Hallelujah! Finished at Last!

Desperate times lead to desperate measures:

Well, my Tiger Tracks are done at last!

It's a Miracle!

Two Years of Modelling Mishaps!

Well, we're finally at the two year mark of Zaltar's Guide to Scale Modelling! After over 60 posts, you've seen my models through from purchase to completion (By the way, I'm nearly done my Tiger Tracks!) and seen my skills get marginally better. In one year we've gone from 777 views to 2412, with numbers going up every day. So thanks to the viewers for keeping the numbers high! Thanks for these two years, and let's hope for many more!

To celebrate, here are the pictures of my finished CF-18 Hornet! Cheers!

Canada's Hornet Pt.8

The Hornet has been painted! I used a coat of dark grey on the top and light grey on the bottom to recreate the camouflage used by the modern Canadian Forces. Overall, the paint job went well, but took many coats. I still have some touch up painting to do on the rear fins (it wasn't masked well enough) and then the detail painting begins. After that, armament needs to be assembled, a coat of clear, decals and some minor weathering. The end is near!

Canada's Hornet Pt. 7

Sorry for the wait, it's been a long time since I last updated. Since then though, I've finished building my Hornet, and I'm applying the base coat of paint today. The plane is now weighed down with a lead weight in the nose, landing gear are completed, the pylons for the missiles are on the bottom of the wing, and the glass for the cockpit is attached. In the next few weeks, I'll show the next steps: painting, decals, and armament.

Canada's Hornet Pt.6

Well, I finally have done enough to make a post on my Hornet. the landing gear were assembled beautifully, completely without a hitch; until, that is, I set it down. The picture says it all! My model needs a weight in the nose to keep it from standing up. Back to the drawing board, and time to look for some heavy material to keep it down...

Lack of Posts

Sorry for the lack of posts, there has been a massive lack of free time on my part. Hopefully, I will have some time for modelling in the following weeks. It will make it easier now that winter is coming, giving me less time outside and more for my models.

Thanks for your patience,

zaltar

Canada's Hornet Pt. 5

I finally came to a decision about the landing gear on the CF-18, and I'm leaving them down. Therefore, I decided to do a little bit of detail work on the interior of the wheel wells. I took average copper electrical wire, shaved off the protective sleeve and bent it to shape (Note: Make sure the wire isn't live or attached to anything before doing this ;D ) I then cut holes in the plastic model and glued down the wires. This added some really easy details for dirt cheap.