Blacklions in OIR - Completed

Bob Hall
Where was OIR at ?

Munkyslut
That's incredible!
I can't pretend to join in with any real praise cos I know Jack shit about any aero stuff but that looks fantastic mate! 👍

Nathan Dempsey
I thought it was the air operations in Syria and Iraq against IS. Operation Inherent Resolve.

Great finish on the kit too 🙂

Michael Phillips
Um wow.... WOW! That is simply fantastic. The weathering is among the most convincing I have seen in any scale, in particular the centerline fuel tank. Amazing! You even got the composite texture... nice!

A real Masterpiece Daniel!

Daniel
Munky, Nathan, Roland and Michael, thank you for your kind words mates, I am very happy you like the result! Had a blast myself, its a big surface to throw some weathering on and just try some ideas and new things.

Nathan is absolutely correct, this machine is from end of cruise 2017, pretty worn down, the pickle button surely is as well😉

Spanjaard
wow. simply fantastic! amazing look

Bob Hall
Cool ! Thanks ! I Retired 2015 from the Army and was just curious as to what operation. Answered my question, very impressive work and superb detail ! Awesome job Daniel !

Rui S
Beautiful Dio. Very Nice work 👍

Jos Jansen
Pooah, that's absolutely amazing work Daniel... what a beauty!

Slavo Hazucha
Epic build & finish Daniel 👍 - could it be you really like building Hornets?😉 It's basically a textbook for advanced techniques, but here is my top 5 details pick...

- the fuel tank (The Lions should really clean it or drop it... 🙂)
- the elevators with the gradient grime in the "walking" area (entire surface job is great, this is just my "favorite spot"😢
- pic 54 with the exposure looks as a real picture from the deck
- the deck itself, scratch-built
- LGTR on MER combo😉

could go on & on, great stuff mate!

Daniel
Spanjaard, Bob, Rui, Jos and Slavo, really appreciate your comments my friends, thank you!
yeees, now you noticed it, I'll admit I like the hornets 🙂 Dont know why, but somehow the canted fins sitting between wings&elevators sold me on it as a kid already - first love story. i know Im weird^^
Speaking of the elevators, I also think they came out best, being treated as a single piece I could concentrate on. Trying to get the effect on the whole big thing was much harder - one aspect I will try to improve on in the next build and really try to handle it in segments and focus on smaller areas, possibly achieving more "gradients" in the whole picture.
But the next one here will be an F-14, my second childhood love, thanks to a certain cheesy movie😉

Spanjaard
Looking forward that tomcat!!!

Bill Gilman
Very nicely done indeed...amazing work! I think that Superbug needs a carwash though. 🙂

Daniel
Thank you very much Bill, I'm sure they'd consider it before the next airshow😉
Spanjaard, me too mate 👍

Holger Kranich
Great sh*t dude!🙂

Neal N
The color and grime on those bombs is absolutely on point!

Ricardo Reis
This is a fantastic job! Thanks for sharing! 👍

Daniel
@Holger:😎 Thx mate!
@Neal: Took some extra steps to get the thermal coating structure right and the rest was just quick light gull grey w/ sandbeige, oils and drybrush 🙂 Thanks for noticing! 👍
@Ricardo: Thanks for commenting! always a pleasure to share the hobby with you guys 🙂

Pierre
Sweety build, love the plane and the modular ordinance 👍

Daniel
Thank you Pierre, I appreciate it!

New to this
Damn... when I got to the 56 photo; I was like that's a great reference photo.... amazing work

Daniel
That's a huge compliment, thanks man! My favourite pic of it as well, I like the sun on the canopy 🙂

Sarunas D
Impressive! I have the same single-seater in my stash. Did you use the AIM-9X from the kit? I bought Eduard's Brassin AIM-9X kit, looks like a great improvement over the kit one.

Daniel
Thx! The aim 9x in the box are a joke ... sadly the eduard replacement was not yet released when I built this so I butchered the kit ones into a new shape
(somewhere at the start of the WIP album)

Neuling
Excellent build with top paint work and weathering! 👍👍

Juskifo
just wow
this is the most beautiful super hornet Rhino that I have seen in a scale model?
I finish mine at 1/48 and it will be difficult for me to do as well as you.
Well done?

Daniel
Many thanks for your very kind words Neuling and Juskifo?detailed weathering gets easier with the size of the plane 🙂

New to this
Amazing work man!! 54 looks so real!! One question I hope you don't mind me asking; where did you score those ground figures in that scale?

bughunter
This bird looks so damn real 👍 Great weathering!

Daniel
thank you NTT and bughunter!
The deck crew is actually recruited from different kits, green shirt from the Tamiya Tomcat, plane captain is a frankenstein, I made a cast from the green shirt and reassembled him, red shirt is from the Academy Hornet and the white shirt is a former air force guy from the Academy 32002 set. He got a helmet added onto his beanie.
But if you are looking for really amazing figures, look no further than here (worth every cent):
reedoak.com/

ZHOU Kun
The shading is perfect! I love it!

Daniel
thanks mate, appreciate it!