Industria Mechanika 1/35 The Hornethopter

[papa 695]

Great work Norman, and I love the colours.

[Guest]

The colours work really well, its looking very good.

[monica]

looking good,Norman ,do real like the color sceme ,your working to,:smiling:

[SimonT]

Wacky but kind of neat - personally I think that the brass / dark grey would look good right to the back of the upper surfaces for the full hornet look with dark grey / brass head and keep the copper for the underside panels

But what do I know - it's your model

Whatever, looks like a nice smooth paint finish

[Guest]

But what do I know - it's your model

Not at all, that’s why I asked the question because I wasn’t 100% happy with it and I’m very greatful for your feedback.
I’m going to re-think and modify it slightly :thumb2:

[RM6239]

Norman
Looking good, I'll pull up a pew and watch this if I may.
cheers
Ross

[Guest]

I received some great feedback on my initial colour scheme that confirmed what I inwardly knew yesterday, that it wasn't right.
The problem was that real Hornets tend to have two primary colours, yellow and dark, and the copper I'd used for the dark panels wasn't right, so after a dip and strip in cellulose gun wash, time to try again.

This time I used brass on all of the abdomen top panels to represent Yellow and AK Xtreme Bronze for all the underside and top connecting panels. (The legs and centre support section will be painted in iron/dark iron).

My pictures aren't that good (the bronze doesn't look as brown) and show it with no other work done (buffing, washes, etc), but I think (hope) it now better represents a real Hornet abdomen done in metal?

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Norman
I think that looks much better, more harmonious. I think the copper added too many tones to the whole..looks much more like a hornet as well.
Cheers
Tim

[Guest]

I’m with Tim, looks much better now.
I think you nailed it now.

[SimonT]

Definite :thumb2: from me Norman

[papa 695]

That does look good Norman. ( but this is just me I quite like the first one better. )

[Guest]

That does look good Norman. ( but this is just me I quite like the first one better. )

Thank you, but I felt it wasn’t going in the right direction before because I was trying to capture the essence of a real Hornet.
But don’t worry, I also have their Dragonfly kit, and since Dragonfly’s come in many interesting colours I’ll be sure to do lots of contrasting colours on that :thumb2:

[Guest]

Now that I've settled on the final colour scheme, I have pushed on and painted the cockpit, head and underside engine section using a mixture of AK Xtreme Bronze and Mr. Metal Color Brass and Dark Iron.

[Guest]

Nice work!
Anyway, I think, paint this model is quite difficult...isn’t it? Is not easy to choice the right color!

[Guest]

Nice work!
Anyway, I think, paint this model is quite difficult...isn’t it? Is not easy to choice the right color!

There are no painting guides with these models, because they are 100% sci-fi fantasy, they leave that to your imagination
Most examples of this model are shown painted in a dark grey finish, but I wanted mine to loosely resemble a real Hornet with yellow in it.