"Hornet 2" and "Hornet 3" Builds

[Pintopower 1456]

Let me begin by saying that I love the Super Hornet. I know some people don't care for the slightly gaudy decals in their neon glory but for me it represents a transition from the 80's to the 90's. I mean come on, it could have been neon pink and teal green. Would that have made you happy? 

I bought my sister a Super Hornet when it was brand new. Scrounging up old parts for a hornet in the 90's was not possible so when the chassis split, the Super Hornet was the way to go. She drove it all the time as a kid and even raced it in the beginners class a few times at a track in Corona, California. She had her box art shell which to this day is mint and her beetle runner body by Bolink as I recall. Here is the car today:

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I can't seem to find a pic of the stock body but that's not the point. What was I talking about again? .......................................

Oh yeah! Super Hornet!

Well I am sure everyone into the Hornet/Super Hornet knows about the prototype blunder on the Tamiya USA site:

This is not just a Super Hornet with a different decal sheet. This body is completely different. First off, note the Hornet inspired slots at the base of the front window/cowl. Also, see the louvers at the rear of the cockpit? Even the sculpting of the front end is much sharper giving the impression that this was in fact the direct predecessor of the Hornet. In fact, the only but that looks like a Super Hornet is the rear wing which I always loved as it looked like the wings of a real Hornet. Wheels appear to be a shade different and the rear shock mount is totally different. Much smaller than the SH. Finally, the shocks. They look good in red I have to say! 

My plan is to take this and give a Super Hornet and a Rising Fighter the same treatment, making a Hornet 2 and a Hornet 3. Here is where we are so far. I know this should be in builds but I suck at build threads. I don't have time for a million pix. Sorry folks. 

I stared by taking a new Super Hornet shell and a new Rising fighter shell and basically ruining them. I chopped a massive hole on both of their cowls and 3D printed a panel to fill the hole with the trademark 6 slots that the Hornet had. 

They were super glued into place and then I used the super glue on the front mixed with saw dust and plastic shavings to fill any gaps. I don't like putty. Here is the SH:

And the RF:

A thick coat of primer:

More sanding:

And final primer coat:

Then I printed me some louvers. I love louvers.

They cannot be full length because:

SH: Resistor is in the way. Even though I used it as decoration, I still want access.

RF: Body is screwed into place there

Next we need paint. I know what you are thinking, I am going to paint them black. That, my friends, would be the smart thing to do. The SH will be silver and the RF will be red. Basically, I don't want a mass of black cars. Plus, I like colors. So there we have it.

The SH and my Grasshopper 2 are trading shocks. I am dying the yellow ones a dark orange to match the SH rims. The RF has a set of super Hornet shocks and my printed rear mount and rear rims. Here is the RF now.

Well I will keep you posted for other updates as they slowly come. 

 

[t3garett 268]

Great stuff !

I started with tamiya with a super hornet, still have it today and even though I ve moved on to more sophisticated tamiyas I still marvel at my super hornet, I love its fluo wheels and decals !

Keep up the great work and keep us posted !

[Pintopower 1456]

Update. Both cars got their respective coats of paint. The Hornet 2 will be silver and the Hornet 3, red. 

I am really happy with the outcome. I was not expecting it to be so good. I am painting the wheeler and the GH2 at the same time since its blisteringly hot right now and the paint is baking perfectly. 

[Pablo68 1049]

Love your work.

[Pintopower 1456]

25 minutes ago, Pablo68 said:

Love your work.

Thanks Pablo!

[Pintopower 1456]

I tossed the shells on the cars and wanted to show you the update. This is getting fun now!

Hornet 3:

Hornet 2:

More soon!

[Pintopower 1456]

As I am working on this project as well as my grasshopper to project, Work bounces from each one to the next. Since I needed the black shocks for my grasshopper, the hornet two got the yellow shocks from the super G grasshopper 2. after some tests, I confirmed that dye Will in fact work on the yellow nylon shocks of the grasshopper too. After a little bit of sweating and worry, some bright red units appeared from the depths of the dye.

Taken apart and cleaned:

Pulled from the depths:

Assembled. The main issue with swapping the shocks from the grasshopper to the hornet two was the rear shock length. I was very quickly able to find a shorter eyelet for the grasshopper to but because the bases of the hornet 2's shock had to be red , And the super Hornets were black I had to go ahead and model some up and have them 3-D printed in red. They will be in in a couple of weeks. In the meantime you can see the difference in colors

Here they are installed on the hornet 2:

 

Looking forward to applying the custom decals on two and three! 

[chevelle 997]

Looking good buddy  I look forward to some pic's with the decals 

[Pintopower 1456]

On 9/2/2016 at 3:11 AM, chevelle said:

Looking good buddy  I look forward to some pic's with the decals 

Me too! I am waiting for some more. Plus my wife is making me the wing decals for both of them and hasn't had the time to finish those. 

[Pintopower 1456]

Decals for The Hornet 2, now officially known again as "Super Hornet" since I am now convinced that it was always its name, have come in! Other than some other little decals, more stripes and a clearcoat over everything, it is done! I had some decals that I designed printed at MCI Racing and as usual, they look great. all the other stripes I hand cut. More images to come as Hornet III is completed. 

 

[Biz73 603]

Looking sweet!

Yellow dampers would look great on the Hornet 3 if you are using the same stripe colors as the 2. Not that black doesn't look good as well.

[Pintopower 1456]

2 hours ago, Biz73 said:

Looking sweet!

Yellow dampers would look great on the Hornet 3 if you are using the same stripe colors as the 2. Not that black doesn't look good as well.

Hmmmm. You know I had not thought of that. I used the black ones from a stadium blitzer but yellow could work. I may need to mock that up. 

[Biz73 603]

I have a tendency to get black everything, but after seeing the red dampers with your sticker job, I thought about the yellow. My problem is that I would end up blacking everything because black is my favorite color. I know it's not a color, but it's still the best color

 

[Pintopower 1456]

On 2/8/2017 at 2:16 PM, Biz73 said:

I have a tendency to get black everything, but after seeing the red dampers with your sticker job, I thought about the yellow. My problem is that I would end up blacking everything because black is my favorite color. I know it's not a color, but it's still the best color

 

Come on! Have you ever owned a black car? HAHAHAH! They are black for 20 seconds after you wash them and then they turn to my least favorite color "Dust". LOL! My wifes car is black and I think I wash and wax it 2 times a month to keep it looking black! What a pain...but for those few seconds that they are clean, they look perfect: 
 

[Jason1145 3986]

Beautiful looking Super Hornets... hope this gets ReRe'd following the GH2 rere launch soon.

[Pintopower 1456]

On 2/10/2017 at 2:37 PM, Jason1145 said:

Beautiful looking Super Hornets... hope this gets ReRe'd following the GH2 rere launch soon.

Oh i'm sure they all will get re-released. 

[Pintopower 1456]

Well I got my custom decal for the Rising fighter in. It is really coming along. All the stripes are standard Hornet decals that I am customizing. I am really falling for the RF now. 

That is silver, not grey. 

 

And in between all these I took an hour and made a tribute to my favorite RC of all time, the Nikko Turbo Panther:

[Jason1145 3986]

Ha I was outbid on a very tidy Nikko Turbo Panther just last week, my loss, yours looks great!

[Pintopower 1456]

Hornet 2, now called Super Hornet again, is all done.

[Pintopower 1456]

Hornet III is done! Front double wishbone suspension, cowl slots, rear suspension mount, rear rims to match front Wild One wheels, head lights and mounts, rear louvers and transmission brace are all upgrades this car needed. Custom decals finish this up. I love it.