Boeing employee who works on the F18. Great job in general, but I wanted to applaud specifically your job on the choice of colors on the nozzles. Everyone always gets it wrong and it looks so fake. The nozzles have this brownish dark gray hue to them. Could have been a bit more gray, but I really think that you nailed it with that bronze color. Best job I’ve seen in getting that color. Immediately noticed it during watching. Good job.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the great praise. It's nice to hear that I chose the right colors for the nozzles. Thank you 😄.

@andrewirl2524

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with the color choice on the nozzles!

@stevenyoung1999

Жыл бұрын

Justin, do you know of a reason why planes aren’t regularly steam cleaned or similar to keep them looking tidy? Just looking at all the weathering needed to make it look real, makes you wonder why they’re allowed to look like this in reality, surely a persistent fluid leak is a fire risk as well as component failure or even slippery floor on an aircraft carrier, is there a good reason why they’re not better maintained?

@Bloodreav3r

8 ай бұрын

Those are not sealed tight when on low pressure heights but when at max flight height otherwise the seals would pop an the plane would be destroyed when the pressure changes. I heared that sometime ago in a documentary about the Blackbird. I guess to an extend that is true for every aircrafts, but i could be wrong 😅

I built the Revell F/A-18 back in the 90s and I can confirm that the instruction manual and plastic constructions were exactly the same, except for the modifications of the F/A-18 body and different decals. You did an awesome job assembling this jet!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. For such an old model, the quality is not bad at all.

@animalyze7120

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the F-18 C/D Hornets and are very different Aircraft from the E/F Super Hornets introduced to the public in 99/2000. This one is a bit longer and wider than the originals with a new air frame obviously. Those kits you were building are very different even though the new ones were derived form those, new molds had to be and were made.

Returning to modelling after 25 years, have learnt so much from this video - Thank you so much

@myles_bennett77

2 жыл бұрын

Making a comeback myself. Such a great hobby and I’ve missed it. Good luck to you. These are amazing videos👍

AMAZING WORK , before buying the model kit I thought I only needed paint and glue , now watching your video made me realized how much you need to know and all the materials you can use . Love how you show all of the materials and brands that you use for this kit but would be even more helpful if you like described what each of the products are for ? Again amazing work !

I spent 22 years in the Navy as a mechanic on these! Awesome Awesome job!! So very realistic!

@myles_bennett77

2 жыл бұрын

That must have been awesome. Thanks for your service!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the praise. 😄

Can you send this to me 😂😂. Absolutely a fantastic piece of art.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

😁🤣 Thank you for the praise.

Great video. Love when modelers do the Top Gun subjects. The USN goes to great lengths to assist in the production of those cinematic extravaganzas. Nice work great tips for me to use. Pre-shading especially.

Beautiful work!

I just found this kit at Michaels for only 20 bucks. I am currently doing the Revell Maverick F-14 level 4 with 97 parts. I saw that this has almost double the parts and it's a level 5. I am a little intimidated to start it. Thanks for the build video. Keep up the good work.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the praise. Most of the parts are the rockets, but you don't need all of them. It was a simple model. The hardest part I found was the size of the model.

Excellent work my friend. Congratulations.

Thank you for doing these!!!

Really well done on the painting and weathering, I was sold when you lifted the masking off the blue color after spraying the black. New Sub.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the great praise. The masking and painting with blue color was complex than using the decals, but I find it more realistic.

Your work really came together and the result was a fantastic work of art. Well done sir!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the great praise.

Incredible build 👍👍👍

This video made me want to go get an F-18 so I ordered one, I can't wait for to arrive!

Turned out to me a nice kit well done I'm going to pick this one up !

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

I also think that it is of good quality for a Revell model. Have fun building 😄

Excellent work. I like your Super Hornet, with all weapon stations, and the paint of the thin lines in ligth blue are fantastic, better than decals. Well done washes, shadows and filters. A really beautyfull model. Greetings from Guatemala, the Land of Quetzal Bird, simbol of Freedom.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your great praise 😊

That's incredible work!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄

Absolutely beautiful man can't wait to see the movie the world needs it in some weird way great articulation

@albertandrews130

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you saw it by now! It is awesome!

Great build and Great work!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

Ottimo servizio e ottimo sequenza di montaggio:Complimenti: Bravo:

I love your work! Great build!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

TOP GUN is so cool😍 I learned about weathering.

Wow looks amazing!

Great build!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄

That was awesome! Id love to try some of those techniques on my rc f18

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your model.

Great job 👍

Very nice one :) Thanks for sharing!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you too 😄.

Beautiful craftsmanship

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

Thanks for this video. I’m building this model by Hobby Boss 1/48 and your video giving me some ideas for my models and my painting. But I’m à rookie and Iwill try to do it as well as you done it. Good job. And sorry for the mistakes I’m french. Bye ✌️

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great compliment. I'm glad I could give you a few tips. Good luck building your F-18. It will definitely be great 😄👍

Beautiful build! I hope one day my model will look as good as yours 🔥

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Surely it will 😄👍

Great build. Looks fantastic. Its a real Shame Revell provided this kit with fake, incorrect or fictitious U.S. national insignia. Even the real movie plane used in filming had correct and authentic U.S. National Insignia. But otherwise this is a great kit and you did a good job on the build.

Fight's on!!!!!! Let's turn and burn!!!!! EXCELLENT JOB!!!!!!!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄

@danielcarlson800

2 жыл бұрын

@@HobbyModeller Oh, you BET!!!!!

Great video and build

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

Fantastic job. 🤩🤩🤩

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

That came out excellent, that kit is my next build..

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and have fun building 😄

You are a true inspiration master

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the great praise 😊. Greetings back.

I just started my first model and I hope that one day mine can look as good as yours

Nice work

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

Great job. I plan to get this kit.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, for this price it is a lovely model. Have fun with it.

Thank you very much, sir, for the video. love from turkey master

Sehr schönes Video, gefällt mir gut

@HobbyModeller

3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank 😊. Das bedeutet mir viel.

I used to do this in my earlier years and my Brother put together a See thru P-51 mustang that included prop and retractable landing gear

Great work. Very nice Hornet. Greetings. Aleš 😎👍

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😄

Thank you very much for this very valuable information. If you will excuse me, I can sometimes have small questions about the issues I have problems with. Thank you very very much again. respects

I asked for "MLB Maquettes 1/48 Weapons" & you're first on the list. Should I ask you stranger?

The best TOP GUN 🫡

Echt super geworden ,

@HobbyModeller

3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank.

Great work and lovely Super Horner... 23:09 Though I'm puzzled how Maverick came to fly a CAG bird in the movie.. He'd never been given command of a VFA let alone a CVW. Edit 1: It's a shore based aircraft and the livery was part of TOPGUN (the school's) anniversary color scheme. The light blue stripes and dark blue background is a homage to the TOPGUN instructors's flight suit and baby blue shirt they were under it.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄

@sidv4615

2 жыл бұрын

It's just a movie man. Also don't you think the original VF sounds better than VFA?

@stevenscherry4143

2 жыл бұрын

"One of life's mysteries, sir"

Great job 👏 👍

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

So beautiful

I'm currently building Mavericks F-14 tomcat from the first top gun

Amazing, Wonderfull

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that is amazing !!! I wish they had smaller toys for this pre-painted since I can't do any of this hardcore stuff Dx best I can do is hand paint a few gundams =/

For a $20 kit, you made it into a true work of art! 🙌 Currently building this model, and I’m wondering if ballast is required, for balancing the model? I’m assuming you would’ve showed it in the video, but better safe than sorry 👌

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Many thanks for the praise. I didn't have to use any weights or ballast for the model. It's very well balanced.

@ialexpau5076

2 жыл бұрын

Only 20? In europe 40

Looks great

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄

Awesome!

"OMG you didn't use FS#### and those seats are FS#.... not Citadel orc snot blah blah blah!" ... there. Someone complaining about colors who doesn't mean it in the slightest, just to get the rivet-counting sort of comment out of the way. ;) Nice result, nice techniques. I keep considering doing oil washes and such, I just rarely do - I'm often going more for "interesting paint scheme" than "miniature replica." (And even many of the schemes I *do* do are anniversary or airshow - or frequently repainted prototypes, so...) One of these days I'll actually *use* the stuff I picked up!

Nice job on turbine outlets.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Damn. I wish I had your skill. Exemplary job,

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the praise 😄. But I also needed years of practice.

I was thinking about using the same technique by masking the blue instead of using decals. Thinking I was being original then I saw your video -_-

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry 🤣🤣👍

So cool

Sir, your technique is impeccable and the end result is a beautifully and realistically finished model air plane. However, one thing that puzzles me is why did you choose to ignore the joint at the bombs, tank, and the nose cone? Those joints, especially when accented with a wash, are glaringly obvious and is very distracting from your otherwise very beautiful finish.

Gut gemacht 👍 Ein SUB mehr 😉

@HobbyModeller

3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank für das tolle Lob 😄.

OMG WE USE THE SAME GLUE!

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's the best 😄👍

🔥🔥🔥

90% of the steps I was like “why you do that...?!!”, later realized “OH WOW that’s why...”

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Like in an exciting crime story 🤣. Thank you.

@aznlegendray

2 жыл бұрын

@@HobbyModeller Lol More like watching Macgyver doing his tricks

BEAUTIFUL! The missiles, and ESPECIALLY the JADAMs would not be so weathered, 1-They are stored hermetically, 2-JDAMS are generally only loaded to be USED, they are essentially new when installed, and are dropped They would look new. Missiles are rarely, (AIM) if every fired, with the exception of AGMs like mavericks, HARM and Shrike.

@davidf5372

2 жыл бұрын

Quit complaining, it's a freekin model.

@skulls_7162

2 жыл бұрын

@David F 8kr

Very good! Please,1/48 Kinetic Mirage IIIE

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The Mirage looks interesting. I'll see what i can an be done there.

Hello! I love your plane model videos especially this one! Just a question dose the landing gear retract on the models or do you just pop it off?

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄. The landing gear is fixed and cannot be moved.

Having seen the movie now, this particular plane never saw combat, so the missiles would be blue indicating training missiles. Can’t remember what color the bombs would be to indicate training color. Instructions probably said to paint them colors of real combat munitions because kit was out long before movie.

Thanks for the vid, amazing skillz!!! Sorry for n00b question, is there any model kit of Super Hornet with conformal fuel tank? I have not found it! Prefer 1/72 but any scale would be cool, thanks!

Beautiful work! I particularly appreciate the details of paints/mixture ratios and A.B. sizes you included with each step. I am, however, a bit perplexed that you apparently performed no seam/gap filling and sanding. ??

@myles_bennett77

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed that too, but I think he’s specifically concentrating on the finish. This model is a bear and much filling and sanding is needed. Let’s face it, that would be a boring watch!

Amazing work, what exact airbrush did you use? I'm not coming up with anything for "infinity airbrush".

Nice build thinking of doing this especially after watching the film. What made you paint rather than using the decals and your opinion was it wort the extra work

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I think paint looks better and more realistic than decals. That's why I tried it this way. For me, the extra work was worth it.

Like the video, thanks

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, too 😄.

Hi, do you use thinners when removing the wash? Thank you in advance

Hi, do you thin the varnish?

What tape did you use for the blue stripe masking planning to do the same myself

@HobbyModeller

Жыл бұрын

Hi. I use the normal masking tape und the flexible masking tape (nitto tape) from Tamiya.

Hey just wondering I’m new to modeling can you link all the supplies you used on this build thanks!

how did you fix the balance issue?

Hey mate I have just bought this model as it is a childhood memory of the original. I suffer from early onset Parkinson’s and can’t keep my hands steady so you have any tips that would help me to do this project. Thanks in advance

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. The model is very simple. It doesn't have many small parts, and if you do it with a little calm and patience, it shouldn't be a problem despite the illness. The hardest part, in my opinion, is the landing gear. Maybe you can try building it in a flying version to get around this. Have fun and success building 😄👍

Amazing job! do you have a list of the paints , etc that you used?

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Unfortunately the video was too long ago and I no longer have a list of the paints used. But in the video all the things I used are shown.

@TeddyTalco

2 жыл бұрын

@@HobbyModeller thank you!

I have a question when you airbrushing let’s say the mixed colors when thinner are you using and what is the ratio?

@michaeltrivette1728

Жыл бұрын

that's not how airbrushing works. The ratio I give you may work with my paint and at my humidity level, but not with yours.

I'm new to modeling how i go about showing my builds

Hi, was inspired by your video and are a beginner. Wondering if there is any color scheme so I can buy the colors and washes needed. Very nicely done. // Robert

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I am happy if my video could help you. I learned all my techniques and color inspirations by watching youtube videos. Maybe this can help you too.

Was this the Revell Germany kit or the Revell Monogram version? Are they the same kit either way?

where did u get all the paints and the emails?

How did you know what colors to use on the cockpit and instruments?

@plumpdog1024

Жыл бұрын

On the side of the box it lists the paint to use

Where did you buy this product?And if so, can you give me a link?

Well I work on the real thing. including the plane in Top Gun . And Wire Harness are Green.

can we build it without landing gear ?

As someone who wants to get into military airplane modelling, this seems very far from attainable. What would you modellers recommend be the way to start? Are there "easier" models, brands, scales? How important is to have an airbrush? (significant investment)

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Revell models are well suited for beginners. I think tanks are best to start with. These often have only a few different colors and do not have a cockpit with clear parts. For planes, I think 1/72 is best at the beginning. Don't buy expensive ones at the beginning. And if possible, flying versions are easier. You don't have to build the difficult landing gear. I also started with brushing and only later, when I had more experience, got into airbrushing. You will make a lot of mistakes in the beginning and you will learn from them. This is normal. And every new model gets better. This makes it a very nice hobby. I hope I could be of some help and wish you the best of luck.

Nice work…but…….that particular hornet never saw a ship, so it should be a near factory paint job. That jet is also now one of the Blue Angels aircraft now.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

What glue is it

Hello dear master, When I apply AK PANELINE (2072) to the aircraft fuselage, after leaving it to dry for 2-3 hours and washing it with a dry paper towel and cotton swab, unfortunately the paint on the panel lines is erased during washing. In this case, the application does not have any features. The panel lines revert to their pre-application view. I watched you carefully. But I don't understand where I am doing wrong. Since I do not have any knowledge, I would like you to explain the application management to me if possible. Thank you very much in advance for your interest, I wish you a good day.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. That's hard to say. It is important that the paint are applied thinly. A glossy clear coat must be applied before the wash. Preferably no acrylic. I also make it very thin. 80% thinner and only 20% clear coat. And then spray several thin coats for a smooth finish. Leave to dry for 4-8 hours. And then apply the wash thinly and evenly. You can also try just painting the panel lines with the wash, and not the whole model. Then let the wash dry and carefully remove with dry papertowel. The rest is a matter of practice. It took me a few tries too, before it worked. I hope it helps you and good luck with your model.

@muratakbulut8370

2 жыл бұрын

@@HobbyModeller

@muratakbulut8370

2 жыл бұрын

@@HobbyModeller Thank you very much for this very valuable information. If you will excuse me, I can sometimes have small questions about the issues I have problems with. Thank you very very much again. respects

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

@@muratakbulut8370 You're welcome 😄.

How to remove the wash? Only dry paper towel without any solvent?

@HobbyModeller

Жыл бұрын

I don't use thinner. Just dry paper towels and cotton swabs. But with thinner it works too.

@zoomin030

Жыл бұрын

@@HobbyModeller thank you!

What was the airbrush that you used?

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I use a Harder & Steenbeck Infinity CRplus Double Action Airbrush.

Just a comment for the algorithm.

@HobbyModeller

2 жыл бұрын

Very important on KZread. Thanks a lot for this 😄👍.

Where do I find this? I want one