WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.1 – Construction
Something a bit different this time with a Marineflieger (German Naval Aviation) Tornado IDS, I was inspired to build this kit after making the acquantance of a retired Marineflieger pilot. For whatever reason, I managed to lose one of the seat cushions for the Martin-Baker MK.10A ejection seat so I replaced the pair of seats …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 P-51K Mustang Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
Next I tackled the topside black areas on the wings and the nose. Thankfully this part of the painting process was trouble-free. I then went in and painted the exhausts by handpainting with Game Color Gunmetal. Prop planes are great in that there are relatively few fiddly bits to deal with although the invasion stripes …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 P-51K Mustang Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
For a bare metal finish, painting begins with a base color of black. Normally, they say it should be a gloss black base, but I’ve found that it doesn’t make that much of a difference. In this case I used Aqueous Black Surfacer which went thinned with IPA, dries to a satin finish. After the …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 P-51K Mustang Pt.1 – Construction
Continuing my Top Gun builds, this will be made into Maverick’s own P-51K Mustang that appeared at the end of Top Gun: Maverick. This P-51K, registration N51EW, is actually Tom Cruise’s own aircraft in real life. This kit includes some of the parts for the K variant even though it’s only sold as a P-51D. …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Jaguar Gr.1 Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
Painting begins with the false canopy painted onto the bottom of the Operation Granby Jaguars. This is something most manufacturers miss out on. Based on the photos I’ve found, there also seems to be different patterns. I decided to just follow the easiest pattern I can find. For the main ‘desert pink’ color, different...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Jaguar Gr.1 Pt.1 – Construction
Time for a Desert Storm build and what better subject than a sand colored RAF SEPECAT Jaguar? This build will combine the generally well regarded Hasegawa kit with weapons and decals from the Italeri offering. On a sidenote, I should refer to this as an Operation Granby build instead since that’s the name of the …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-15E Strike Eagle Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
Painting begins with black for the canopy frame. The nose is a deeper shade of gray so to help make it more visually distinct I used black as a marble coat instead of white. I did both preshading of panel lines and marble coating to help with making a single solid color scheme look less …...
WIP : Academy 1/72 F/A-18E Super Hornet ‘Top Gun’ Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
Painting begins with a preshade. Note that I fully painted the canopy frame at this point. The standard color scheme for the F/A-18E/F is a two-tone gray scheme. The topside is listed as FS36320. To slowly build up the opacity I went with very thin (3:7 paint to thinner ratio) coats of Mr Color Aqueous …...
Build : Bandai 1/72 Type-99 Cosmo Falcon
Kit InfoBrand: 1/72 Bandai 0183653Media: StyreneMarkings: Kit The SubjectThe Type-99 Cosmo Falcon (or Hayabusa in Japanese) is a trans-atmospheric space fighter aircraft used by the United Nations Cosmo Force and United Nations Ground Force in the late twenty second and third centuries. It is heavily armed with six cannons in the...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-15E Strike Eagle Pt.2 – Construction
Work continues as I attach the nose to the fuselage. There’s a somewhat ugly seamline here which requires getting rid off. Good thing is there’s no rescribing needed as it’s not meant to be a panel line. The gun port is a simple upper and lower join which results in an ugly seamline in a …...
