Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 VAW-123 Screwtops

Lochsa River
sittin in...love the Hawkeye....wings folded or out?

Harry Eder
Interesting topic! I have to watch this!

Oliver Zwiener
@ Lochsa : I sold the Wolfpack No. WP72025 E-2C Hawkeye Folding Wing Set for Hasegawa because I finally didn't like the folded wings anymore. Probably I will use my recently finished ITALERI carrier flight deck with jet blast deflector or mayby I build a new airfiled for the Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field.

Oliver Zwiener
AK-Interactive RC508 Clear Smoke was used for the first time for the tinted side windows of the cockpit canopy ...

Oliver Zwiener
40 degrees heat now also in East Westphalia, good if you can escape to a cool basement for model building 🙂

S M
Following!

Bernd Korte
Very nice work so far! Good luck with the remaining paint job!
What's the story behind photo #40? The three Staedtler Lumocolor pens?

Bas Tonn
I love it when a kit comes with the flaps-down-option 👍
Would be great to see that on a 1/144 Hawkeye

Cuajete
Very nice job so far.
Following.

Oliver Zwiener
Bernd, I used the pens for the passive detection system between the two taxi lights. Unfortunately these are so small in scale 1:72 that one can no longer see them with the naked eye 😉

Bas Tonn
Note to self; do not undertake flap surgery on the 1/144 scale wings. Drooped ailerons could work, but the flaps themselves are too complicated.
I bought the Heller kit by chanche, and looking at the kit and references from the real plane, any flap surgery will mess up the model...

Oliver Zwiener
Hello Bas, I have only little experience with the 1:144 scale, except that I wanted to enable my son to start this hobby with a Tomcat and a Eurofighter. Unfortunately the attempt failed against Fortnite and Valorant 🙁

Sergej I
how have I missed this! Following, great result so far! 👍

Staszek 25
Nice model

Oliver Zwiener
After a break of several weeks due to the great weather in August, the propellers, which are really difficult to paint, have finally been completed today 🙂

Skyhiker
You take good photos. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Cuajete
Great job with the propellers 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
What a neat job! Great!

Bernd Korte
Labour of love!

Marius
Such clean and beautiful work!

David Culp
It looks fantastic. Such a complex model!

Oliver Zwiener
Unfortunately, this project is a lame duck! The masking work on the fuselage, wings and empennage is finally finished, the painting can start this week 🙂

Oliver Zwiener
FS 16440 light gull gray from MR HOBBY 315 did not have enough opacity, so it was coated a second time with XTRACRYLIX XA1137, but unfortunately this shade is a little darker

Cuajete
Well done so far, Oliver 👍

Oliver Zwiener
Many thanks for all the likes and your kind comments 🙂

Oliver Zwiener
A call for help to all scalemates worldwide !!! My Authentic Decals 72-24 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 Atlantic Fleet break into 1000 pieces in lukewarm water. Where is the mistake and what can I do better now? Does anyone still have the decals for the VAW-123 Screwtops BuNo 163693 USS Enterprise 2005 and no longer need them? After weeks of concentrated and clean work, now this setback 🙁

Lochsa River
Oliver....that is awful and not your fault.

A search for your decals came up empty....but, do you really want those decals now? Maybe there is another brand that has something close that won't disintegrate?

here is one: https://ebay.com/itm/1430548..wE%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5qr3J3-YA

Oliver Zwiener
Unfortunately noticed this 10 years too late 🙁
arcforums.com/forums..hentic-decal-review/

Ben M
I tend to use the micro scale film over decals whenever they aren't made "in the last couple years"

Oliver Zwiener
With the help of (cars10) my project can still be finished. Thank you very much for that 🙂

S M
Hooray! 😄

Alexander
Very nice work so far with cool decals, taking a seat for the final efforts. 👍

Oliver Zwiener
The second sheet of decals has now arrived as a replacement. After a series of tests with the "microscale liquid decal film", which is still unknown to me, the construction continues ...

Cuajete
Good news, Oliver 👍

Martin Grafeneder
Schönes Projekt da schaut man gerne zu👍

Oliver Zwiener
These decals are bewitched. If you take a little MS liquid decal film, they break again. If you take too much, they stay in shape, but they curl up - so I really don't know what to do at the moment ??? 🙁

Oliver Zwiener
The third, reproduced set of decals "US flag flames" did not achieve a reasonable result despite all efforts 🙁 Therefore, the Hawkeye is being stored until a solution is found..... Have a nice Advent season, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 😉

Bas Tonn
Too bad !! Any older paint schemes possible?
Would be a shame not to finish this project

Skyhiker
Time to mask and paint those flames.

Oliver Zwiener
Thank you Bas and Skywalker, but an older paint scheme is not possible anymore and I think, I do not have the skills to airbrush and mask this filigree pattern of stars and stripes . I need a creative break and a sense of achievement with a new model before I return to the Hawkeye 😉

Ben M
Skywalker has encouraged me to up my game on a build, you might give it a try when you feel better. I have found his advice to be good! It may be a skill you can acquire!

Bas Tonn
Maybe you can find a small and simple model to practice on, like a F-15 or F-16.
1/144 could be enough I think

Oliver Zwiener
Hye mates and welcome back to my E-2C Hawkeye 2000. After an interruption of 3 months, I succeeded with the fourth set of wet decals. As Arnold Schwarzeregger always said: I'll be back...

Thomas Bischoff
Good to hear 🙂

S M
Brilliant! Did you use the marker on the picture to fix red parts?

Bernd Korte
Good to see this is going forward!

Oliver Zwiener
@ S M - I used the redmarker to correct the flames because I had to hand paint the white spaces in between with FS16440 light gull gray MR HOBBY 315.

Oliver Zwiener
@ Thomas and Bernd - many thanks for your encouragement 🙂

DerMattes
Sieht sehr gut aus, die Mühe lohnt sich 👍

Michael Jonker
Great recovery!

Sergej I
Lots of effort in it and rewarded by a great result. 👍

Michael Kohl
Never give up. I admire your perseverance.

Oliver Zwiener
Thank you mates for the many new likes, your praise and your appreciation 🙂 The damage to the nose cone was my own fault, the model fell off the crafting table onto the floor after I had carelessly knocked it off the foam pad 🙁

Oliver Zwiener
" Rig that thing "fine size by Uschi van der Rosten will be the next challenge ....

Shar Dipree
Following. 👍

Sergej I
Nose cone will buff out 😉 👍

Spanjaard
Wow, overcoming all difficulties, but it will turn a truly fantastic Hawkeye

Oliver Zwiener
Unfortunately, I have never built sailing ships and did not get along with this thin, elastic rigging yarn at all. So I stretched out 0.2 mm thick black Perlon cord .....

Andy Ball
Hawkeye'd up this one, and it's a beaut!

Oliver Zwiener
The last step was the tiny windscreen wipers made from photo-etched parts. Basically, this time-consuming and complex project could only be realized with the selfless support of my two Scalemates Cars10 and Tommy124. Thank you so much and honor where honor is due!

Neuling
Clean, careful, beautiful! 👍👍

Spanjaard
Lots of world, bit looks great!

Cuajete
Well done. Congrats!

Bernd Korte
I'm very happy to see this one finished despite all the challenges! Well done!

Martin Grafeneder
Great work, very impressive!!!

Sergej I
Top! Also the final photos and ambient is suiting 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
A worthy end result - as a model as well as from the presentation in the successful photos! Congratulations on the completion of this beauty!

Skyhiker
Congratulations, nice addition to your collection.

Oliver Zwiener
Thank you for these many likes und your kind responses, mates!

Alexander
Amazing presentation with the final pictures! A true testament to your skill and resilience for finishing that kit despite all your challenges. A great looking bird 👍

Harry Eder
Top job Oliver! 👍

Thomas S.
Looks great, all your (our 🙂 ) troubles paid off in the end!

Clement
Great end result and impressive dedication / recovery!

Łukasz Gliński
So I saw the cover pic (#129) and started to wonder - is it the build or the real thing 😮 👍

Oliver Zwiener
Dear mates, all your recent words make me quite proud. Thank you very much, your great appreciation means a lot to me 🙂