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F-18E SuperBug update, pics inside
badpony
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California, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 05:42 PM UTC
the tailfins are on and she's all weathered. This is my very 1st attempt at a pastel wash. I'm extremely happy with the results, it looks like a real Hornet now! A couple coats of clear flat are coming this week. I'm working on a FLIR pod from a leftover F-16 kit and some GBU's out of Hasegawa's weapon set D for the armament.






enjoy :-)
SS-74
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Vatican City
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 06:25 PM UTC
Looked awesome Pony, this is one nice looking hornet! Congratulations on a job well done!
bison44
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Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 06:35 PM UTC
Badpony: it looks really good. I particularly like the "top hat" decals. What is the paint scheme?? Is that all over low visability grey?? Or maybe subtle camo the pics don't do justice? Either way it looks very sweeet!!!!
badpony
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 06:55 PM UTC

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Badpony: it looks really good. I particularly like the "top hat" decals. What is the paint scheme?? Is that all over low visability grey?? Or maybe subtle camo the pics don't do justice? Either way it looks very sweeet!!!!


it's the typical high vis CAG plane scheme. Under surfaces and nose cone are Light Ghost grey, top surfaces are Dark Ghost grey. The pics doesn't do it justice as the 2 shades are very similiar. I'll try some sunlight pics, maybe that'll show it better
bison44
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 07:08 PM UTC
Its a shame that the camo doesn't show up on pics. How did you do the pastel wash? Sort of like a regular wash? Or just rub in some pastels? It kind of gives it just a little touch of grime, but not to dirty. Very nice.
blaster76
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 07:21 PM UTC
ALLright Pony. Now do me proud and do the same thing with the Intruder!!!

STEVE
badpony
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California, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 09:01 PM UTC

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Its a shame that the camo doesn't show up on pics. How did you do the pastel wash? Sort of like a regular wash? Or just rub in some pastels? It kind of gives it just a little touch of grime, but not to dirty. Very nice.


for the pastel wash, I followed this article to the t. It's pretty controllable and very easy to do
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/001-100/TNT026_Chalk_Washes/tnt026.htm
Roadkill
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 11:42 PM UTC
Badpony (what a name :-) ) I love youe Hornet and I have read the article about the wash.

I am not a plane builder (shame on me) but I am wondering if this technique also works on armor? Hmmmm experimenting time coming up
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 01:29 AM UTC
Nice job. I like it a lot, especailly the unit decals.
The weathering came out very well.
Bender
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Wyoming, United States
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 04:51 PM UTC
oh man, that thing looks great, I have a couple of hasegawa F-16s and a hornet sittin on my shelf, keep pushin them back for later, but this makes me wanna start now, sure like the super hornets looks. very nice work

Bender
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