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Jos Jansen
Welcome aboard guys, great to have here !

Also the load-out is chosen: 2 x AGM-65 Popeye, 1 x AXQ-14 Data Link Pod and 1 x AIM-9L sidewinder...those Popeye's are huge...

Nathan Dempsey
I remember once trying to put those Popeyes on an F-16. It looked like the weapons were flying the jet.

Maciej Bellos
The green guys is wondering were the popeyes end

Roland Gunslinger
Count me in

WhiteGlint
I'm in as well.

Jos Jansen
@Nathan, exactly.... comparing with a F-4 they're still huge...!
@Maciej, the green guy couldn't see the end...LOL, bigger than life

Welcome Roland and WhiteGlint, stay tuned mates...

Konrad Limmer
Count me in here as well!

Neuling
Scalemates hat wieder eine Literaturbeilage. Welcome back Slavo! You´ve said everything true about this formidable build.

Maciej Bellos
(searching for words)



(still searching)



(you get it)

Jos Jansen
Many thanks guys, I really appreciate your great comments...you'll are great modelers!

@Donald...it was also a fabulous kit to build

@Spanjaard...

@Murad OZER... you already grow up my friend, as a great modeler by yourself you're giving me to much credits

@Augie...this navy 'Turkey' was a joy to build

@Dominik...thanks!

@Daniel...this livery was a must-have, many thanks, my friend, you're a true follower!

@Eelco...thanks buddy!

@Souren...fantastic compliment!

@Kees...also thx buddy!

@Slavo...cheers my friend, glad you're back at the bench! I think the whole jet fighter scale community missed you. Your inspiring words are sometimes poetic and your descriptions of the modeling process are motivating and appropriate. I loved to read all your comments by all the great modelers here on SCM...! You're giving me lots of credits, I really appreciate that...but it's also a joy to follow your perfection in modeling !! Happy New Year my friend...

@Clifford...thanks mate.

@Neuling...Vielen dank...mate !!

@Maciej...I've some words for you...thanks mate You're also a true follower and you're giving me always great compliments

...last but not least, I want to wish to whole modeling community a Happy New Year...thx mates!

Nathan Dempsey
Happy New Year Jos! Here's to more great reference builds by you !

Sergej I
Pro stuff there Jos! Cockpit is my fav

Michael Phillips
Be still my beating heart!!!! Wow, this this is just fantastic. Absolutely love pic #133, really looks like it could be a screen grab from the movie The Final Countdown if you put a background to it! This is my 2nd favorite scheme from my favorite squadron of my favorite aircraft, so to see this beauty brings a tear to my eye. Bravo!

Clifford Keesler
A Happy New Year to you also Jos. Your builds are always inspiring.

Jos Jansen
Thanks, Nathan, Sergej I, Michael, and Clifford...great compliments from great modelers!

Jos Jansen
I am not at home during the week, I have this project elsewhere. This turbo prop also has to be finished once, every time I looked up to sticking all that PE on it...!

Roland Gunslinger
Very nice progress

Slavo Hazucha
Indeed Jos, it already looks more patched up than a child protagonist in a Charles Dickens novel...! And there is still a ton of Brass on the PE sheets...

But it will be great, glory to the brave, leaving the comforting roar & power of afterburning jets & muscular supersonic bodies for the docile hum of thin propeller blades and ascetic light airframe... No puns to regular prop-builders intended!

WhiteGlint
I am looking forward to your progress. The cockpit and workbench look great!

Jos Jansen
Thanks Roland, still my F-14 is on my bench at home...this weekend hopefully finishing the decals!

@Slavo, your comment is always nice to read, it has something poetic ... haha! I'm not a great commenter myself, but nevertheless I can really appreciate this, my friend! I still have a bunch of models on my shelf of doom. This Super Tucano is actually my first prop model, I finally want to get it ready. It is a super model from Hobbyboss, a little gem.

@WhiteGlint....thx, stay tuned...

Sergej I
Checking in late

Jos Jansen
While waiting for some ordered PE seatbelts for my Tomcat and the final photoshoot, I decided first to finish this Brazilian 'samba festival' before starting a whole new project... !

Slavo Hazucha
Still not finished - good, so I can mingle IN with some "wisdom" before the prop starts spinnin...

Very much looking forward to see this birdie with all that brass galore done & in color

Jos Jansen
I am still not sure which kit I will use for this project, the Hobbyboss or a Kinetic Gold version ... the Hobbyboss has a fairly coarse molding. Just look at how they put the rivets on, they run across the inspection hatches ... very rough!

Nathan Dempsey
I'm definitely watching this one. The only A model kit I owned was Hasegawa, but I traded it for my D. Looks like the HB riveter went nuts I'm sure you'll whip it into shape!

Roland Gunslinger
Count me in
I have both (other versions) in my stash. The rivets from the Hobby Boss are grossly exaggerated. This is even more extreme with the F-14. I think Hobby Boss loves rivets. Personally, I don't care. But since I know that you are a perfectionist, I would take the Kinetic or, IMHO even better, Hassegawa.

Daniel
Yeah, great subject! Hard choice really, both have their pros+cons...HB requires extra surface-treatment while kinetic has lovely surface structures but is known to be quite uncooperative during assembly...
the hasegawa really is a good idea, depicting an early hornet and with decent rivets+panels.
And Btw: the HB kit is "heavily inspired" by hasegawa, if you catch my meaning

Jos Jansen
Choice made....the Hobbyboss, all the ordered stuff has arrived !

Sarunas D
Read a comment once about the HB Hornet: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Roland Gunslinger
The moment when you realize that you've paid more for accessories than you did for the kit LOL

Jos Jansen
@Roland...at least I've made a choice ...next!

Nathan Dempsey
I'm already looking forward to the camo for this build.

Daniel
all the am stuff I had on my wishlist and was too greedy to get (mainly as Roland said )
This will bring some fantastic detail

One big minus are the intakes, which end where the wheel wells start...if youre still collecting maybe this would make sense:
F-18A F-18B F-18C F-18D Horn..ntake (GT Resin 48042, 1:48)

Sergej I
Did I count almost 400 decals, out of which 390 are stencils?
I think I'd rather rig a Black Pearl

Jos Jansen
...!!

reefta
Good stencils are a joy to work with!

Jos Jansen
Thanks, Patrick, Roland, Treehugger, Clifford, and James...PING...almost ready, only adding the German flag and it's time for the photoshoot!

Spanjaard
looking good!

Clifford Keesler
Excellent.

Ömer YILDIRIM
excellent

Patrick Hagelstein
Stunning work Jos!

arne vd burg
I really like the weathering Jos

Jos Jansen
Thank Spanjaard, Clifford, Omer, Patrick, and Arne...I very much appreciate your kind words. This weekend the final photoshoot...stay tuned!

Es-haq Khosravi
Awesome!

Jos Jansen
Thanks, Kees ... your modeling is inspiring!

@Joshua...where do I start my friend, my modeling involves years of experience. The most important thing is that you have fun building your model and then the outcome doesn't matter much! After all, it is your model, and nobody else's. Just get started and get inspired by for example here on Scalemates, there are so many great modelers among them. Good luck and happy modeling...

Urban Gardini
For a starter, you can't learn anything if you don't ask the questions. So never be afraid of asking questions, even the small ones! There's a lot of builders out there willing to help and we've all started from the ground. In your case I suggest you to concentrate on small steps at a time so that you try to better a few things with each build instead of going all in. As you've said the quality on the brushes makes a big difference. As for brush painting you're better off with thin coats gradually building the paint up with each new layer perpendicular to the previous one. And remember that the only dumb question is the one you don't ask!

Jos Jansen
True...well said Urban...

Ben M
Hi Joshua, I think using a much smaller brush would be called for to do details like a cockpit or a pilot. I just go to Hobby Lobby and look and see what they have. I'm just now getting to the point where I am forming strong preferences for what kind of brush to use in a certain situation. When I was a kid I switched from testors to humbrol because I found it leveled better, leaving fewer brush marks. I now prefer painting acrylics because I just don't need all the toxic cleanup hassle with enamels. One thing that might help you get better finishes is to use spray paint.

I find when trying to be meticulous about things like gluing small parts it works best if I rest both my hands on the table. I bought one of those cheap magnifying lamps from amazon and it helps me see as I wear glasses. With guns and antennas I try to glue those on last so I don't break them as I handle the model while building it. I think everyone breaks them off man, don't sweat it.

For a long time I worked on the dining room table, so I had to clean things up and put them away every night. Working in a small space can be done, just don't get out all your stuff at once.

Don't feel bad about seeing better results here than you can obtain yourself, I think it is great to see what is possible and learn from the awesome models, like this absolutely beautiful phantom build! I'll never build competition class models, but that's fine, I don't have to be the best of everything i do, or competitive about everything I do. For some people, that will be part of the fun, but it doesn't have to be that way for everyone. I think hobbys should be about doing what you find fun, not what you find not fun.

Joshua Strong
I find modelling fun

Collect more than building at the moment haha

Spanjaard
If i can give you just one advise.... the most important is patience. try to relax and enjoy the ride
focus in improving just one thing at a time, for example paint. back in the day I was using so much paint that I used it as if it were putty to cover the gaps between pieces. you need to use thinner and make several very, very thin layers. first one, you can still see the color of the plastic though it. Result will be a lot better than one thicker (and you use less paint, which means that your paint will last longer). you will be able to see all the details of the plastic clearly.

Holger Kranich
Freaking great, dude! And deserved!

Spanjaard
i do not want to hijack this thread, so i will answer you in another message, Joshua. for those who know more than i do, please join the discussion

Maciej Bellos
This will be stunning!

Nathan Dempsey
I'm always a sucker for anything IAF.

Maciej Bellos
Following!

Nathan Dempsey
I agree I'll take my normal spot.