I did not join this campaign since at the time I was and still am so busy, but I ran across this video that I thought you guys would enjoy.

Marine Hornets in Action!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTUcf4mgDU

Bob

So far this has been pretty normal build:



I'm bit disappointed with fit, there was quite a lot of sanding with airframe halves. But it's understandable, because the plastic parts are from 1990.

Anyway, I'll paint the model next and if that turns out fine, then I'll concentrate on resin parts (engine, ejection seats). The kit comes with good selection of underwing stores and I'm planning to use as many of those as possible.

Painted up the Tomcat ejection seats.


Hopefully they will distract from the low detail in the rest of the cockpit.

A shame the kit figure is garbage so might have to try and source some replacement figures.

Fuselage is finally going together



The overall fit on this kit is pretty ordinary, having to be vary careful to try and get everything lined up, but there is still going to be a lot of clean-up required on the seams.

The raised panel lines are going to take a beating I think.

Nice work going on here! Time for an update on the 1/32 Academy F-16I. As I may (or may not) have mentioned, this one is out of the box.







Not Tamiya, but not terrible either. The fit of the spine is tricky but I was actually surprised at how well the conformal fuel tanks fit, those are difficult shapes to get right.

Michael

Hi, i ll be building an old kit, Fujimi 1/72nd F-14A in Iranian markings. Hopefully the decals are still usable.

Back on track and getting some paint down.

Sorry mates,
due to some other things to do and already enlisted for two other campaigns which I really want to finish, I must resign from this one.
Have much fun and good luck for finishing in time

Sorry to see you go Peter, but I fully understand. Good luck with your other builds!

Michael

Just a quick update on painting...
I've kind-of-been taking my time with this 'Paint Scheme' for some reason, Previously, I did a build where I sprayed a 'frost' after the paint scheme was sprayed.... with this one, I'm doing the opposite.... I primed kit with a medium gray primer and now I'm applying a thin mist of white on the center panel area's and a thin mist of black/brown on the 'shadow areas'..... I'm working on a mixture to thin the tri-color paint scheme well enough for all colors to look similar in age and weathering...
We'll see if it comes out right!


High Lights applied to the primer....
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...Now the shadows applied to matting areas of skin...



...trying to get that 'Used' look....

To make sure I don't end up with a tail dragger, I loaded the nose with lead weight and epoxy



After lots of filling gaps and sanding the plane finally gets it's first overall coat of primer

Opening up the box on my F/A-18F - Super Hornet

Here's a picture of the cockpit at one point during painting.

Just about everything has gone wrong while painting my F-14.

Had to fiddle quite a bit with air pressure to get a nice gloss coat to go on. Was looking really good so after nearly a week I masked up with Tamiya tape to paint the wing leading edges and the anti glare in front of the cockpit. On removing the tape it had ruined the gloss finish, tried polishing it with polishing compound, which helped a bit, but will have to go over the whole thing with a clear gloss coat to fix it completely. So in the mean time because you can never use too much masking tape, I masked up the the exhausts for spraying



While spraying them I managed to splash some of the alclad lacquer on the underside of one of the wings, and it ate straight through the paint, so now I have to respray the wing after trying to sand it smooth so that there's no giant step where the paint hole is.

Update on my progress. In the past, I built up the cockpit and bits of the MLG.


Here's the build log I started back in 2010?!?!?? Kitech F-16

Teen's!!!

After all this time looking into the best finish for this build, (and working on trying new methods.), all I've been able to accomplish are my ordnance's on this F-16's hard-points. Here I have the Fuel tanks, 2 AMRAAM's, 2 AN/AAQ's, Data link and 2 Israeli Delilah Missile. All painted, decaled and clear coated. Will do weathering later.



THIS IS MY PLAN:
Because I had an issue in the past with "Blue-Tac" leaving behind some residue, I will be trying out MIG's 'Masking Putty'... it's claim is to NOT leave a residue...



....I plan to 'trim' the 'Masking Putty' like 'Blue-Tac' and shape the putty according to the paint scheme on paint guide...




Paint:
I have Vallejo's IAF paint set and from my understanding, this GLAZE MEDIUM additive will thin paint enough to highlight the 'Pre-shading' on A.C.




........until next time....

Well I got the fuselage buttoned up!


Now I've got gaps to fill, but it's looking like and F-16.

I won't be able to finish my F-16 D from Kinetic.

Lack of mojo lately mostly, 3months away from the bench..

I might finish it for a Hangar Queen 2018 Campaign.

Good luck to everyone !!!

Don't lose hope Nito! I started my Kitech F-16C in January 2010, you can see how far I've progressed in only 7 1/2 years......

Oh, can't believe it.

greeting all!

sorry you haven't heard of me on this campaign yet, nice projects you've all got.

i just want to show my projects that I've been working on last summer.

may i present...The Hasagawa F-15E Strike eagle! in 1/48 scale.
















sorry about the silvering of these decals, but didn't realise the importance of decal thinners until now.

here are the finished photos in my "photo shoot".
























i hope you all like my F-15! And good luck on all your builds!

i also built an F-14A Tomcat for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.

this is the academy f-14. the model kit itself is rubbish, but i can did the best that i can on it.






































I hope you like it.

hopefully i will put post more pictures in the forum.

So if you find a new gap to fill is that considered progress?

Some progress shots from my F-16CJ:





Ejectable seat (eduard ref.672047)


Loadout:
AGM-88 HARM (eduard ref.672054)


AN/ALQ-184:

@ Rino, I hate you
Your office looks great!
Here's what I've managed:




Tape seat belts, paint dabs, a replacement stick. I added the bang seat handles, O2 bottle, some stray plumbing and wind sensors.