Hey Brett, Can't think of many better ways to kill an hour or so than watching a Hammerhead modelling video. Your take on this kit is phenomenal, 👍👍👍 I have to agree the SEA camo scheme is pretty awesome.Well done mate.
Great work! Really like the scratch building additions like that fuel bladder in the bomb bay. I’ve got this in my stash and will hopefully get to it next year (2024). Some good ideas for me here 😊
Your finish really inspired me to do some of your recommendations in my future builds. Was an absolute pleasure to watch you build such a beautiful model.
Beautiful Model! I'm envious! But just one thing.. you do know the name "Special Kay" was not a real name of a combat used A-26A (B-26K) or any A-26A for that matter. "Special Kay" was a name given by it restorers because it is the only A-26A(B-26K) flying making it a "Special" A-26A (B-26K), hence "Special K" So if anyone is modeling an A-26A as the "Special Kay" it should be modeled in a clean restored appearence. Also NO A-26A served in combat displaying national insignias, and the "IF" tail code were aircraft based stateside training squadron. Other than that, you model itself is fantastic!
In response to the lead comment above: Great model! But just one thing….ANYONE, making ANY model should model it ANY way they want to. But thanks Richard! 😂
@@johndesalvo7738Oh here comes the old Model Railroader justification... "Its my layout, i model the way I want" that approach is only justifying mistakes. Look, modeling is all about realism, period, otherwise its all fictitious.
@@johndesalvo7738 oh, here comes thw know it all. " uh….modeling is what you want it to be about but you are correct, it’s all fictitious, even your realistic models, yup, they’re fake too." Who's the know it all now.... certainly not you, because it's "THE" not "THW". LOL 🤣😅
I very much appreciate that you talk and explain what you're doing and why!So many model building videos are either speed build or are closed captions.I don't waste my time with them.Thank you!!!P.S. A very gorgeous build with lots of fantastic details to feast the eyes with!
I really appreciate the kind comments, like you, I like to hear what a modeler is doing and why he is doing it, thats why I've started doing mine like this.
Might not need to do all the extra work, but it looks so good that, yeah, you kinda do need to do all the extra work! Fantastic build! Especially your scratchbuilt details! Peace and love.
I massively respect your level of model making! And also your research done into this aircraft shouldn't go unappreciated either! Bravo, absolute Mastery!
The biggest point of advice I can give about this camo, or any camo pattern, is to always start with the lightest color first and work your way to the darker colors. I would say this is true about 90% of the time, however, there may be instances where it is easier or makes sense to start with the darker color, but as a general rule of thumb, it works.
Love this! If you do end up doing a battleship some time, I’d like to see a Nelson Class. I feel they’re rather underrated and overheated as battleships, so I haven’t seen a good model video of one. I’d love to see one from you! My personal suggestion would be the Rodney in 1941 as she hunted down the Bismarck, since she still had her torpedo tubes in as well.
Thank you for watching! I really want to do a battleship, but it will most likely be a ways off. I think I would do the battleship New Jersey as I have something of a personal connection to that ship, but Nelson/Rodney would be interesting, they are certainly unique among battleships of the world!
Absolutamente espectacular!! 👏👏 Una vez más vemos la realidad de que los modelos rusos de sus aviones de combate son copia o inspiración de los modelos de combate occidentales. El Su 25, está inspirado en el A-26A. Hay que ser muy tonto para no darse cuenta. Una maqueta digna de Museo, felicitaciones a este virtuoso artesano del modelismo👏👍
Thank you for the sub! Yeah, this was my first ICM kit and I wasn't disappointed, I also have a few of the figure sets in my stash, they are equally nice!
Yer there great kits, good basing detail to build closed up. Or if super detailing like in this vid, a nice base to start from. They tend to do all sub versions of a subject. Also this was one of there kits, that was still being developed and worked on when they where invaded. Apart for a few months, whilst they where evacuating staff and tooling. Repairing there unit in Kiev, then got back to work and where shipping and still releasing products, as Russian forces where still being cleared from pockets near Kiev. And (in the EU/UK) there still not that expensive.
This a fantastic build, 1st class finish considering the clean up work to make it come together. I have this kit in the stash and has given me some valuable tips to build it, Great job 👍
This is fantastic, so much of it is scratch built/ 3D printed, that I'm kind of jealous! And I don't make scale kits for the most part (except 28mm sci fi/ historical Miniatures and vehicles) I do like that you're kits are getting bigger and more more ambitious, though, so I have to ask: AC130 when?
Thanks for watching! I do have some big project planned for next year, sadly a C-130 isn't on the list yet, but I would most definitely love to do a proper AC-130 at some point! In 1/48 scale of course!
Si lo fue un largo video pero disfruté cada minuto viendo su gran habilidad y su minuciosidad en los pequeños detalles, y el resultado final fue ¡¡Increíble!!, Gracias
Hello mr. Hammer!very very nice work.thank u4ur efforts.i truly appreciate them.thank u4sharing.with best regards and sticky greetings from Brandenburg germany.yours truly.your modellmate.christian
@@HammerheadModelMaking Now I am watching more of your videos as we message! I haven't looked through your catalogue of videos yet, but have you done a video on what kind of tools, equipment, and sundries you use? Also, as for looking at very tiny parts, do you wear any kind of vision enhancement equipment (other than prescription glasses)?
@@mikecolson2257 I don't have a video like that yet, I do plan on doing one at some point though, as for vision enhancement, I do have a set of magnifying glasses that I use occasionally for small painting, but I'm quite fortunate to still have great eyesight and do most of modeling with any vision aids.
Wow, bud. Another amazing build. I love the paint work and simple details you added to make this such a realistic build. Beautiful diorama set. You must do an SR-71 Blackbird next 😃😃😃
Beautiful build,but then again all your builds are above board,I truly appreciate and enjoy watching your videos, I had to gave up building about 2 years ago due to Parkinson, it sucks,but as long as you keep posting your builds,I'll be rite there at the work bench. Thank You again for your videos,it keeps me in the loop..
Wierd I just got the African green K but with the idea of a Vietnam era US Airforce A26 to go with my A1 Skyraider in the same scheme . I like to know my subject to a high degree before I start. If I'm not obsessed I'm not having fun. I would like to build I a dc4-7 , Douglas made such classy aircraft. Thanks for the video.
What an awesome build. You've motivated me to get my 1/32 F-4 E by Revell. public opinion is that the kit is a dog. I'm going to do a lot of scratch building and see how she turns out.
Hello mr hammer!i have seen your scratch building skillz.have you ever thought about becoming a surgeon😂.with sticky greetings from good ol'germany. Christian
Ha ha, thanks Christian, and no, I don't think I could be a surgeon, I've got a weak constitution and I don't react well to the sight of blood. Perhaps in another life! Thanks for watching!!
Generally for MiG and Vallejo paints I will start with about 10% thinner and add a little more if I don't feel its spraying nice, I usually spray around 20 psi. They don' t need a lot of thinning, just enough to get it to spray nice.
3:52 This is probably a foolish question, but how do you cut out the EverGreen pieces for the internal fuselage area here when it's curved like that? I mean, how could you find the curve and the angle and make it fit that well? Is there someway you measure it or is just removing tiny pieces at a time and seeing and checking to see if they fit and doing that until it matches? If it's the latter... You have the patience of a saint, good sir.
Not a foolish question. Its definitely the latter. I'm sure there are easier ways of doing it, but I find that sanding and test fitting works pretty quickly. In this case it was a pretty small area and a rather large radius to the curved portion, so it didn't take too long, then I could trim the rest of the plastic to refine the final shape of the part. Thanks for watching!
You have done a fantastic job, it looks great. I can't believe you use Vallejo/Mig paints.. For me they are just the worst paints ever. Great job though must just be me on the paints...
Hey, thanks for the kind words, as to the Vallejo/Mig paints, they were the first I started using when I got serious into airbrushing, so I've just had the experience with them to figure out the nuances of using them, but they can be quite temperamental!
your modeling abilities humble my own, so this is not criticism. just trying to help. that "interior green" color is ZInc Chromate. it used to be widely used in all aluminum aircraft, civil and military. I am not sure about today, as its not friendly to the environment.it is prevent aluminum corrosion. aluminum doesnt rust, but it does corrode. ZInc Chromate is used to inhibit this corrosion. just trying to help.
My aim isn't to humble, but to inspire! I appreciate the additional info on the interior color, its true that the name "interior green" is somewhat of a generalization, and yeah, I don't think its used in anything that was build new after like the early 60s or something, but when Onmark did the B-26K conversions, they just painted over the WW2 applied paint with black without stripping it down to bare metal.
Its the 3 th + 1 hour full build i watch now from your channel . Its impressive . I wonder where you get those tools fron , like that wheel with the spikes on ect , and also ,If you had to chose one brand to use only for your Airbrush , wich it would be please ?
Right now, for a good balance of quality and affordability I would recommend Gaahleri Airbrushes. They are what I am currently using. As for all of the other tools, pretty much any of them can be found at hobby shops or online hobby retailers. The spiked wheel tool as known as Riveting Tool.
I think a jigsaw/coping saw would be a hell of a lot better for your health than cutting that resin with the dremel. A bit late now, maybe next time. Beautiful work, that thing looks bad ass!
I don't doubt that either of those tools would have been better suited at removing all of that excess resin, unfortunately I posses neither of them, but I was using proper precautions with both a full particulate respirator and lots of ventilation and cleaning afterwards. But, I will look into both tools and perhaps add them to my toolbox for future projects, thanks for watching and commenting!
Fantastic build Brett. Re: panel lines washes. I'm in your camp but I really dislike pre shading. To each his own and its your model so do it how you like it
Master skill set right there. Thanks for sharing. Question, what do you do with these models when they're complete? My wife asked me that this evening, I have seven or 8 done. Just display? 🤔
Thank you, and good question. Most of the time my models go into the display case. I am very fortunate to both have space to put up display cases and a family that tolerates them. I do from time to time sell off some of my older stuff to make sure I have room for newer stuff.
Es increíble que en pleno siglo XXI..no haya barrera física motorizada que impida un acceso indebido a pista y que todo dependa de una conversación entre torre y cabina.. En mi opinión es inadmisible en un aeropuerto de ese tamaño..
IMPRESSIVE build, mod's n' paintwork HMM!...Lookin NICE! (Bit outtve my league) -Ive primarily concentrated on WW2 German 1/35th Armor, so aircraft are an entirely differing world, or universe, for me... -Since 2010 Ive been tirelessly laboring away, nearly full time, on a WW2 Mego-Dio (Base will prob be 4x10 foot, maybe 5x12 foot in dimension)... -All told over the course of the project in terms of models, buildings, copious resin after-market kits, tools, ref-books, brushes glues, paint, specialty paints/washes/pigments, scratch building items & figures (650 figs @ last count, 1/2 of that number being resin examples @ 15-20$ per figure)..Thank tha Gods above for CZ's 'PlusModel' Co, as Ive bought almost every 1/35th accessory item offered 2-3x's over! (Or scratch built if not available) Ive prob built, then rebuilt ALL the models & buildings twice, or 3x's over now?! @ least 10 StuG's in varying states of disrepair, 7 panzer III's, 8 or so panzer IV's, 8 or more Tiger 1's, PLENTY of Panthers, 5 Sd.Kfz FAMOS w/Trailers, 3 Bergepanthers & most all other examples of 1943-1944 German armor & vehicles. Full interior tank kits came-in @ the right time, but then that meant sh#t-canning almost all the resin AM option interior kits I'd built previously (GRRR;) -Im EASILY probably well in, or above: (EEK!;) U.S $270,000+..I can only imagine what the base will end up costing?! I plan on donating it to a museum 'fo FREE when finished, as it isnt staying in the dining room, nor garage! (Problem being, with such a loooong drawn out process of a project, is that ones skill/quality level is ever changing & constantly excelling, so a tank model completed just 1-1/2 short years ago may not make the final cut in comparison as to recently finished models! (Double GRRR) So that model/building & AM parts then gets re-purchased & re-built as a result, albeit looking twice/thrice as good)..
Wow, that sounds like a right impressive project you are working on, I'm sure once you are done it will be amazing and any museum would be grateful to have it! I wish you the best of luck in completing it!
@@HammerheadModelMaking Why thank you Sir! (If/when I begin posting vids of prior builds/models, Ill def letcha know (Ill sub to ya as well) -For last 3 months Ive been steadily working on a >heavily Mod'd< Sd.Kfz 9 FAMO w/6 ton Bilstein crane. Im painting it all @ this very moment in component pieces. Sheesh! -This has been a $pendy one. 'Jus watch, as soon as Im finished with this one, Trumpeter will release their highly awaited 1/35th FAMO competitors to TAMS orig kit?! (Theyve just released the 8.8cm FLAK 36 armored cab version, so the bare-bones FAMO arty tractor & 6 ton crane mounted/recovery versions are prob soon to follow, I was SO stoked when 2-3 years ago theyd released the plans/CAD ideas for the Sd.Kfz 9 trio) -Orig Tamiya FAMO kit w/trailer -TigerModelDesigns wonderful AM cast-resin 6 ton crane kit.. -Panzer Concepts printed late model tracks/fenders/air brake tanks/wheels/drive sprockets -Bolddivisions canvas cab cover/tilt -PanzerArts Sdkfz 9 front tires/wheels & trailer tires/wheels -The trailer load will be a Dragon Sd.Kfz 234 (In mail now) 8 wheel armored car w/long PAK 7.5...Badly damaged/mod'd, but still yet repairable. It'll have as to Aftermarket parts: HeavyHobby weighted wheels, Aber PE storage compartment door hatches, HH PE engine compartment panels (the whole rear section of model/engine bay) & Tatra motor (GREAT motor detail BTW, just AMAZING what 3D printing can accomplish eh?) -Thatll make for 8 Sd.Kfz 234's (All makes in series & two earlier AFV Club Sd.Kfz 231/232 armored recon cars, 3 of that number being fixed/worked upon in dio... Ive always found aircraft builds a daunting task as to replicating realism (Painting in particular) Youve mastered that particular discipline indeed! You have any plans to do any of 'Border Models' new & excellent 1/35th WW2 aircraft? like the ME109/FW 190-TA series.... I believe I've all but proven the oft said statement(s) about dioramas/Vignettes in general, in that most modelers (Americans in particular;) >tend to GO TOO BIG< when making them!...HA! Take 'er easy boss, looking forward to more of youre vids n' builds!...;)
I'm afraid I don't have links to all of my tools and materials, it would get a bit overwhelming with all of the stuff I use. If there are specific items you are trying to track down I'd be happy to help though.
Tamiya's Acrylic XF84 "DARK IRON" also works wonderfully for chipped/exposed steel sections. Looks great in combination with stippled/sponge'd/chip'd red-oxide primer spots. Youve prob used XF84 before I'd guess?
I agree, that can be difficult. I like to start with the big model forums, they usually have sections dedicated to walkarounds and ref photos, after that, good ol' google. I will download a keep the reference photos in labeled folders on my PC for future reference. Also, books are a decent source of more obscure images, but that requires having the books on hand or a library that does.
Excellent aircraft model build & Diorama of the A-26K "Counter Invader"! Your attention to details on the model is superb! The A-26K aircraft used in Vietnam were the product of a rebuild program by the On Mark Engineering company in the early '60's to suit Air Force requirements (counter insurgency, I believe) for Southeast Asia. According to what I understand, On Mark Engineering remanufactured the fuselage & tail, added a larger rudder, reinforced the wings, upgraded engine power, & made other changes to the A-26 airframes that were rebuilt. I suppose doing this was less expensive & time consuming than designing a whole new aircraft for a counter insurgency role (which it seems was the role of the OV-1 & OV-10 aircraft, but perhaps these aircraft had not yet entered service when the A-26K aircraft were being built).
Morning matey from the UK. Thanks for this. I am learning to scratch build myself so only 10 min in, I echo that. Nice work. I call it scratch n sniff in my case. Not 100% but usually 100% better than what wasn't there. I have this kit as part of my "NKP" project down the line. Amazing people doing crazy stuff in a lunatic asylum. Bless them all. I was aware of "Special Kay" being restored. Do you know how close she is to those aircraft operating in SEA? I hadn't considered going everything open and am not really into dioramas (room) but if you don't mind, I will screen grab you for ideas. Don't suppose you have links to the vids do you? Thanks very much for taking the time with some honest bs free modeling.👍 CBA UK
Greetings from the US to the UK. As far as I know, Special Kay was restored to near operational condition. Here is the video that I used as my main source of information: ruclips.net/video/9bJGZwZALoc/видео.htmlsi=KoV7B-Zk8MdhHh5V Obviously I modeled Special Kay as if she were an operational aircraft, but that was simply because I hadn't realized that she was never an operational aircraft, but I still had a lot of fun doing it. And yes, by all means screenshot away! Hope this helps with your build! Brett
Many thanks. I am currently building an Aussie AAC Bell 47 out of Nui Dat. Its a shocking kit but its all there is. Exe AAC myself and sadly army aviation gets a poor deal. I have used the screen grab tactic and it works well so much appreciated but in all honesty your video is very helpful. I will watch it all soonest as the bloody battery died🤣. Be lucky and good skills fella.
Hey, great model, how did you get Vallejo matt varnish to run so smoothly? What size is your nozzle for that and PSI? Did you dilute it? Always having issues with that paint...
I just tried Vallejo gloss black primer. 24 hours drying and yep, one spot peeled on my spitfire 1/72 when I peeled masks off. Following to see what primer you find. I also noticed M.R.S. Hobbies on your scratch build supplies. That is my hobby shop too. Good to see another modeler in Utah. Excellent work on your builds.
I've pretty much moved on to using Mr Surfacer 1500 or Tamiya Fine Surface primer. I will only use Vallejo primer when I need to primer something quickly or I know I wont be doing any masking. And yes, MRS is my go-to hobby shop, I only live less than a 5 minute drive so I'm there quite often!
Thank you, hopefully I can remember all of the colors used: Engines were airbrushed overall Alcald Aluminum. They were given a black oil wash. The gear reduction housing was painted with Vallejo Neutral Gray then given a wash of Citadel Nuln Oil and finally dry brushed with Vallejo light gray. The spark plug wires were painted with Vallejo Parasite Brown. Push rods were painted Vallejo Gloss Black. The exhaust was painted with Vallejo Flat Earth, then stippled with thinned Vallejo Parasite Brown, then given a few coats of Citadel Agrax Earthshade. I believe that was it. Brett
My brother is a retired 79 year old attorney living on the beach in California. When he was in college in the 1960s, he had a wife and two children to support. One of the side jobs he had was working on the modifications of these A-26 Invaders at On-Mark in Van Nuys, California at the Van Nuys Airport. My other brother was in Marine at the time in Vietnam with an Marine F-8 crusader fighter squadron. 20 years later, I would be flying C-130s out of the same airport in Van Nuys. Countless times I drove down Woodley Ave, where On Mark was located and thought about when my brother and the A-26s were there.
thx alot for the super inteesting build :-) i just startet the same kit but my is gonna be the RB-26K , they made 10 of them ,im gonna do the one in SEA camo , i love that glass nose , greetings from Denmark
Absolutely awesome and inspirational work my friend. I very much like your simple and methodical approach to adding detail. You are also spot on about 3D printing, something which I am setting up for as a big part of advancing the hobby for me. This kit is now in my shopping cart!
@HammerheadModelMaking Thank you, I saw later in your video you mention that some of the download links were in the video text. I found it in there. Great build & very inspirational.
ICM i think are a slept on company. I've built a couple of ICM kits. They've always been a dream to build, the decals are just okay, but the quality of the kits themselves are pretty solid, at a reasonable price
Wow! I'm really impressed by the print quality for the nose and other parts. Do you mind if I ask what make/model of 3D Printer you use in your work? I've been shopping around for one myself
I did sand the print of the nose a little, didn't require much, just to remove any hint of print lines and blend it in with the rest of the fuselage, but overall, yeah, I'm very pleased with the quality of the prints. I currently use an Anycubic Photon M3 printer. I'm finding its good for most applications and would recommend it.
Thanks for the video of the excellent build of your B-26K! Your commitment to research & detail really shows! Zinc chromate is a specialized primer paint that is designed to "bite" into the underlying aluminum, and thus not just adhere, but strongly bond. Thus, zinc chromated aluminum will almost never "chip". That's why you will see, on the contemporary photos of Navy planes having much wear of the surface paint, the underlying zinc chromated primer still showing, instead of also being "flaked" off. This is NOT to say the zinc chromate finish cannot be eroded, as from heavy footwear or sand/coral dust, but that represents a pressure/contact erosion, rather than flaking/chipping from repeated temperature flex/stress cycles. You won't see zinc chromated interiors, even when fuel or oil stained, that are chipped or flaked. IF the finish has been worn to bare metal, it is from heavy & repeated contact erosion. This chemical bonding with the aluminum surface distinguishes zinc chromate from the vast majority of paints.
Very nice build! One thing I noticed is how thick the fins on some of the ordinance appears. Would it be possible to print thinner ones or are they to scale enough? Again great build and commentary👍🏻
Thank you! So, all of the ordinance on this one came from the kit and is rendered in plastic. I'm sure the fins are slightly over scaled, but once on the model I think they look fine. But, certainly, one could use 3D printed ordinance for a better scale effect.
I had to laugh cuz I remember you saying something that annoyed you in your Bradley crushing car video. Putting things on the sides of vehicles without showing how they are attached to it which is a detail that can easily be overlooked. Well this video has one of my annoying things. Why would there be pilots out by the aircraft ready to fly when the aircraft clearly isn't? I see so many dioramas like that. The plane has it's engines apart and being worked on and yet there stands the pilot or pilots in full flight gear ready to take off. I just watched your Bradley crushing car video so that was fresh on my mind and made me laugh. We all have those little certain things that is for sure. Having said that. Awesome job with this. All your scratch building to add detail to this plane looked amazing. I haven't tried using those 3D decals yet but they look incredible. 3D printing has changed so much in this world but it's effect on our hobby is huge. One of these days I hope I can afford to get one. There is nothing that can't be done with one of those bad boys. The stuff you printed looked great and really helped. I remember two of your figures from old Monogram kits. The guy with his shirt off I think came with the P-61 Black Widow kit and the guy with the hat, leather coat and pointing up with his left hand came in the B-17 and B-24 kits and I think the B--29 as well, not sure. I have built the B-17 kit about 7 or 8 times since I was 12, 61 now, so I still have quite a few of that one. Some pointing straight and not up. Some with different heads, etc. Built the B-24 and B-29 kits one time each. The B-29 was huge. Amazing how those kits are still considered to be really good kits. Not quite as good as the ones out there today but with the aftermarket upgrades out there, they can be very comparable to the newer ones. All the models went bye bye but still have those figures. Thinking about those kits reminds me of another annoying thing I noticed way back when I was 12 building my first B-17. Not sure if you know that each of those Monogram bombers had a Diorama tip thing in them showing the late great Sheppard Paine diorama he build of the plane in the kit. The B-17 one had it just off the runway after it's right side landing gear failed while taxing. He had the ground all dug up caused by the engines hitting the ground. Now the problem was he had the damage to the ground in a straight line. When a plane loses on of it's landing gears and one side hits the ground, the plane will start to circle in the direction of the wing that hits the ground due to the drag. Here is this great, well known model builder making a mistake like that and no one else caught it either cause that same thing was still in the kit when I last bought it about 30 years ago. Either that or they didn't care to change it. The diorama was amazing as was all of his but still will never forget that one. Anyway I enjoy watching your videos. You build some great looking models and dioramas. Your really into the details that many don't think about. Well except the pilot ready to fly when the plane isn't thing. hhahahahahah which is ok, like I said, there are sooo many just like that out there. There is so many things to think about when building a model the way we all like to build them, naturely a few little details always slip by us. What do all of us model builders say right after we finish one, " I should have......" hhahahhahahahha. Keep up the great work. Sorry for the book. Only problem I have found because of typing fast.
You're absolutely not wrong ha ha, my justification is that the ground crew is just really protective of their aircraft and doing some very last minute fine tuning to the engine prior to mission start! In my mind it makes sense. But you are correct on the figures. I grew up building all of the old monogram stuff, and in spite of their age, they are still good kits, obviously not up to modern tooled standards with regard to details and engineering, but for when they were made, they are pretty accurate shape wise and still can build up nicely, and yeah, the Shep Paine dioramas were always a huge inspiration! I loved to look at his work, especially the B-17 dio you mentioned, that one always stood out to me because he had included a figure of one of the crew men with his flak helmet in hand and you could see a nice chunk had been taken out of it, presumably from flak, and it always struck me how much I could understand exactly what that crew would have been feeling reminiscing about being an inch away from death. Cheers and thanks for watching! Brett
when I opened the canopy on mine, I saved the frame and glued on some clear from a common blister pack. The plastic was thin enough to conform to the frame... actually worked out better than what I hoped for. Dane
The links for all of the 3D files used on the diorama are listed in the description of the video, the two exceptions are the ladder to the rear hatch, I scratch built that, and the pilots ladder on the pilots side of the aircraft, that was supplied to me by a friend and I do not have the file for it.
Fantastic presentation. Really enjoyed the commentary -- that made it extremely useful. Congratulations on a beautiful model. I have one on my shelf. It will have to wait there until my skill levels improve. Thanks for your efforts.
Not a single close up showin detail in the entire video. I don't understand you guys who insist on making videos with the model held at near arms-length. 🤷
@@HammerheadModelMaking Good to see you take it seriously. You're obviously a very good modeller but you also need to be good at composing many close up shots for detail. Good luck! 👍
Very nice! You put why more work into that kit then I ever would or could. I have the Revell/Pro Modeller kit of the A-26B sitting in my small stash waiting to be started. It's one of my favorite airplanes. Cheers!
Bro your vids are 100 marvelous just one thing please, tell the PSI you use, the mix of paints (paint/thinners) I guess that’s the core of a painting tutorial other wise we are just admiring and less learnign cheers from Mexico , you are a master
Thank you for the kind words as well as the feedback. Its not a bad idea. One issue though is that I generally thin my paints by feel instead of to specific ratios. I find that even between colors from the same manufacturer, they can require different levels of thinning. But, perhaps I can put a rough table of thinning ratios in the description of the video. Thank you for watching!
@@HammerheadModelMaking i mean that your vids bro are so nice the voice the tone i can tell that this page of yours IS wonderful the building IS incredible and the mood IS the greatest thanks again bro, how are you on Facebook? Cheers again
@@skyvintage I'm not active on Facebook, but I think because my instagram is linked to Faceboox, that it will cross publish my stuff. Thank you for watching my video, I appreciate it! Cheers, Brett
I SAY EXCELSIOR GOOD SIR. Awesome building skills on display. Learning Tons due to both the techniques and image quality being excellent!! Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Good thing you mentioned the wings and the upgrades. I saw a documentary on the A26, and some of them were used so much, the wings were coming off! Attention to details like that make things more interesting.
I think early in the B-26K program, they lost a test crew due to wing fatigue and that prompted the whole series of them basically getting all new wing spars and strengthening plates.
Excellent job. You do a great job of explaining what you are doing and how you go a bout getting the desired effect. Thanks for sharing your excellent A-26.
Great video, loved the safety tip about the resin dust, good health is a treasure beyond price. 1:04:04 A cordless hand trim router or even a Dremel router with a guide bushing would have made very short work of that overhang, and made for a very neat edge. Keep up the fine work. ;)
I’ve been building an HKM B17g for the last two years for a friend - his dad flew one in the war and we are trying to recreate it as best as possible. I did extensive interior detail in the nose, cockpit, and bomb bay with some detail in the radio room and the rear fuselage. He paid for PE sets from Eduard and I used various materials to simulate wires and tubes. It’s very time consuming and when I dry fit everything it’s hard to see all that detail which is disappointing. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to figure out how to add lights as I still need to figure out how I’m going to mount it. Good work!
Right on man! I've got an HK B-17F (Memphis Belle) that I'm hoping to be able to get to next year, sounds like you've got a lot invested in your build, and yeah, in can be a little disappointing when you cant see your hard work, but hopefully you have pictures and sometimes just the knowledge that its there is good enough! Good luck wrapping it up and I'm sure your friend will love it.
Thanks I appreciate the words of encouragement. I’m trying to find someone that can recreate the nose art based on an old photo we found online and someone that can make it into a decal. Over the last few years there have been new resin sets put out for the HKM kits. Specifically the bombardier section which lacks allot of detail. I like Eduards radio, cockpit, and bomb bay section sets. Let me know if you have questions I’d be happy to help man. Keep up the great work!
Hey Brett, Can't think of many better ways to kill an hour or so than watching a Hammerhead modelling video. Your take on this kit is phenomenal, 👍👍👍 I have to agree the SEA camo scheme is pretty awesome.Well done mate.
Really appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching!!
Great work! Really like the scratch building additions like that fuel bladder in the bomb bay. I’ve got this in my stash and will hopefully get to it next year (2024). Some good ideas for me here 😊
Glad it can be helpful, good luck on your build!!
Your finish really inspired me to do some of your recommendations in my future builds. Was an absolute pleasure to watch you build such a beautiful model.
Awesome, thank you!
Your scratch buildup is really good. Amazing job. I like how modest you are.
Thank you so much 😀
Very beautiful absolutely love how awesome your a-26 looks amazing
Thank you very much my friend!
Great job, this is an absolute masterpiece
Thank you so much!!
Beautiful Model! I'm envious! But just one thing.. you do know the name "Special Kay" was not a real name of a combat used A-26A (B-26K) or any A-26A for that matter. "Special Kay" was a name given by it restorers because it is the only A-26A(B-26K) flying making it a "Special" A-26A (B-26K), hence "Special K" So if anyone is modeling an A-26A as the "Special Kay" it should be modeled in a clean restored appearence. Also NO A-26A served in combat displaying national insignias, and the "IF" tail code were aircraft based stateside training squadron. Other than that, you model itself is fantastic!
I actually didn't know that about Special Kay, but thank you for informing me. I guess that makes my model fall into the category of "what if"!
@@HammerheadModelMaking A VERY NICE looking What if! :)
In response to the lead comment above: Great model! But just one thing….ANYONE, making ANY model should model it ANY way they want to. But thanks Richard! 😂
@@johndesalvo7738Oh here comes the old Model Railroader justification... "Its my layout, i model the way I want" that approach is only justifying mistakes. Look, modeling is all about realism, period, otherwise its all fictitious.
@@johndesalvo7738 oh, here comes thw know it all. " uh….modeling is what you want it to be about but you are correct, it’s all fictitious, even your realistic models, yup, they’re fake too." Who's the know it all now.... certainly not you, because it's "THE" not "THW". LOL 🤣😅
I very much appreciate that you talk and explain what you're doing and why!So many model building videos are either speed build or are closed captions.I don't waste my time with them.Thank you!!!P.S. A very gorgeous build with lots of fantastic details to feast the eyes with!
I really appreciate the kind comments, like you, I like to hear what a modeler is doing and why he is doing it, thats why I've started doing mine like this.
Might not need to do all the extra work, but it looks so good that, yeah, you kinda do need to do all the extra work! Fantastic build! Especially your scratchbuilt details! Peace and love.
I appreciate the kind words! Thanks for watching!
Amazing work 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!
Impressive, i'm speechless. 😲
Thank you!
Great build my friend! Love the super detailing with scratch, the paintjob and weathering and also the base is super! Congrats man!
Thanks a bunch Alessandro!
For a home brew Marsden matting you could cut strips of wall sanding screen. Just find the right size screen for your diorama.
Interesting idea, might have to give that a try some time!
I massively respect your level of model making! And also your research done into this aircraft shouldn't go unappreciated either! Bravo, absolute Mastery!
Thats very kind of you to say, thank you very much!!
not overdone
Hammer it's Absolutely Stunning. Your attention to detail and scratch built interior is 2nd to none mate. Superb job!
Thank you so much!!
Your skill level is better than you think
I actually volunteered at the Vintage Flying Museum working on the real Special Kay. It was an awesome experience!
Woah! Thats awesome! Thanks for your contribution to restoring a one of a kind flying legend!
I love the camo pattern. Can you give some more advice or videos on that type?
The biggest point of advice I can give about this camo, or any camo pattern, is to always start with the lightest color first and work your way to the darker colors. I would say this is true about 90% of the time, however, there may be instances where it is easier or makes sense to start with the darker color, but as a general rule of thumb, it works.
Hey if you ever need any pics of anything like this they have at the USAF Museum let me know. I'm in there often.
Thats very kind of you, I'll keep that in mind!
Love this! If you do end up doing a battleship some time, I’d like to see a Nelson Class. I feel they’re rather underrated and overheated as battleships, so I haven’t seen a good model video of one. I’d love to see one from you! My personal suggestion would be the Rodney in 1941 as she hunted down the Bismarck, since she still had her torpedo tubes in as well.
Thank you for watching! I really want to do a battleship, but it will most likely be a ways off. I think I would do the battleship New Jersey as I have something of a personal connection to that ship, but Nelson/Rodney would be interesting, they are certainly unique among battleships of the world!
I've watched all 1:14:16 without skipping. This is epic, well done !
Thank you, I really appreciate that!
Absolutamente espectacular!! 👏👏 Una vez más vemos la realidad de que los modelos rusos de sus aviones de combate son copia o inspiración de los modelos de combate occidentales. El Su 25, está inspirado en el A-26A. Hay que ser muy tonto para no darse cuenta.
Una maqueta digna de Museo, felicitaciones a este virtuoso artesano del modelismo👏👍
Thank you for the kind words!
Super job! Those ICM kits are really nice kits to build.... I love their figures, too, always nicely detailed. Liked and subscribed! Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃
Thank you for the sub! Yeah, this was my first ICM kit and I wasn't disappointed, I also have a few of the figure sets in my stash, they are equally nice!
@@HammerheadModelMaking You're welcome. I look forward to seeing your future builds come to life. 👍🙂
Yer there great kits, good basing detail to build closed up. Or if super detailing like in this vid, a nice base to start from.
They tend to do all sub versions of a subject.
Also this was one of there kits, that was still being developed and worked on when they where invaded. Apart for a few months, whilst they where evacuating staff and tooling. Repairing there unit in Kiev, then got back to work and where shipping and still releasing products, as Russian forces where still being cleared from pockets near Kiev.
And (in the EU/UK) there still not that expensive.
Your attention to detail is unmatched. Bravo sir!👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you very much!
This a fantastic build, 1st class finish considering the clean up work to make it come together. I have this kit in the stash and has given me some valuable tips to build it, Great job 👍
Awesome, thanks for watching!
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Hi sorry this comment was meant for the B1-B build, a lot less clean up & alteration on this kit!
@@StevoLondon No worries!
I built this model, I seem to remember there were inserts for the wing routes inside the bomb bay?
There are not unfortunately.
This is fantastic, so much of it is scratch built/ 3D printed, that I'm kind of jealous!
And I don't make scale kits for the most part (except 28mm sci fi/ historical Miniatures and vehicles)
I do like that you're kits are getting bigger and more more ambitious, though, so I have to ask: AC130 when?
Thanks for watching! I do have some big project planned for next year, sadly a C-130 isn't on the list yet, but I would most definitely love to do a proper AC-130 at some point! In 1/48 scale of course!
Love the model and the base too. Dont want to nitpick, but I doubt the crew would perform engine maintenance with full ordnance loaded on. 🙂
Not a nitpick, totally valid! The B-26K just looks so much cooler when its loaded with weapons!
Just watched this build and got to say Wow !! Hopefully my builds can get this good and my channel this good also.
Thanks for watching, and I have no doubt you can get your modelling to where you want it!
Si lo fue un largo video pero disfruté cada minuto viendo su gran habilidad y su minuciosidad en los pequeños detalles, y el resultado final fue ¡¡Increíble!!, Gracias
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hello mr. Hammer!very very nice work.thank u4ur efforts.i truly appreciate them.thank u4sharing.with best regards and sticky greetings from Brandenburg germany.yours truly.your modellmate.christian
Thank you! Cheers!
What an incredible video! So much attention to detail. Excellent descriptions of what you were doing as well.
Thank you very much! Thank you for watching!
@@HammerheadModelMaking Now I am watching more of your videos as we message! I haven't looked through your catalogue of videos yet, but have you done a video on what kind of tools, equipment, and sundries you use? Also, as for looking at very tiny parts, do you wear any kind of vision enhancement equipment (other than prescription glasses)?
@@mikecolson2257 I don't have a video like that yet, I do plan on doing one at some point though, as for vision enhancement, I do have a set of magnifying glasses that I use occasionally for small painting, but I'm quite fortunate to still have great eyesight and do most of modeling with any vision aids.
Static lines to tarmac
Sorry I'm not sure I understand.
Wow, bud. Another amazing build. I love the paint work and simple details you added to make this such a realistic build. Beautiful diorama set. You must do an SR-71 Blackbird next 😃😃😃
Thank you so much! SR-71 is definitely on the wishlist!
Beautiful build,but then again all your builds are above board,I truly appreciate and enjoy watching your videos, I had to gave up building about 2 years ago due to Parkinson, it sucks,but as long as you keep posting your builds,I'll be rite there at the work bench.
Thank You again for your videos,it keeps me in the loop..
Thank you very much, sad to hear you are no longer able to build, but I'm glad you can get some vicarious bench time through my videos.
Wierd I just got the African green K but with the idea of a Vietnam era US Airforce A26 to go with my A1 Skyraider in the same scheme . I like to know my subject to a high degree before I start. If I'm not obsessed I'm not having fun. I would like to build I a dc4-7 , Douglas made such classy aircraft. Thanks for the video.
I agree, Douglas makes great aircraft!
Very very great build buddy going to catch up
On your videos well done lovely kit.
Thank you! Hope you enjoy the rest!
What an awesome build. You've motivated me to get my 1/32 F-4 E by Revell. public opinion is that the kit is a dog. I'm going to do a lot of scratch building and see how she turns out.
Oh nice! That will be cool, sometimes even the difficult projects can be fun, best of luck to you!
Hello mr hammer!i have seen your scratch building skillz.have you ever thought about becoming a surgeon😂.with sticky greetings from good ol'germany. Christian
Ha ha, thanks Christian, and no, I don't think I could be a surgeon, I've got a weak constitution and I don't react well to the sight of blood. Perhaps in another life! Thanks for watching!!
Hey Brett! Just wondering, what’s your acrylic thinning ratio for the camouflage that you used in this video?
Generally for MiG and Vallejo paints I will start with about 10% thinner and add a little more if I don't feel its spraying nice, I usually spray around 20 psi. They don' t need a lot of thinning, just enough to get it to spray nice.
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This is probably a foolish question, but how do you cut out the EverGreen pieces for the internal fuselage area here when it's curved like that? I mean, how could you find the curve and the angle and make it fit that well? Is there someway you measure it or is just removing tiny pieces at a time and seeing and checking to see if they fit and doing that until it matches?
If it's the latter... You have the patience of a saint, good sir.
Not a foolish question. Its definitely the latter. I'm sure there are easier ways of doing it, but I find that sanding and test fitting works pretty quickly. In this case it was a pretty small area and a rather large radius to the curved portion, so it didn't take too long, then I could trim the rest of the plastic to refine the final shape of the part. Thanks for watching!
You have done a fantastic job, it looks great. I can't believe you use Vallejo/Mig paints.. For me they are just the worst paints ever. Great job though must just be me on the paints...
Hey, thanks for the kind words, as to the Vallejo/Mig paints, they were the first I started using when I got serious into airbrushing, so I've just had the experience with them to figure out the nuances of using them, but they can be quite temperamental!
your modeling abilities humble my own, so this is not criticism. just trying to help. that "interior green" color is ZInc Chromate. it used to be widely used in all aluminum aircraft, civil and military. I am not sure about today, as its not friendly to the environment.it is prevent aluminum corrosion. aluminum doesnt rust, but it does corrode. ZInc Chromate is used to inhibit this corrosion. just trying to help.
My aim isn't to humble, but to inspire! I appreciate the additional info on the interior color, its true that the name "interior green" is somewhat of a generalization, and yeah, I don't think its used in anything that was build new after like the early 60s or something, but when Onmark did the B-26K conversions, they just painted over the WW2 applied paint with black without stripping it down to bare metal.
Great looking build. Thanks for sharing your hard work
Much appreciated!
Its the 3 th + 1 hour full build i watch now from your channel . Its impressive . I wonder where you get those tools fron , like that wheel with the spikes on ect , and also ,If you had to chose one brand to use only for your Airbrush , wich it would be please ?
Right now, for a good balance of quality and affordability I would recommend Gaahleri Airbrushes. They are what I am currently using. As for all of the other tools, pretty much any of them can be found at hobby shops or online hobby retailers. The spiked wheel tool as known as Riveting Tool.
I think a jigsaw/coping saw would be a hell of a lot better for your health than cutting that resin with the dremel. A bit late now, maybe next time. Beautiful work, that thing looks bad ass!
I don't doubt that either of those tools would have been better suited at removing all of that excess resin, unfortunately I posses neither of them, but I was using proper precautions with both a full particulate respirator and lots of ventilation and cleaning afterwards. But, I will look into both tools and perhaps add them to my toolbox for future projects, thanks for watching and commenting!
Fantastic build Brett. Re: panel lines washes. I'm in your camp but I really dislike pre shading. To each his own and its your model so do it how you like it
I totally agree, to each their own!!
Master skill set right there. Thanks for sharing. Question, what do you do with these models when they're complete? My wife asked me that this evening, I have seven or 8 done. Just display? 🤔
Thank you, and good question. Most of the time my models go into the display case. I am very fortunate to both have space to put up display cases and a family that tolerates them. I do from time to time sell off some of my older stuff to make sure I have room for newer stuff.
Wonderful detailing skills there. And a very nice paint job too. Getting very jealous 😁
Thank you so much 😀
Es increíble que en pleno siglo XXI..no haya barrera física motorizada que impida un acceso indebido a pista y que todo dependa de una conversación entre torre y cabina..
En mi opinión es inadmisible en un aeropuerto de ese tamaño..
I think maybe you mean to put this comment on a different video.
Very nice work, very nice video and commentary.
Thank you!!
IMPRESSIVE build, mod's n' paintwork HMM!...Lookin NICE! (Bit outtve my league)
-Ive primarily concentrated on WW2 German 1/35th Armor, so aircraft are an entirely differing world, or universe, for me...
-Since 2010 Ive been tirelessly laboring away, nearly full time, on a WW2 Mego-Dio (Base will prob be 4x10 foot, maybe 5x12 foot in dimension)...
-All told over the course of the project in terms of models, buildings, copious resin after-market kits, tools, ref-books, brushes glues, paint, specialty paints/washes/pigments, scratch building items & figures (650 figs @ last count, 1/2 of that number being resin examples @ 15-20$ per figure)..Thank tha Gods above for CZ's 'PlusModel' Co, as Ive bought almost every 1/35th accessory item offered 2-3x's over! (Or scratch built if not available) Ive prob built, then rebuilt ALL the models & buildings twice, or 3x's over now?!
@ least 10 StuG's in varying states of disrepair, 7 panzer III's, 8 or so panzer IV's, 8 or more Tiger 1's, PLENTY of Panthers, 5 Sd.Kfz FAMOS w/Trailers, 3 Bergepanthers & most all other examples of 1943-1944 German armor & vehicles. Full interior tank kits came-in @ the right time, but then that meant sh#t-canning almost all the resin AM option interior kits I'd built previously (GRRR;)
-Im EASILY probably well in, or above: (EEK!;) U.S $270,000+..I can only imagine what the base will end up costing?! I plan on donating it to a museum 'fo FREE when finished, as it isnt staying in the dining room, nor garage! (Problem being, with such a loooong drawn out process of a project, is that ones skill/quality level is ever changing & constantly excelling, so a tank model completed just 1-1/2 short years ago may not make the final cut in comparison as to recently finished models! (Double GRRR) So that model/building & AM parts then gets re-purchased & re-built as a result, albeit looking twice/thrice as good)..
Wow, that sounds like a right impressive project you are working on, I'm sure once you are done it will be amazing and any museum would be grateful to have it! I wish you the best of luck in completing it!
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Why thank you Sir! (If/when I begin posting vids of prior builds/models, Ill def letcha know (Ill sub to ya as well)
-For last 3 months Ive been steadily working on a >heavily Mod'd< Sd.Kfz 9 FAMO w/6 ton Bilstein crane. Im painting it all @ this very moment in component pieces. Sheesh! -This has been a $pendy one. 'Jus watch, as soon as Im finished with this one, Trumpeter will release their highly awaited 1/35th FAMO competitors to TAMS orig kit?! (Theyve just released the 8.8cm FLAK 36 armored cab version, so the bare-bones FAMO arty tractor & 6 ton crane mounted/recovery versions are prob soon to follow, I was SO stoked when 2-3 years ago theyd released the plans/CAD ideas for the Sd.Kfz 9 trio)
-Orig Tamiya FAMO kit w/trailer
-TigerModelDesigns wonderful AM cast-resin 6 ton crane kit..
-Panzer Concepts printed late model tracks/fenders/air brake tanks/wheels/drive sprockets
-Bolddivisions canvas cab cover/tilt
-PanzerArts Sdkfz 9 front tires/wheels & trailer tires/wheels
-The trailer load will be a Dragon Sd.Kfz 234 (In mail now) 8 wheel armored car w/long PAK 7.5...Badly damaged/mod'd, but still yet repairable. It'll have as to Aftermarket parts: HeavyHobby weighted wheels, Aber PE storage compartment door hatches, HH PE engine compartment panels (the whole rear section of model/engine bay) & Tatra motor (GREAT motor detail BTW, just AMAZING what 3D printing can accomplish eh?)
-Thatll make for 8 Sd.Kfz 234's (All makes in series & two earlier AFV Club Sd.Kfz 231/232 armored recon cars, 3 of that number being fixed/worked upon in dio...
Ive always found aircraft builds a daunting task as to replicating realism (Painting in particular) Youve mastered that particular discipline indeed!
You have any plans to do any of 'Border Models' new & excellent 1/35th WW2 aircraft? like the ME109/FW 190-TA series....
I believe I've all but proven the oft said statement(s) about dioramas/Vignettes in general, in that most modelers (Americans in particular;) >tend to GO TOO BIG< when making them!...HA!
Take 'er easy boss, looking forward to more of youre vids n' builds!...;)
I’m pretty sure those 3-D decals will be the death of the photo etched Pak she can buy for inside the cockpit
Yeah, they are pretty nice to use and install.
looks fantastic. The only thing i have to say though is dust lol. Red dust everywhere.
I hadn't considered that! I'll remember that for the next time! Thanks for watching.
Your step by step videos are amazing! Do you have a link to the tools and materials that you use in these videos?
I'm afraid I don't have links to all of my tools and materials, it would get a bit overwhelming with all of the stuff I use. If there are specific items you are trying to track down I'd be happy to help though.
Tamiya's Acrylic XF84 "DARK IRON" also works wonderfully for chipped/exposed steel sections. Looks great in combination with stippled/sponge'd/chip'd red-oxide primer spots. Youve prob used XF84 before I'd guess?
Thanks for the paint tip!
the most difficult problem for a model maker is to find reference photos'. how do you find them?
I agree, that can be difficult. I like to start with the big model forums, they usually have sections dedicated to walkarounds and ref photos, after that, good ol' google. I will download a keep the reference photos in labeled folders on my PC for future reference. Also, books are a decent source of more obscure images, but that requires having the books on hand or a library that does.
Very nice build! Love it! Any A-1H “Sandy” in the SEA camo to sit next to it in the future? Keep having fun.
Yeah, definitely have a few sky raider projects in the future, both Navy and Air Force.
@@HammerheadModelMaking cool!
great work! can you tell me where did you get those work platforms around plane?
Hi, most of the 3D files are listed in the video description.
Fantastic work ... only I am not sure for works on engine on fully loaded aircraft 🙂
True, its not likely to happen, but it looks cool!
it looks awesome!!!! excellent work sir!
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent aircraft model build & Diorama of the A-26K "Counter Invader"! Your attention to details on the model is superb!
The A-26K aircraft used in Vietnam were the product of a rebuild program by the On Mark Engineering company in the early '60's to suit Air Force requirements (counter insurgency, I believe) for Southeast Asia. According to what I understand, On Mark Engineering remanufactured the fuselage & tail, added a larger rudder, reinforced the wings, upgraded engine power, & made other changes to the A-26 airframes that were rebuilt. I suppose doing this was less expensive & time consuming than designing a whole new aircraft for a counter insurgency role (which it seems was the role of the OV-1 & OV-10 aircraft, but perhaps these aircraft had not yet entered service when the A-26K aircraft were being built).
Thanks for sharing all of that and for watching the video!
Morning matey from the UK.
Thanks for this. I am learning to scratch build myself so only 10 min in, I echo that. Nice work. I call it scratch n sniff in my case. Not 100% but usually 100% better than what wasn't there. I have this kit as part of my "NKP" project down the line. Amazing people doing crazy stuff in a lunatic asylum. Bless them all.
I was aware of "Special Kay" being restored. Do you know how close she is to those aircraft operating in SEA?
I hadn't considered going everything open and am not really into dioramas (room) but if you don't mind, I will screen grab you for ideas. Don't suppose you have links to the vids do you?
Thanks very much for taking the time with some honest bs free modeling.👍
CBA UK
Greetings from the US to the UK. As far as I know, Special Kay was restored to near operational condition. Here is the video that I used as my main source of information:
ruclips.net/video/9bJGZwZALoc/видео.htmlsi=KoV7B-Zk8MdhHh5V
Obviously I modeled Special Kay as if she were an operational aircraft, but that was simply because I hadn't realized that she was never an operational aircraft, but I still had a lot of fun doing it.
And yes, by all means screenshot away! Hope this helps with your build!
Brett
Many thanks. I am currently building an Aussie AAC Bell 47 out of Nui Dat. Its a shocking kit but its all there is. Exe AAC myself and sadly army aviation gets a poor deal. I have used the screen grab tactic and it works well so much appreciated but in all honesty your video is very helpful. I will watch it all soonest as the bloody battery died🤣. Be lucky and good skills fella.
@@Flingwing24 Cheers mate!
Hey, great model, how did you get Vallejo matt varnish to run so smoothly? What size is your nozzle for that and PSI? Did you dilute it? Always having issues with that paint...
Thanks! I usually thin the Vallejo Matte varnish with Tamiya X-20 thinner, about 20-30% thinner.
I typically use a .28 or .35 nozzle around 20psi.
I just tried Vallejo gloss black primer. 24 hours drying and yep, one spot peeled on my spitfire 1/72 when I peeled masks off. Following to see what primer you find. I also noticed M.R.S. Hobbies on your scratch build supplies. That is my hobby shop too. Good to see another modeler in Utah. Excellent work on your builds.
I've pretty much moved on to using Mr Surfacer 1500 or Tamiya Fine Surface primer. I will only use Vallejo primer when I need to primer something quickly or I know I wont be doing any masking. And yes, MRS is my go-to hobby shop, I only live less than a 5 minute drive so I'm there quite often!
The engines came out beautiful. What was all the colors and brands used on the entire engine?
Thank you, hopefully I can remember all of the colors used:
Engines were airbrushed overall Alcald Aluminum.
They were given a black oil wash.
The gear reduction housing was painted with Vallejo Neutral Gray then given a wash of Citadel Nuln Oil and finally dry brushed with Vallejo light gray.
The spark plug wires were painted with Vallejo Parasite Brown.
Push rods were painted Vallejo Gloss Black.
The exhaust was painted with Vallejo Flat Earth, then stippled with thinned Vallejo Parasite Brown, then given a few coats of Citadel Agrax Earthshade.
I believe that was it.
Brett
My brother is a retired 79 year old attorney living on the beach in California. When he was in college in the 1960s, he had a wife and two children to support. One of the side jobs he had was working on the modifications of these A-26 Invaders at On-Mark in Van Nuys, California at the Van Nuys Airport. My other brother was in Marine at the time in Vietnam with an Marine F-8 crusader fighter squadron.
20 years later, I would be flying C-130s out of the same airport in Van Nuys. Countless times I drove down Woodley Ave, where On Mark was located and thought about when my brother and the A-26s were there.
Woah, thats a really neat personal story! Thank you for sharing! Looks like your brother and the folks at On-Mark did a great job with these invaders!
thx alot for the super inteesting build :-) i just startet the same kit but my is gonna be the RB-26K , they made 10 of them ,im gonna do the one in SEA camo , i love that glass nose , greetings from Denmark
Awesome! Thanks for watching, and good luck on your RB-26K!
Absolutely awesome and inspirational work my friend. I very much like your simple and methodical approach to adding detail. You are also spot on about 3D printing, something which I am setting up for as a big part of advancing the hobby for me.
This kit is now in my shopping cart!
Awesome, thank you!
Superb work. I'm currently building the glass nose B-26C and want to do something similar with the Marston matting.
I got the file from a modeler on Instagram, goes by @roberto_modelscale.
@HammerheadModelMaking Thank you, I saw later in your video you mention that some of the download links were in the video text. I found it in there. Great build & very inspirational.
ICM i think are a slept on company. I've built a couple of ICM kits. They've always been a dream to build, the decals are just okay, but the quality of the kits themselves are pretty solid, at a reasonable price
I agree, I think they continue to refine their processes and each new release is better than the last, I'm excited to see what they do in the future!
Wow! I'm really impressed by the print quality for the nose and other parts. Do you mind if I ask what make/model of 3D Printer you use in your work? I've been shopping around for one myself
I did sand the print of the nose a little, didn't require much, just to remove any hint of print lines and blend it in with the rest of the fuselage, but overall, yeah, I'm very pleased with the quality of the prints. I currently use an Anycubic Photon M3 printer. I'm finding its good for most applications and would recommend it.
Thanks for the video of the excellent build of your B-26K! Your commitment to research & detail really shows!
Zinc chromate is a specialized primer paint that is designed to "bite" into the underlying aluminum, and thus not just adhere, but strongly bond. Thus, zinc chromated aluminum will almost never "chip". That's why you will see, on the contemporary photos of Navy planes having much wear of the surface paint, the underlying zinc chromated primer still showing, instead of also being "flaked" off.
This is NOT to say the zinc chromate finish cannot be eroded, as from heavy footwear or sand/coral dust, but that represents a pressure/contact erosion, rather than flaking/chipping from repeated temperature flex/stress cycles.
You won't see zinc chromated interiors, even when fuel or oil stained, that are chipped or flaked. IF the finish has been worn to bare metal, it is from heavy & repeated contact erosion. This chemical bonding with the aluminum surface distinguishes zinc chromate from the vast majority of paints.
Thanks for all of the info, that will be useful for future builds!!
Spectacular work! Truly inspiring!
Thank you! Cheers!
absolutley fantastic looking build. always though about getting this kit. Do you have links for some of the 3D stuff?
Just added the links to the description of the video, I highly recommend the kit!
Youtpr youtube title is wrong, it should read “Hammerhead Model Masterclass”. Your workmanship is inspiring.👍👍👍
Lol, thank you! Thats kind of you to say!
Very nice build! One thing I noticed is how thick the fins on some of the ordinance appears. Would it be possible to print thinner ones or are they to scale enough? Again great build and commentary👍🏻
Thank you! So, all of the ordinance on this one came from the kit and is rendered in plastic. I'm sure the fins are slightly over scaled, but once on the model I think they look fine. But, certainly, one could use 3D printed ordinance for a better scale effect.
I had to laugh cuz I remember you saying something that annoyed you in your Bradley crushing car video. Putting things on the sides of vehicles without showing how they are attached to it which is a detail that can easily be overlooked. Well this video has one of my annoying things. Why would there be pilots out by the aircraft ready to fly when the aircraft clearly isn't? I see so many dioramas like that. The plane has it's engines apart and being worked on and yet there stands the pilot or pilots in full flight gear ready to take off. I just watched your Bradley crushing car video so that was fresh on my mind and made me laugh. We all have those little certain things that is for sure. Having said that. Awesome job with this. All your scratch building to add detail to this plane looked amazing. I haven't tried using those 3D decals yet but they look incredible. 3D printing has changed so much in this world but it's effect on our hobby is huge. One of these days I hope I can afford to get one. There is nothing that can't be done with one of those bad boys. The stuff you printed looked great and really helped. I remember two of your figures from old Monogram kits. The guy with his shirt off I think came with the P-61 Black Widow kit and the guy with the hat, leather coat and pointing up with his left hand came in the B-17 and B-24 kits and I think the B--29 as well, not sure. I have built the B-17 kit about 7 or 8 times since I was 12, 61 now, so I still have quite a few of that one. Some pointing straight and not up. Some with different heads, etc. Built the B-24 and B-29 kits one time each. The B-29 was huge. Amazing how those kits are still considered to be really good kits. Not quite as good as the ones out there today but with the aftermarket upgrades out there, they can be very comparable to the newer ones. All the models went bye bye but still have those figures. Thinking about those kits reminds me of another annoying thing I noticed way back when I was 12 building my first B-17. Not sure if you know that each of those Monogram bombers had a Diorama tip thing in them showing the late great Sheppard Paine diorama he build of the plane in the kit. The B-17 one had it just off the runway after it's right side landing gear failed while taxing. He had the ground all dug up caused by the engines hitting the ground. Now the problem was he had the damage to the ground in a straight line. When a plane loses on of it's landing gears and one side hits the ground, the plane will start to circle in the direction of the wing that hits the ground due to the drag. Here is this great, well known model builder making a mistake like that and no one else caught it either cause that same thing was still in the kit when I last bought it about 30 years ago. Either that or they didn't care to change it. The diorama was amazing as was all of his but still will never forget that one. Anyway I enjoy watching your videos. You build some great looking models and dioramas. Your really into the details that many don't think about. Well except the pilot ready to fly when the plane isn't thing. hhahahahahah which is ok, like I said, there are sooo many just like that out there. There is so many things to think about when building a model the way we all like to build them, naturely a few little details always slip by us. What do all of us model builders say right after we finish one, " I should have......" hhahahhahahahha. Keep up the great work. Sorry for the book. Only problem I have found because of typing fast.
You're absolutely not wrong ha ha, my justification is that the ground crew is just really protective of their aircraft and doing some very last minute fine tuning to the engine prior to mission start! In my mind it makes sense. But you are correct on the figures. I grew up building all of the old monogram stuff, and in spite of their age, they are still good kits, obviously not up to modern tooled standards with regard to details and engineering, but for when they were made, they are pretty accurate shape wise and still can build up nicely, and yeah, the Shep Paine dioramas were always a huge inspiration! I loved to look at his work, especially the B-17 dio you mentioned, that one always stood out to me because he had included a figure of one of the crew men with his flak helmet in hand and you could see a nice chunk had been taken out of it, presumably from flak, and it always struck me how much I could understand exactly what that crew would have been feeling reminiscing about being an inch away from death. Cheers and thanks for watching!
Brett
when I opened the canopy on mine, I saved the frame and glued on some clear from a common blister pack. The plastic was thin enough to conform to the frame... actually worked out better than what I hoped for. Dane
Thats a really smart idea!
What is the name yelow laden and technican brigde? Where to buy?
The links for all of the 3D files used on the diorama are listed in the description of the video, the two exceptions are the ladder to the rear hatch, I scratch built that, and the pilots ladder on the pilots side of the aircraft, that was supplied to me by a friend and I do not have the file for it.
Fantastic presentation. Really enjoyed the commentary -- that made it extremely useful. Congratulations on a beautiful model. I have one on my shelf. It will have to wait there until my skill levels improve. Thanks for your efforts.
Thank you kindly for the feedback! I'm sure when you get around to it, you'll enjoy the B-26K!
Not a single close up showin detail in the entire video. I don't understand you guys who insist on making videos with the model held at near arms-length. 🤷
Thats a fair criticism, I can try and incorporate closer shots in my future videos.
@@HammerheadModelMaking Good to see you take it seriously. You're obviously a very good modeller but you also need to be good at composing many close up shots for detail.
Good luck! 👍
Very nice! You put why more work into that kit then I ever would or could.
I have the Revell/Pro Modeller kit of the A-26B sitting in my small stash waiting to be started. It's one of my favorite airplanes. Cheers!
Oh yeah, I've built that Pro Modeller kit before! Not a bad kit! Thanks for watching!
Bro your vids are 100 marvelous just one thing please, tell the PSI you use, the mix of paints (paint/thinners) I guess that’s the core of a painting tutorial other wise we are just admiring and less learnign cheers from Mexico , you are a master
Thank you for the kind words as well as the feedback. Its not a bad idea. One issue though is that I generally thin my paints by feel instead of to specific ratios. I find that even between colors from the same manufacturer, they can require different levels of thinning. But, perhaps I can put a rough table of thinning ratios in the description of the video. Thank you for watching!
@@HammerheadModelMaking i mean that your vids bro are so nice the voice the tone i can tell that this page of yours IS wonderful the building IS incredible and the mood IS the greatest thanks again bro, how are you on Facebook? Cheers again
@@skyvintage I'm not active on Facebook, but I think because my instagram is linked to Faceboox, that it will cross publish my stuff. Thank you for watching my video, I appreciate it! Cheers,
Brett
I SAY EXCELSIOR GOOD SIR. Awesome building skills on display. Learning Tons due to both the techniques and image quality being excellent!! Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Appreciate the kind words! Thanks for watching!
Great build, especiaily interior. I find it very inspirational in my rescent builds of some aircrafts.
Thank you very much!
Keep on churning out these magnificent beauties!
will do!
Love the details of the cockpit
im sorry for ever touching a model😅 great work bro
nonsense, keep building away!
Very nice finish - I really enjoyed following along.
Thank you! Cheers!
Great job! It turned out great 👍🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
Good thing you mentioned the wings and the upgrades. I saw a documentary on the A26, and some of them were used so much, the wings were coming off! Attention to details like that make things more interesting.
I think early in the B-26K program, they lost a test crew due to wing fatigue and that prompted the whole series of them basically getting all new wing spars and strengthening plates.
Excellent job. You do a great job of explaining what you are doing and how you go a bout getting the desired effect. Thanks for sharing your excellent A-26.
My pleasure!
Nice that you did not go crazy on chipping and weathering. Gives historical believably to the scene.
Cheers mate, thanks for watching!
Nice to see an unusual aircraft used in the Vietnam War, something that's not a jet😅 VERY well done😀
Much appreciated!
Great video, loved the safety tip about the resin dust, good health is a treasure beyond price. 1:04:04 A cordless hand trim router or even a Dremel router with a guide bushing would have made very short work of that overhang, and made for a very neat edge. Keep up the fine work. ;)
Thanks for the tool tips, I'll have to think about investing in those! Thanks for watching!
I’ve been building an HKM B17g for the last two years for a friend - his dad flew one in the war and we are trying to recreate it as best as possible. I did extensive interior detail in the nose, cockpit, and bomb bay with some detail in the radio room and the rear fuselage. He paid for PE sets from Eduard and I used various materials to simulate wires and tubes. It’s very time consuming and when I dry fit everything it’s hard to see all that detail which is disappointing. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to figure out how to add lights as I still need to figure out how I’m going to mount it. Good work!
Right on man! I've got an HK B-17F (Memphis Belle) that I'm hoping to be able to get to next year, sounds like you've got a lot invested in your build, and yeah, in can be a little disappointing when you cant see your hard work, but hopefully you have pictures and sometimes just the knowledge that its there is good enough! Good luck wrapping it up and I'm sure your friend will love it.
Thanks I appreciate the words of encouragement. I’m trying to find someone that can recreate the nose art based on an old photo we found online and someone that can make it into a decal. Over the last few years there have been new resin sets put out for the HKM kits. Specifically the bombardier section which lacks allot of detail. I like Eduards radio, cockpit, and bomb bay section sets. Let me know if you have questions I’d be happy to help man. Keep up the great work!
Very very great build buddy going to catch up
On your videos well done lovely kit.
Thanks 👍
Very nice build. Did you figure out if the white area on the tail had any purpose?
not definitively, I think its just unit/squadron markings.
@@HammerheadModelMaking Ahh, thanks.