Revell 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornets x2

[Medicman71]

Got the mottle coat on both Super Hornets using painting templates. Hope to get the camo down tomorrow.

[handiabled]

That mottle work looks fantastic!

[deafpanzer]

It will come out great definitely... excellent mottle work!

[Medicman71]

Got the Dark Ghost Grey painting in the top of the Super Hornets. I'll get the Light Ghost Grey painted in a couple of days.

[handiabled]

Great to see some color on these Mike!

[Medicman71]

Painting the lower grey and the pylons. Pretty happy with it.

[kyledehart5]

Great work!! This is looking really nice.

[406 Silverado]

Darn it Mike. I’ve missed these last couple of updates from you on this one buddy. I use marble patterns as well for groundwork on all my aircraft jobs now and your good outcome on the color coating illustrates how well this works with the color modulation. Excellent progress !!!

[handiabled]

It will be cool to see these next to each other with the different loads they are carrying

[Medicman71]

Thanks guys! I'm not entirely happy with the top. But I just got some of those Ammo of Mig Shaders that I'll use on the top camo. I need to work on the drop tanks, engines and then the black spine areas.

[lyle]

Looks great. Coming alone quite nicely.

[Medicman71]

Oh and I'm having to deal with some storm damage from very early Wednesday morning. Part of our fence came down. The neighbor had ALL of his fences blown down. I don't have to do the work, just waiting for the landlords to get someone out to fix it. Unfortunately it means walking the dog frequently.

[tcoat]

"Storm damage"
Sure
Sure

[Medicman71]

Starting to work on the little things. Bombs, missiles, drop tanks and landing gear.

[handiabled]

Looks like the load out is coming along great. (try Wiley Wallaby licorice sometime)

[lyle]

You are getting there. I really don't like doing that small stuff...but,you have to. Or, build armor.

[Medicman71]

I test fitted the pylons to make sure they fit where they're supposed to. Both were unmasked and it seems I'll need to touch up the black areas.

[Medicman71]

I also stripped the drop tanks to repaint them. The exhaust nozzles also got painted and I like the way they came out.

[Medicman71]

Ok I have a question. I need to touch up some spots on the black but I don't want to have to respray all of the black. Any ideas to keep from having to do that?

[TJ]

Apr 15, 2024 15:22:26 GMT -5 Medicman71 said:

Ok I have a question. I need to touch up some spots on the black but I don't want to have to respray all of the black. Any ideas to keep from having to do that?

Depending on where the spots are. You could spray through a 3x5 note card. Cut a hole in card a little bigger then touch up area, then put card almost touching. Light touch with the spray, you don't want to build up a ridge

[Medicman71]

I'm going to go ahead and respray it all. One of them actually needs to be a lighter black.

[Medicman71]

I repainted the black and damn!! They look great!!! I also primed the drop tanks and weapons using Mr Surfacer 1500 and I love it!

[406 Silverado]

Looks like re-spraying those tanks worked out rather well for ya Mike!

I hear the blues with the fence. SUCKS!! Hopefully they’ll get you back up and running in short order. When our fences blew down a few years ago my brother in law stepped up for the task. It took him 3 weeks to get it all done and it’s what he does for a living!!

[handiabled]

The black respray looks great from here! We have a big chuck of yard fenced with chain link. Biggest problem with it and wind is the debris that get hung up in it or next to it and mowing/trimming around it is a pain.

[Medicman71]

Thanks guys! Just a little painting left that I should get done tomorrow then gloss coating.

Oh and get this, the neighbor who offered to pay to have the fence done, told my landlords that he wasn't going to put a fence up. My landlords said "Oh hell no! We're putting up a fence!"

[Medicman71]

Painting is complete. I’ll let it dry overnight and gloss everything tomorrow.

[lyle]

looks good, Mike.

[Medicman71]

So I ordered a set of decals just for four of them. Revell molded the kit after a Block 1 jet. Blk 1 jets an an early style ECS (environmental control system) vents between the tails. The early ones had heat blankets on the fuselage behind the vents. I got the decals because they had the heat blankets.

[deafpanzer]

Looking real good… can’t wait to see with many decals on soon.

[handiabled]

I've done the same "cherry picking" of am to get correct details also. Looking forward to seeing the markings on both of these!