Academy 1/32 F/A-18C Hornet

[papa 695]

Great work on the intakes Leo, she's looking very good. Looking forward to more updates

[Guest]

what product did you use for the weathering/ wash inside the under cart bays and UC struts?

Thanx

Theuns

Hi Theuns,

I used lamp black, van dyke brown oil paints Newton&Windsor thinned with enamel thinner to wash it. I also used some black, umber pigments around the edge.

[Guest]

Great thanx.

Theuns

[Guest]

Hi guys,

It’s been a while since my last post, but still working on the Hornet. Finally I’m getting to painting stage. I decided to go with Aggressor scheme[ATTACH]318056[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318057[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318058[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318059[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318060[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318061[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318062[/ATTACH][ATTACH]318063[/ATTACH]

[Steve Jones]

Stunning work on the masking Leo. Very impressive

[scottie3158]

great work on the paint work

[Guest]

Thanks guys

[flyjoe180]

Great work on the pattern Leo. That's a unique looking Hornet, should look quite colourful on the shelf.

[Guest]

Hello guys, still doing this monster project and it's getting there slowly but surely.
Managed to gloss coat them and ready for decalling after touching up all the minor stuff

Any critiques or suggestions are most welcomed.

Thanks for looking :smiling:

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[papa 695]

Fantastic work on the painting Leo, she is looking grand.

[Guest]

Fantastic work on the painting Leo, she is looking grand.

Thanks Ian

[BarryW]

She is certainly looking good.....

[Guest]

She is certainly looking good.....

Thanks Barry

[boatman]

Hello Leo im admireing your hornet build with great instrest an im hopeing to follow this build as I have a super hornet in 1/32 to build an im new to plastic kits building im trying to learn how to build my big one reasonably with wheathering an such. so a question if I may why do you guys paint the model in black at start of build ? an yes I have a great deal to learn I know that but for me that's all the enjoyment but a great build so far chris

[Guest]

Hello Leo im admireing your hornet build with great instrest an im hopeing to follow this build as I have a super hornet in 1/32 to build an im new to plastic kits building im trying to learn how to build my big one reasonably with wheathering an such. so a question if I may why do you guys paint the model in black at start of build ? an yes I have a great deal to learn I know that but for me that's all the enjoyment but a great build so far chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your kind words, the goal is to get irregularities to the paint and I used black basing to paint the Hornet.
I also used some salt weathering on some spots.

Hello Leo im admireing your hornet build with great instrest an im hopeing to follow this build as I have a super hornet in 1/32 to build an im new to plastic kits building im trying to learn how to build my big one reasonably with wheathering an such. so a question if I may why do you guys paint the model in black at start of build ? an yes I have a great deal to learn I know that but for me that's all the enjoyment but a great build so far chris

Hi Chris,
It's been a while since my last post here. The goal for me was to get irregularities on the paint and I used black basing to achieve it. I also used salt weathering on some areas. I'll try to upload some more pics.

Cheers