A great demonstration of modeling skills O. Starting to look like an Intruder for sure. Ya I’m not a fan of montex masks. Fit has been okay for me but adhesion has been an issue. Windscreen mask lifted on the La-11 I did resulting in a bit of bleed. I’m a stickler for clean canopies so I was a bit miffed. I’ll avoid in the future unless they’re the only option.
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Whoops - wrong thread if you read it 
Hey gang, thanks for the pats on the back. I’m glad you’re liking what you’re seeing. John, I’m sure if I checked the forums as often as “I should,” I would’ve seen your post. I missed it. Besides their fit, I’ve also had problems with adhesion. I’ve had a couple lift in the corners and over curves. Like I said, I think I’m done with 'em.
Anyway, for the rest of ya, I have a couple of small updates to share. First, the -A is decaled.
I went back and forth between kits and subassemblies while the decals settled and dried. On the Revell Intruder, I was able to get the noisemakers done.
The MERs and Rockeyes are from the kit. The TERS, rocket pods, and Mk. 82s are from Hasegawa. The Hase Mk. 82s were modified with the daisy cutter fuses.
And I started on painting the -E.
The camo is being sprayed freehand with AK Real Colors through a Badger Sotar 0.2. The two darker colors are straight from the bottle. The lighter color is a custom mix suggested by the decal’s instructions. As you can see, still a bit to go, but I’m getting there.
Anyway, that’s where I’m at. Thanks for stopping by. Of course, comments, questions, and criticisms are always welcome. Feel free to drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. I always appreciate your feedback!
Happy glue sniffin’,
-O
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Your freehand camo is outstanding. I found it really time consuming doing that because I had a lot of redos. Yours us super clean.
Nice work so far O, the camo looks really good. Always thought the “lizard” scheme looked cool on that jet. Nice job on the ordnance as well. If I may, you might want to go back and paint the silver tips of the MK-20’s red. Those are Revell’s poor representation of covers for the spinner on the front of the bombs.
Steve
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The camo is being sprayed freehand with AK Real Colors through a Badger Sotar 0.2. The two darker colors are straight from the bottle. The lighter color is a custom mix suggested by the decal’s instructions. As you can see, still a bit to go, but I’m getting there.
Anyway, that’s where I’m at. Thanks for stopping by. Of course, comments, questions, and criticisms are always welcome. Feel free to drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. I always appreciate your feedback!
Happy glue sniffin’,
-O
[/quote]Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang… 
Brent (aka @handiabled ) and I were just talking about this one over at the “other site” and were just blown away by the freehand hard-line camo you pulled off on this thing with the airbrush you mentioned. Just drop-dead gorgeous camo work going on Omar. 
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Hey gang, first of all, thanks for all the pats on the back. I’m glad you’re enjoying my progress. I appreciate the compliments and the feedback. Stay tuned for more progress on the green HB -E. Secondly, I want to thank Steve for the input on the Rockeye’s spinners. I know they’re supposed to be covers, but I decided to leave them silver. I left them that way because I thought they looked more like “fuses” than covers. Still, thanks for the suggestion. Lastly, while progress on the HB boxing continues, the Revell offering is done!
This is my Revell -E “backdated” to a USMC -A in Vietnam. It’s mostly OOB with a few minor modifications. In the cockpit, I used twisted black and yellow sewing thread to replace broken and missing ejection seat handles. I left off the TRAM radome under the nose and a few miscellaneous aerials and scoops. The ECM masts on the pylons were cut from the HB pylons and added to Revell’s plastic. The TERs, Snakeyes, and rocket pods are all from Hasegawa’s weapons sets. The Snakeyes were modified with the daisy cutter fuses. The markings are from Impact Decals and reacted beautifully to Microl Sol and Set. It’s painted with AK Real Colors. I didn’t do much weathering because the period photos I found showed the airframes in fairly clean condition. So, onto the photos!
Thanks for following my progress and for stopping by. Of course, comments, questions, and criticisms are always welcome. Feel free to drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. I always appreciate your feedback!
Now…back to the HB -E!
Cheers,
-O
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Looks wonderful, love the high vis paint and the Marines livery. I was at the Seattle museum of flight today and was just looking at the real version of that aircraft. You did a great job representing the A-6.
She came out looking good. Looking forward to seeing the HobbyBoss A-6E too.
Steve
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That’s a sharp looking A-6! I really like your subtle weathering. Ejection seats turned out great. Looking forward to the next one.
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Hey gang, I was able to make some progress on my -E, but it was a matter of one step forward, one step back. I’ll explain…
I decided to get the decals laid down. All eight of them. I was excited to see how they looked against the camo. The problem was, once they were on, I noticed the colors didn’t match. I used Fightertown’s color callout, but it seems their printed shades didn’t match the FS colors.
I considered leaving it, but I couldn’t. So, I removed the decals and made masks. I used my Silhouette cutter to make them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the precision to cut the USN style 45 degree font. Still, I was happier that the colors matched. I can live with the imprecision of the numbers.
I know it’s not much, but I figured I’d show that I am moving forward with this one. As usual, comments, questions, and criticisms are always welcome. Feel free to drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. I always appreciate your feedback!
Regards,
-O
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The numbers look great. I agree with you that they needed to be redone. No one (but those of us here) are going to notice the less-than-precise font. I think you did a great job!
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I agree with @mrb865 – the repainted numbers look excellent. Good choice to re-do 'em.
Also, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a camo Intruder. I’m only familiar with the grey. Awesome set of builds here.
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Love the commitment O! Sure looks better - I would have been lazy and ran with the kit decals 