continuing for my hunt of hornets......here is another one from me :D

started build since last week after a short break from the "Blackjack" & have to stop awhile as I received a shocking news that makes me stunned. my cousin just passed away cos of accident so the whole family are still in grieving & as a respect to them i have to go back to hometown for a burial & everything :cry:

and now start to build again.....just finished with the upper & lower fuselage, no problem for the fitting at all :D

this is what i like with the hobbyboss kit





only minor gaps here


and here


decals are nice ^_^


thats the progress for now.....please comments & critics as usual guys

thanks B)

cheerios!!!

Azlan D... Sorry to hear your cousin had passed away, May Allah blessed him. Amin...

Back to our original program...

This is panel line or monsoon drain???

Why so "BIG" and "DEEP"? For 1/72... I guess no further scribing unless necessary... My 2 sen.

mej®

Did you do some rescribe? The lines looks like they are a tad bit too deep & wide in one of the photos.

Hope this won't happen to you but the bird may just end up looking like line art after applying the panel wash.

cheers

Tuan major, thanks for your kindness

Yang tu longkang pun boleh terowong smart pun boleh huhuh

As you can see its a closeup pics for sure it looks BIG & DEEP

Just my half a kupang


Yup PoohBear I do some rescribing maybe a little too much

so Lan...
the instrument panel guna decal tu la ekk....

nice viking decal.. looking forward to see more of ur handy work... :D

kuman

What did you use to scribe?

dalam sgt n too thicklah bro....reduce sikitlah....btw....nice progress so far ;)

To reduce the thickness of the lines, just give it a good sanding job overall.

Ish Apa ni

Kata nak buat sabre, kluak pulak F18. Macam la tak cukup orang buat F18....Nak kena rotan! LOL :D

But otherwise, good work so far, except I must agree about the lonkang. U dont need to rescribe every kit bro, remember scale effect. If in real life the plane had panel line that huge, it wont fly. In 1/72, halussss jer line dia....

Keep em coming bro, ko nyer productivity better than my Osa boat rite now !

this is what i always do Im, sand until the panel lines are in fine shape :D

poohbear-i used tools from multifilla for the panel lines & blackhead remover

bang Dre-thanks bro, ketebalannye akan dikurangkan jua

shah- lu tak abis2 dengan sabre tu :lol: nanti dapat la minggu ni kot tak pun minggu depan ke huhuhu......don't worry mak masak kari once the bird is in the hands you'll be the first one to know aighhttt!!! B)

cepat-cepat la buat Osa tu aku nak tengok kalernye :P

lan kuman-thanks :D maybe i have to cut a thin plastic strip as the instrument panel & place the decals on it as you can see the layout is useless....it wont fit the decal at all

thank you all for the input.......as you all know i'm still in a learning stage :unsure: :wacko:

Lan Selam, ingatkan u guna pisau toreh gotah..... lol. Takpe janji lepas ni u kena mempelas habis-habisan... :D

mej®

PS: Ini baru 1/72, kalau 1/32 agak besar mane lan kau scribe...

Mat selam,

I like longkang, in fact all men do... :P but this hornet punya longkang is too big and deep. As for scribing, use the back of a hobby knife will do. I made my own scriber. Hehe, DIY punya. Anyway, good work.

Tuan major-kalau ado la pisau gotah tu kat rumah ni haa dah lamo den cubo aaahh huhuhu

Don't worry tuan pelas mempelas ni akan senantiasa di ingatan

Kalo 1/32 rasanye la kan longkangnye besor kelingking kot ahaha

Vince-thanks bro, which longkang you like? Got 2 you know heheheh, all things you DIY ke? Bahaya tu huhuhu

From my eyes the line looks to me ok but maybe from the closeup pics its too big & deep. Well after I've done with the sanding job maybe it'll be ok. I hope so

Lan..what BV suggested is a great and inexpensive way to go but if there's allocation, used this Line Engraver I'd used it for many years now especially when building in 1/72 scale.

Those "Longkang" would be nice in 1/32 scale though but still looks a bit too deep from the pictures. Hope to see more of your progress then.

thanks johan for the line engraver tool link :D

some minor updates as of last night

as you all know this kit instrument panels are not that good & lucky me the kit include a decal for it eventhough no space designated for it :angry:


so I decided to cut a thin plastic card & placed it to the front of it & stick it. decal pun cacat after trimming just to fit in the cockpit


not that perfect but still its better than nothing :ph43r:




thats just it for now....thank you for viewing & feel free to comments

p/s:nak komen lebih-lebih pun dipersilakan.....i still wanna learn more :rolleyes: :D

cantique intrument [anel tu...mentang-mentanglah jari ko kecik.... :lol: :lol:
jgn marah bro...aha....keep it up.... ;)

walaupun itu decal, tapi memang cun.

Simple way to get a fairly decent cockpit.

Pity the control stick doesn't look anything like one.

Nicely done. :)

thank you guys :D an amateur touch just to keep things looks better

moving on with some updates:

a few rounds of wet sanded done


primed coated


and sprayed dark grey for the top fuselage & painted the nosetip with gunze radome

Mat Selam, Boleh ambik gambar close-up kat wing dia ke? Nak tengok "longkang dan terusan" yang u bina...:D

So far nampak cantik... Tengok dari jauh le...

mej®

Wah laju ko ni ehhhh

This is a Hobby boss or what brand?

Seems like the cockpit is very basic...good job with the instrument panel and nice to see you start to build your own parts....

Tapi those big meter at the bottom look like from TNB plant....and stick looks like something to fit in longkang :P

Keep it up!

Good job on the cockpit. Jgn lupa mempelas, ok!!

Ni Hornet no brapa, haa? At the rate you are building, i think you will have more Hornets than RMAF :lol:

shah-mana ada laju beb tersangkut-sangkut gak buat ni, this is hobby boss brand. cockpit dia bosan tahap gila tu pasal kena buat parts sikit :D

shamsul251-ni baru 2nd hornet la, masih ada lagi yang menunggu dalam Q :lol:

and finally to our pengkritik tetap AF (Aircraft Forum ye bukan Akademi Fantasia :lol: ) tuan major, gambar close-up. still nampak besau kot but its ok, for my next project i will use the new tool ;)




thank you all for viewing & comments

ADiver aka Mat Selam.... Oooo!!! ekau panggil den Pengkritik Tetap AF ya... xpe... nanti kau!!!

Memang bosar line kau beb... Guna Line engraver yg halus sikit kalau minat sangat nk cakar-cakar (jangan jd cakar ayam sudah le) Bro Brutus suggest tu is a good tool actually.

mej®

PS: Sedap juga guna perkataan mempelas... :D

kire ok la longkang size nih..... mat selam ni memang suka menyelam dalam longkang lurah sume............

lepas ni dia dah ade tools baru beb..kita tengok ape result longkang dah jadi sempit ke tak

anyway, like u said bro, the longkang are purposely made that deep in order to compensate the thick spray can paint.... shallow longkang wont be that pronounce to be seen in 1/72... heck this really justify the longkang project........

keep it up bro...............

ps: Tuan Major peminat AF no 1 ke??

MINTAK SELISIH MALAIKAT 44!!!! I jarang atau tak pernah pun tengok ini Akademi Fantasia... Apatah lagi citer yang se genre dengan dia. BORING GILA PUNYA CERITA!!!!

Mat Selam should have also the LINE ENGRAVER recommended by Bro Johan Brutus...

Maybe it justifiable using that "Monsoon" size drain if the paint is thick, but my 2 sen says "size wise should be maintained but make it deeper should be appropriate"...

mej®

tango berkilo-kilo beb :D

macam tau-tau je orang suka menyelam tang area mana akakakaka

the hornet is complete last night......malas nak buang masa so pulun je abiskan malam tadi :wacko: :D










the tailfin alphabets should be written CE but there's another version of it in the decal that wrote AD....similar to my nick ADiver B) so i chose to put this one








thank you all for viewing & comments as usual :D

p/s : para juri & pengkritik tetap AF :P ....hasil kerja ini dipersembahkan untuk anda menilai :rolleyes:

sekian terima kasih.......... ;)

cepat betul Lan... :D
lawa nih... :D

kuman

AD jee> Kira boleh lah... :D Cume decal je nampak tebal... Congrat on the finish project

mej®

cantik azlan....kemas....just 1 jer...panel line tu mcm di lukis2....tebal sgt kot....
overall finishing nice ;)
pengalaman akulah...memula pakai scriber or menyengeriber ni....usually tangan n jari kita terlalu berkuat sgt.....lemah lembut jer lan, jgn cuba sekali nak terus dalam....relax jer.... :)

btw welldone.... ;)

2 cents
Naza

congrats lan..

cam abg naza cakap, longkang too pronounce plak.... maybe lepas ni dengan alat yg betol lurah tu dapat di lorek dengan begitu baik.........

syabas org muda!

Wah lau, mmg record timing laaaa..........

Quite kemas overall, well done on finishing bro :D

Kalau tuan benarkan, saya bagi 2-3 komen:

1. Personally, I feel the panel line detract from the model....too black/obvious....start to look like Gundam or die cast model. Ko tengok real plane, mana ada nampak lines mcm tu....
2. Some dark wash kat undercarriage and wheels sure nampak lg cun, lift out the details. Kasi sikit weathering also, ko tahu la US Navy plane ni nampak tampal tampal punya
3. Ada mcm gap bwah windscreen depan?

Anyway, congrats. Sabre next? :D

Diver,

Pretty good finish, a little heavy on the panel lines. If you can't mist over with spray can the next time use a lighter shade or dilute the wash.

The gap in front under the windshield can be covered with diluted white glue or Tipex wiped with Gunze thinner or lighter fluid then painted over.

Like Landy described quite Gundamish. But I would be proud of it...man you build fast too.

Richard.

Line art look aside, it looks like you've managed a clean & neat finish. Well done.

What's next on the bench?

cheers

LanDiver, overall nampak you are improving by each built models... that's good although like all the others suggested, there is always room for improvement. I don't want to talk about the panel lines because I think the others has highlight it.

My comments is on the finishing of the decal because the panel lines went under the decal instead of through the decal. This makes the decal looks like stickers. You should have ensure that the decal is properly softened and do the lines on top of the decal as well. If you look on the tail decal, the head of the viking it looks like it is slapped on rather than it is painted onto the tail.

My five cents from a guy who didn't do planes much... hehehe... :D

thanks a lot guys for your comments & inputs

appreciate all of it......

still need to improve a little bit like some of you guys suggested.....decals also a bit thick thats why looks like that :lol:

as for the next project haven't decided yet maybe some Soviet AC or F-16

once again.....thank you :)