WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.5 – Finishing
Once the decals were done I gave the whole kit a satin coat before doing my usual panel wash of Abteilung Starship Filth. The panel wash was subtle due to how dark the scheme was which is fine for me. What isn’t fine though, was… The silvering of so many of the stencil decals was …...
Build : Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 30 Fighting Falcon
Kit InfoSubject: Hasegawa 00232Media: StyreneMarkings: Print Scale 72-377 F-16 Desert Storm and kit The SubjectThe Lockheed Martin (originally General Dynamics) F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter. It currently serves in 25 nations, with over 4,400 aircraft built. Commonly known as the ‘Viper’, it features innovations...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.4 – Painting
It is time for decals and after a gloss coat with Aqueous gloss (which might have been a mistake in hindsight) I started as usual with the tail markings. So far so good with the Hasegawa decals. Marineflieger line jet markings are simple and understated. This was when I realized that I’d missed out on …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.3 – Painting
I began by painting the gearbays white and then masking them off with tape and sponge. Looking at photos, many of them show the inboard and bottom pylons to be the almost white color from the original Norm 76 Marineflieger scheme. I thought the contrast looked interesting so I painted the pylons Tamiya XF-2 Flat …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.2 – Construction
The nose to fuselage join is decent but the two halves of the nose required some considerable sanding to get rid of the seamline. The result of this is that I ended up sanding away almost all the panel lines which were already quite shallow in the first place. Before rescribing I figured I should …...
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 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 …...
