Grumman EA-6B Prowler (completed)

Patrick Hagelstein
Yes!!! I'm in! Looking forward to this build! Have fun Bernhard!

Alexander Grivonev
WIP by Bernhard - instant "subscribe"

Clifford Keesler
I'm in.

Harry Eder
I´ll take a seat too! 👍

Spanjaard
i am in too!

Martin Oostrom
Me too

Bart Goesaert
me three, nice progress so far, always nice to learn some insights like those with the framing...

Oliver Zwiener
Hallo Bernhard, das Projekt steht bei mir auch noch in Zukunft an - allerdings für die USS Enterprise und ich habe noch die Wolfpack folding wings. Ich bin mit dabei und lerne gerne wieder mit 😉

Bernd Korte
Watching

Patrick Hagelstein
Dann aber Achtung Oliver. Iech wolte für meine F/A-18C auch ein Set Wolfpack Folding Wings nutzen, aber das Resin das die Koreaner nutzen schlinkt aber sehr. Es könnte so sein das die Flügel ziemlich klein ausfallen.

Ekki
Watching.

Konrad -
Watching too👍

Sarunas D
Interesting build. Following.

Bernhard Schrock
Result of a good painting-morning: a half of the cockpit and all seats completed.

Konrad -
Very nice Bernhard.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

Ronan
Watching too😉

Soeren R.
The seats are stunning

Martin Oostrom
I'm starting to dislike you 😉
Your results are just staggering. You Sir, are a true master. 👍

Kees Kleijwegt
Following!

Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat Bernhard 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
In the time I try to find my modeling desk again, you already built up and paited the whole cockpit and four seats and managed to close that dreadful combination of fuselage halfs and belly insert! Amazing! What's the trick with the small plastic pieces? Do you glue them on before glueing the fuselage parts or afterwards?

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Patrick. Don't worry: In my opinion in comparison with my past modeling years and other mates I have very few time for modeling. This is the reason for different new und unusual methods and tricks.
The small plastic pieces (0,13mm thick) help to avoid "offset" between the fuselage halves and accelerating the drying time of the CA. Hold the part with the tip of a scalpel, put the underside in CA and place them on the seam. After few seconds it's strong and you have no offset. AFTER placing of all plastic pieces fill the remaining gap with CA: ready.
Yesterday evening I spent only 1 hour for sanding & cleaning the entire fuselage and restoring of the main panel lines.
I will post pics today evening.

Adam Gudynowski
Great job 👍

Oliver Zwiener
fill the remaining gap with CA: ready - what is the meaning of " CA " ?

Bart Goesaert
Cyano Acrylate glue, Nice work by the way, and not only with the seams...

Aren't you afraid that the hull will split open when you much pressure is applied?

Patrick Hagelstein
Looks good Bernhard!

Holger Kranich
Na da kommt ja jetzt wieder etwas, ganz nach meinem Geschmack!😉

Martin Oostrom
Thanks for the ca tip. But how do you remove the small pieces without too much trouble?

Bernhard Schrock
Bart:
no problem. On the inside I have plastic stripes as reinforcement too. The rear bulkhead of the cockpit tube I glued with a "fatt" blob of CA and microbaloons.
Martin:
with sharp scalpel (no11), 400 sandpaper and Tamiyas 1000 sanding pad. You can additionally bend the tip of the scalpel for better handling.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Bernhard.

David Funke
das gucke ich mir an.... 😄

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow!

Erik Leijdens
Amazing work Bernhard

Dave Flitton
This is awesome!!!

Tom
Jetzt gehts aber los! I love the seats!!!

Hanno Kleinecke
Maximum a. t. d, as usual ! Phantastic 🙂

Burkhard D
I'm in!

Patrick Hagelstein
Is that ridge in picture 31 that noticable??? I can't remember that.

Patrick Hagelstein
There's a EA-6B gatekeeper at Tinker AFB. Let me know if you need any specific reference pictures!

Bernhard Schrock
Patric, thank you for the proposal. I have several books and publications from Squadron Signal and D&S.
The step (ridge) in very noticeable. The correction was no real complicated: I spend only a half of hour or so.

Patrick Hagelstein
Aha! Good! Do you have some before and after pictures so I can get a better understanding what to look out for?

Bernhard Schrock
🙁 I'm sorry: forgotten to shot a picture before correction🙁

Patrick Hagelstein
Can't you undo it then? 😉

Bernhard Schrock
Patrick: no problem. So I had to load the routine A6/125r into my 3D-printer. But at the moment the routines A6/146 (main gear bays) and A6/147 (nose hat) are processed. 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Are you seriously 3D printing your parts? 😉

Bryn Crandell
Watching with intent.

Clifford Keesler
Very nice progress.

Chris Nally
Lovely stuff Bernhard

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Mates.
Each ECM-pod needs a lot of power. Because of that each pod has an own wind driven generator. Kit parts for the propellers are designed very well and are so tiny that it is nearly impossible to hold them during cleanup. Because of that I first glued the propellers on the pods and cleaned them later.

Bernhard Schrock
3 of about 10 airbrush sessions completed: bottom side and topside of fuselage airbrushed.

Patrick Hagelstein
Man! Just not checking Scalemates for only one day and the Prowler is already primed and ready to be painted! 🙂 Amazing! It looks very good Bernhard!

Patrick Hagelstein
Correction: it IS painted!😉

Hanno Kleinecke
Oho, Do I spot some preshading ? 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Jou: paint is "on". Tomorrow the rest of the upper side will be airbrushed. Hanno: you have good eyes. As usual with me it is post shading.

Patrick Hagelstein
I love the coroguard color!

Konrad -
Bernhard a very nice build so far. 👍

Clifford Keesler
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

Oliver Zwiener
Unfassbar effizient - ich hätte jeweils vielmehr abmaskiert. Mit wieviel Bar wird hier denn lackiert ?

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Oliver. Danke für die Vorschusslorbeeren. Auf dem Bild ist der Zwischenschritt zu sehen: so habe ich nur die Rumpf Streifen lackiert. Anschließend habe ich die Papier/tapemasken abgemacht und die Umgebung für die Tragflächen-Walkways geschützt. War wohl zu faul, noch mehr Papier/Tapemasken zu basteln🙂

Bernhard Schrock
The biggest hurdle is taken: the windscreen is in place without CA fogging and remains clean and without blemishes after airbrushing.

Cuajete
Very nice, well done

Patrick Hagelstein
In picture 56 you mentioned the pilots windscreen deicing system & red light but what about the iconic refueling probe???

Bernhard Schrock
Patrick: you are right. "Where is the refuelling probe?" I have not forgotten them. I know myself well and know that the part would break off 5 times during the airbrushing and decaling.🙂 I will glue it at the end of the end assembly.

Spanjaard
Good policy! 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Good tip!

Tom
So now it's the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning???🙂

Oliver Zwiener
Vor 4 Wochen gestartet , mitten in der Adventszeit und dennoch bald fertig ...... einfach nur bewundernswert.

bughunter
The very clean build and careful work is again impressive!

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Great job so far !

Holger Kranich
Na hier geht es ja schon mal ordentlich weiter!

Hanno Kleinecke
Legs are looking great ! 0,4 mm Litze ? 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
🙂. You have good eyes Hanno: 0,5 Litze. Just in time received off white.

Oliver Zwiener
Litze hatte ich noch nie von gehört - meine Lernkurve steigt wieder an - danke dafür 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Oliver, Litze lässt sich besser an filigranen Bauteilen formen und ist nicht so widerspenstig wie Draht. Manchmal verwende ich 0,35 mm starken Lötdraht aber dieser ist empfindlich gegenüber zufälligen Biegen: 3 mal hin und hergebogen und ab ist er. Somit ist die Litze die beste Wahl. Gibt's z.B. für Eisenbahnbedarf.

conrad.de/de/modellb..au-40506-244068.html

mayerhofer-gmbh.de/html/bastelmaterial.html

Oliver Zwiener
Bernhard : lieben Dank für die links. Bis heute habe ich in der Tat dünnen Draht benutzt oder noch schlimmer Stecknadeln oder Büroklammern. Ich wünsche Dir noch gutes Gelingen auf der Zielgeraden 😉

Bernhard Schrock
Landing gear completed. Last lap to run: moveable canopy parts.

Björn Svedberg
It looks great! And a really nice build log. 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Today I started with my favorite modeling task: final assembly🙂 Nose gear is completed.

Clifford Keesler
Beautiful Bernhard, well done.

Patrick Hagelstein
At first I thought the off white landing gear was very dark but once installed it looks fantastic!

Bernhard Schrock
Björn, Clifford and Patrick: thank you. Today I intend install the main gear. Pictures coming soon.

Bernhard Schrock
Patrick. You are right: it is not pure white but in fact very light grey (5% grey, off white). Many years ago I had a chance to learn a lot about colors, design and layout from the former editor of the German modeling magazine MF. One of his theories was that neither pure black nor pure white exist and look good in a model. Because of that the tires are painted with 80% gray. So you have a chance to dry brushing them AND washing with black (100% gray).

Murad ÖZER
Bernhard paint finish is spectacular, what brand are you using - don't tell me revell aqua? 😄 Merry xmas and a happy new year. 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Bernard! I knew about the black/grey but the white is new to me.

Bernhard Schrock
Murad: im very glad to see you praise. From beginning I'm using only the Humbrol enamels. Sometimes I must use the blue paints of Revell because Humbrol offer no cobalt blue or similar blue shades. Lower side: H127, post shading with H127+33% H128.
Upper side H128, postshading with H128 + a bit of H126. Mottling with H129 (gull grey). Washing on entire surfaces with slightly toned up basic colors.

Murad ÖZER
ah that figures. for me enamels always have a special place in terms of surface finish, i only wish somebody could come up with an odorless version alas i guess the stink is what makes those paints act like this along with true cellulosic/lacquer paints afterall.

ice
Even when you're done with that plane, keep the WIP going - it's just great! 🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Ich seh was Du meintest, wat für'n Fummelkram ! 🙂 Und auch noch von innen maskiert, super, hab ich so noch nie gesehen. 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Hmmmm, genau. Dazu hat Hasegawa, für mich "ohne Grund" das vordere Teil (jeweils rechts im Bild) zweigeteilt. M.E. Ist es kaum möglich, die zwei Teile zusammenzufügen ohne quer zu verschleifen und zu polieren (habe ich gemacht/ musste ich machen🙁 ) da war der Rest (Fummelkram) schon fast harmlos.

Bernhard Schrock
Just in time in the "old" year completed without hitch. 🙂🙂 "Better" pictures today.

Martin Oostrom
Your build speed and quality remain top notch. Absolutely fabulous!

Spanjaard
Fully agree with Martin

Hanno Kleinecke
Fertig ! Looking very good, I'm glad your motivation did'nt quit on the last cm..... 🙂 Guten Rutsch !

Christian Bruer
Very nice work 👍

Sarunas D
Congratulations! Looking very good. Just in time for this year 😄

Erik Leijdens
Amazing work Bernhard!

Konrad -
Very nice indeed!

Oliver Zwiener
Ich denke das gleiche wie Martin , die Geschwindigkeit und Qualität ist einfach sagenhaft. Klasse Ding - herzlichen Glückwunsch und lieben Dank für die lehrreiche und unterhaltsame Online-Dokumentation. Bin schon gespannt auf 2018 ............... 😉

Davide Tessari
Awesome build!! Good job

Cuajete
Fantastic job, Bernhard. Very nice tail deco. Congratulations and happy New Year!

Daniel Mysak
Nice work, you did some great improvements.

John Thomas
Very nice

Bernhard Schrock
I'm very very suprised how many comments I get after posting 2 snaps! Thank you!! I just posted the "real" pictures of the completed model.

ice
Normally I prefer NAVY birds totally worn down and filthy but the light weathering on your beautyfully built and painted Prowler looks just superb! I'm a little bit sad that your WIP is over now - I'll miss it...

Tom
EA-sexy! I love it!

Kees Kleijwegt
Amazing work Bernard! I like it very much 👍

David Thor
Hervorragend!

bughunter
What a great bird! But I guess you made a mistake and put it into the wrong category, since this model is for sure 1/32 !!! There are so many very nice and small and clean build details, this is not possible in 1/72 😮 UNGLAUBLICH!

Clifford Keesler
Absoutley amazing, well done.

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Very nice build congrats !

Ekki
Excellent work and wonderful result.

Bernhard Pethe
Rechtzeitig zum Jahresende wieder ein Schmuckstück fertig geworden. 👍 Einen guten Rutsch und weiter schicke Modelle in 2018 🙂

Burkhard D
Klasse, wie immer super gemacht. Schön auch die Prespektive, Ausleuchtung, und Schärfe der Bilder. Alles Gute für 2018, Bernhard.

Zbynek Honzik
Excellent job, Bernhard!

Christian Ristits
Wundervolle Prowler mit fantastischen Details, alles gute Bernhard für 2018 mit hoffentlich viel bastelspass! LG Christian

Christian Lehmann
👍

Jens
Wie immer von dir 👍 👍 👍 einfach nur zum "Niederknien" Einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Hej Leute: eine ganz tiefe Verbuegung für solches Lob und natürlich von mir Euch allen einen guten Start ins neue Jahr. Good start into next year!

Stephan Ryll
Wonderful work Bernhard 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Again a fantastic result, Bernhard!

Ben Schumacher
Wie konnte ich das nur verpassen? Wunderbar wie immer, Bernhard!

John Thomas
Very nice work

Lei Guo
Its a very good work，Your ideas are very helpful for my next work

Treehugger
Nice work on the canopy, where there is a flush transition from clear part to gray plastic. 🙂

Neuling
Clean, careful, beautiful! Amazing detail work!

B. M.
What a project and result! Very nice Prowler!

Clifford Keesler
Stunning result, very well done.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the second wave of comments and likes. 🙂

Martin Grafeneder
Great Work 👍👍👍

DerMattes
Fantastic build, thanks for the explanations as well! 👍