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Started by charley420, Jan 07 2012 09:27 PM

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#1 charley420

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 09:27 PM

Id like to use this GB as an excuse to finally pluck up the courage to tackle this beaut. Its been sat in the stash taunting me for a while now :poke: grr ill show you... you big hulk of sexy plastic you!!!


so here is an obligatory box shot

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Both wikipedia and airliners.net say this is a Super hornet so id like to do this scheme (feeling brave) although im sure the sign in the pic says its an F14B superhornet ( must be my eyes) Failing that ill prob go with kit decal options.

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some sprue shots to prove its virginity to the mods

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wish me luck

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 09:53 PM

wow!! a big Tomcat!!!!
i will stay tuned!! You're going to reproduce the red/white protoype? or you will use the decals kit...the VF-2 aircraft is very very sexy...
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Posted 07 January 2012 - 09:54 PM

Id like to use this GB as an excuse to finally pluck up the courage to tackle this beaut. Its been sat in the stash taunting me for a while now :poke: grr ill show you... you big hulk of sexy plastic you!!!


so here is an obligatory box shot




Both wikipedia and airliners.net say this is a Super hornet so id like to do this scheme (feeling brave) although im sure the sign in the pic says its an F14B superhornet ( must be my eyes) Failing that ill prob go with kit decal options.



wish me luck


Is it luck you need?
Looks like a big bird. Any "Cat" is a great cat!

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 09:57 PM

Nice one mate....

just a pointer though, it's a Super Tomcat, not a superhornet!! :whistle:

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 10:10 PM

Yippeee a Trumpy F14! I was wondering if one of these was going to make an appearance.

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Posted 07 January 2012 - 10:18 PM

Must ... control...myself...! I was so tempted to do one of mine, but I'm doing the 48 one first. Despite the errors, it is a real cracker of a kit, I really enjoyed my D.
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Posted 07 January 2012 - 11:26 PM

Nice one mate....

just a pointer though, it's a Super Tomcat, not a superhornet!! :whistle:

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Dont worry im sure i wont get the two mixed up

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seems the Bugs going to be dwarfed by the lumbering brute, good job its got an E, 3 C's, and a D as back up eh lol (not including 72 and 48 scale aswell)
was gonna do the bug as the diamond backs red spine but might end up doing them both vf/vfa 2 bounty hunters tho if the white scheme falls by the wayside.

anyway tonights progress, clean up and test fit some parts,

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engine housings dry fitted some carefull gluing is needed here
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i might open up these little vents whats do you think?

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Posted 08 January 2012 - 12:22 PM

Wow, that is a big beast. Can't wait to see this progress.

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Posted 08 January 2012 - 05:42 PM

This one is a kit I'm very tempted to buy myself ! Looking forward to see it built !

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Posted 08 January 2012 - 05:55 PM

Big kit, I'm subscribing..

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Posted 08 January 2012 - 06:02 PM

Wow, that is a big beast. Can't wait to see this progress.

I second that!!!

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Posted 08 January 2012 - 10:46 PM

Not much has happened today, just fitted the engine housings, sanded primed and re scribed the oblitrated panel lines

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Also built the gear bays up and primed white

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hopefully a bigger update tomorrow as no work whoop

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 09:58 PM

Got the gear bays done today added a bit of extra wiring to liven things up

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Also got the main fuselage closed up, it wasn't a difficult task went quite well

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And just to see how the wings look

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Moved onto the pit now more updates soon

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 01:16 AM

That is coming along great!

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 03:27 AM

Coming along very nice my friend I have built two D's myself but one of the D's was turned into a B. I've got the A in the stash was thinking of pulling it out to join this build But I am slowly awaiting my Intruder from Kinetic. Keep up the excellent work my friend

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:58 PM

That is some quick work going into such a beastie!

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 10:12 PM

Cheers pal, it's slowed down a bit now just been working on the pit a bit today, decent all round pit photos are hard to find tho so it's been slow going

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 08:41 AM

That's looking great. I'll be watching this build as i've had my eye on a Trumpeter 1/32 D kit for a while but haven't been able to pluck up the courage to buy it yet. :)

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 08:50 AM

I will be interested to see how this all goes together. Check out here for cockpit photo details

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 09:08 AM

Bit jealous of this as I don't have the room for 1/48 let alone 1/32!
Great job so far, keep it up!!
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