Group Build: F/A-18A-G Super Hornet/Growler

[blakeh1]

Hopefully they correct the mistakes.
I don't a lot of history with Meng, but
I have not noticed any issues with mine, nor with the Meng ornithopter I built.

So not sure if this is a common problem for them

 

[Pantherman]

Got a bit more done and some of the base coat underneath. Pantherman

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Hopefully they correct the mistakes.
I don't a lot of history with Meng, but
I have not noticed any issues with mine, nor with the Meng ornithopter I built.

So not sure if this is a common problem for them

I really don't think it's a real QC issue, probably one in a million chance and I was the lucky winner. Either way, they are correcting it ASAP at no expense to me.

 

[Edbert]

some of the base coat underneath

Happy to see another blue Hornet!

looks great PM, and I like your newly printed stand too.

 

[Pantherman]

Happy to see another blue Hornet!

looks great PM, and I like your newly printed stand too.

It's going to be top gun 2 mavs hornet hopefully.

The stand is my first print, I'm very happy with it. Pantherman

 

[Jantk14]

Did some assembly. Painted some of the exhaust insides and landing gear bays

 

[BOATMAN]

LOOKIN good jantk14 reminds of my big 1/32 dioamons back super hornet with lights i hope you are enjoyin this build as much as i did on my superhornet
GREAT build keep it comin
chrisb

 

[Wig41]

More filling and sanding but I believe I am making some progress.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

@Wig41 I'd say you're making great progress! Filling and sanding are never fun, but the results are usually always worth it.

 

[Jantk14]

Almost ready to paint

 

[Jantk14]

Mostly painted. It's the same light ghost grey and dark ghost grey as my A10 so there's not a big difference in the different shades of grey.

 

[Pantherman]

Got some more paint on mine, now starting some of the decals. Pantherman

 

[Wig41]

Got a little more progress on my build …

 

[Pantherman]

Got a little more progress on my build …

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Nice clean build, looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Pantherman

 

[Jantk14]

Little more painting

 

[Dan the Modeler]

@Jantk14 Looking great! How are you liking that kit?

 

[Jantk14]

The kit is pretty good. No real complaints. Goes together well and the instructions are easy to follow.

 

[Ron2]

Got some more paint on mine, now starting some of the decals. Pantherman
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I like the contrast!

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Great to see so many builds going on in this GB. They are looking amazing! I was hoping to be at least half way done with the build by now, but that damn rabbit hole full of upgrades twisted my ankle and pulled me in. So, as it stands, I just received the replacement fret from Meng. However, I have two more upgrades that should be here this week. I've gone all out on this OOB build...lol. I'll be adding Aires wheel bays and Rockit landing gear set with weighted wheels. Here's a quick look at the sets. I'll be starting on the "Office" this week and prepping for all the upgrade sets.

 

[kevin]

That some nice detailing there.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

That some nice detailing there.

The wheel bays are pretty intimidating, so we'll see how they go, always have the kit parts if it gets too intense.

 

[blakeh1]

Wow that is quite the detail set. Makes the Meng details look almost non existent in comparison

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Wow that is quite the detail set. Makes the Meng details look almost non existent in comparison

Yes, the landing gear and bays have so much detail, it's almost too much! I'll be having hell to pay painting all those details, but that's the price I pay for going all in on this build.

 

[Edbert]

Put the growler back on the front burner today. You might recall my last attempt at post-shading was so subtle it could hardly be seen. I wanted to wait a while and make sure I still felt that way before going in heavier.

Turns out my hand was a bit heavy this time. Here's (below) an example where I went too far in my opinion.

That speparation on the leading edge slat. I toned it down a bit more after snapping this picture as can be seen by the following one.

Overall I think I'm ready for a clear coat, here's more views...

From my research the weapons are often clean, in fact most pictures they are missing, but the jammers and tanks are sloppy-messy with all sorts of odd color variations on them. I also added some very faint variations to the black on the stabs, they were very stark as solid black.

I was about ready to try and put a clear down, but have learned (the hard way) to wait a while, put it away and decide later if it is really ready. So I stopped myself.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

@Edbert Looks amazing! I know you feel it may be too dark, but from what I'm seeing, it's still very subtle, but you have eyes on, so it may look different in person under lights. Again, outstanding job, very clean build thus far!

 

[blakeh1]

Put the growler back on the front burner today. You might recall my last attempt at post-shading was so subtle it could hardly be seen. I wanted to wait a while and make sure I still felt that way before going in heavier.

Turns out my hand was a bit heavy this time. Here's (below) an example where I went too far in my opinion.

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That speparation on the leading edge slat. I toned it down a bit more after snapping this picture as can be seen by the following one.

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Overall I think I'm ready for a clear coat, here's more views...

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From my research the weapons are often clean, in fact most pictures they are missing, but the jammers and tanks are sloppy-messy with all sorts of odd color variations on them. I also added some very faint variations to the black on the stabs, they were very stark as solid black.

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I was about ready to try and put a clear down, but have learned (the hard way) to wait a while, put it away and decide later if it is really ready. So I stopped myself.

Looks great. Love the ghost grey color/tone you settled on as well

 

[Jantk14]

Got the landing gear on. Not crazy about the red trim around the doors. I used a red sharpie because I knew there was no way I could use a paint brush and get it that neat.

And did some post shading

 

[Wig41]

Elbert, from the photos you posted I can barely discern the difference between before and after on the post shading. I think you might be a little hard on yourself. The paint looks good to me. Give it another day or two and then look at it and I'll think you'll see it's a great combo.

 

[BOATMAN]

Edbert i think the shadeing looks great like Mr wig says in my opinion GREAT WISH I COULD DO MY PLANES LIKE THAT BRILLIANT SIR
chrisb

 

[Dan the Modeler]

@Jantk14 Man that is looking super sharp! Really like the colors and post shading results.