped the exaust ports, added the IFF box on the nose and added some extra minor details. Also toe out the wing pylons. Belive it or not I really enjoyed this build despite the known problems. I have also tried new weathering techniques with my AZTEK airbrush :lol: and tried doing my wash with oils, which came out pretty good. Anyways here's the pics and as always all comments welcome Regards Craig Edited October 12, 2005 by Little Mac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Ken Middleton Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 (edited) Craig, very nice work! You did a nice job painting and weathering, and the intakes and flaps came out very nice. Looking at it, it could pass for the Revell kit. Do you happen to have a pic of the rear quarter that includs the tails? EDIT: Oops, see you added more! :wacko: Cheers Ken Edited October 8, 2005 by Ken Middleton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toolo12 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Nice one! :wacko: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Congrats on finishing this particular kit, as well as doing a nice job on it! regards, Gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little Mac Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the comments guys. Picked up the Revell kit and I think I will use the same decals and do the 210 bird, although I have a few floaters in my head on other decals for it ;) . I'm interested what you guys think to the weathering, particulary the streaks I layed down with my airbrush. I know that the E/F's are not that weathered being fairly new, but with the mission marking on it I thought I would throw some dirt at it :P . Its the first time I have used post-shading and weathering with my airbrush and wanted some feedback on what you guys think. Thanks in advance Craig Edited October 9, 2005 by Little Mac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ron Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 It turned out well. I like the weathering. Good job. One question, aren't the pylons supposed to match the center line of the fuse? these appear to point outward slightly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Holeshot Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 One question, aren't the pylons supposed to match the center line of the fuse? these appear to point outward slightly Not on Super Hornets (F/A-18 E/Fs)...they're canted outwards several degrees for stores-separation reasons. (Or maybe just to increase drag and further decrease the SH's speed and range...) Curtis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 A silk purse from a sow's ear. Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 I'm interested what you guys think to the weathering, particulary the streaks I layed down with my airbrush. I like it! Looks like you have some great control with your airbrush and an artistic eye for scale realism. :D The overall weathering is subtle and scattered. Nice... :blink: The airbrushed streaks look very good to me, not too streaky, not too stripey. For larger streaks, like the undersides of the nacelles, you could also simulate small leaks using using thinned oil paints and carefully painting the leaks then smearing them towards the rear...Be subtle as you have on the rest of the weathering though! Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little Mac Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 Wow, thanks for the comments and feedback guys <_< Ron, Holeshot is right, the pylons are canted 4 degrees outboard. For this I rotated the pylons from their front locating hole and moved the rear inboard. IIRC it was about 1.6mm. Zactoman, I used that technique for the smaller smears and was very pleased with the results, I thinned down the oil paint a bit untill it was like warm butter consistancy as it seemed to work better than using the oil from the tube. I tried using this for the hydrolic leaks on the underside of the fuslage but could not get the right effect :blink: . I guess more practice is required. Again, many thanks for your comments and feedback Happy modeling Craig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Wise Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Nice work Craig. I bought the Italeri kit and only got 1/3 of the way through to before I "threw it". I was so disgusted with the "artistic license" used by Italeri when cutting the molds. So I truly appreciate the work you've done. Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt_S Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Looks good from here. ;) Still can't get used to those pylons..... Matt <_< Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mikeew Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 :blink: :lol: Looks great to me! Love the weathering. (I wish I could get that control with my Aztek :blink: ) regards, Mike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaRiO FDZ Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Very, VERY nice job you got there, man!!! :unsure: I'm working on mine right now and I must say yours turned out NICELY!! Keep it up :wacko: Take Care Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollie 17 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I tell you that is one sweet Super bug :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BadCop Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Very Impressive work Craig! :( I'm hoping that my R-M Super Hornet looks half as nice when I get around to getting it done in those same markings! Trent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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