F 14A Tomcat BuNo 162692 "Cat Snatch Feber" in 1/18

[Modelarczyk]

Helow every one!

First of all I want to say that it is great to be here on tis gorgeus modeling forum with you all. My name is Marek Urbanski. I´v been born in Poland but I live in Finland. I was modeling diferent subject all my live and I´m now 58 years old. Meny yeares I´m fascinated wit one aero plane: F 14 Tomcat. I was dreamind of doin a big model of here, and now my dream is slowly but surely comeing trouth.

O.K So I foud out that there is a toy model of Tomcat in 1/18 scale. The shape of this toy model is great so I bout it and decided to do a model of it.

First I´ll show you how this thing lookt like right from the box:

When you open the box the toy model is paked wery nicely

Then I put it together justo exam it

Then the first wark was to ter ewerything apart:

And start the crusade with makeing a new seats.

I was trying to use parts that was there and only modifide them, but soon I realize that it was a wrong way. I started to do all from the scratch

So thats it for now. See you later.Thak you for looking. Greatings. Marek

[Michaelvk]

Wahey! This'll be fun to watch..

..is that Top Gun I spy there?

[Alan Kelley]

I shall be watching this with interest. Very brave- I am sure it is huuggee!!!

[jimbuna]

Will be following closely.

[goose]

Man that must be huge!! interesting, didn't know there was one that scale.

[woody37]

Wow, a brave man, watching closely

[AndyC]

Goodness me that is going to be INSANELY big - I can barely fit my current 1/32 on the bench without either knocking something over or clearing my lamps and paints way to one side!

[Modelarczyk]

Thanks everyone for intrests Indeed it is big and that is why it needs a lot of work. Wish me luck.

[Dr.Jellyfingers]

My word, this has all the hallmarks of being must see build, so I'll be watching this!

1:18 scale must be awesome for detailing and it looks like you've made a cracking start, almost can't wait for more!!

Si.

[Modelarczyk]

Thanks Si for nice words and intrest

[Modelarczyk]

Hello again!

So I made the whole seat from scratch. It was a lot of work, but it was fun

Thanks for waching and antil the next time. Greatings to all of you. Marek

[jimbuna]

Great start.

[Giorgio N]

Impressive start, I like this a lot

[Modelarczyk]

Thank you guis Jimbuna and Giorgio

O.K. lets go ferger on. I´v paited and decaled my seat. The decales I did my self couse there is not stencil data for the Tomcat seat in this scale. I´v got picture of the real stencil sheet from my colig.

And to comper just how big it is:

And now with the decales on:

That is all for now. Thanks for looking. See you later and greatings to allof you Marek

[lyn]

wow

good work

[Parabat]

I wish we could swear on the forum...

This is incredible! Those seats look fabulous! Criminy, I'll be watching this one for sure.

[Jim Saudi]

Simply stunning work!

Im trying to imagine the size compared to a 1/18 diecast car?

Keep those pic's comming.

Jim

[Bri48]

Simply stunning work!

Im trying to imagine the size compared to a 1/18 diecast car?

Keep those pic's comming.

Jim

Its Big, I've seen one displayed.

Welcome Marek, this truly looks the start of an amazing journey, like Jim says "keep those pics coming"

Brian.

Edited April 29, 2012 by Bri48

[jimbuna]

Great work.

[James G]

I'll follow this with interest, great work so far. Hope you have a BIG display case to store it in!

[periklis_sale]

Great Work!

:clap2:

[dogbrush]

I love the tomcat! Great work on the seats!

[Silverstone 2]

Extremely well done on the Seats!!!

I think I've seen these 1:18 aircraft models before on the web.

I too am very interested in them, especially their F4U Corsair.

Big fan of large scale, so i'll watch this with great interest.

2 Questions though: Where did you aquire the F-14, was it in the UK? Also how do all the parts fit together, are there screws, or snap-fit?

[Modelarczyk]

Thank you gents for your kind words and your intrests. Thank you everyone for watching.

Extremely well done on the Seats!!!

I think I've seen these 1:18 aircraft models before on the web.

I too am very interested in them, especially their F4U Corsair.

Big fan of large scale, so i'll watch this with great interest.

2 Questions though: Where did you aquire the F-14, was it in the UK? Also how do all the parts fit together, are there screws, or snap-fit?

As to your question Silverstone2: I bought 2 of that toy models. One from USA and one from Poland where it was very much chiper. I think they stil have some. Here is the link:

http://hobby-store.biz/list/1/121/Scale_models_1:18_.html

[Modelarczyk]

O.K Lades and Gents Let us continiuou. After I made a second seat to the poit i made the first one, I started to do some smaler modifications. I nthe nin time I started to think what do I want to do with the cockpit, radar and do I want to open some panels and show what is inside the fuselage.

The smal detales I made motifications to.

This are not good in that scale so I decided they must be build from the scratch.

So I started to build the whole cockpit from scratch. Then I decided that i want to open nos ad show the radar and allso open a side panel and show the gunbay ad show it together with the gun.

Then I put everything together and started to plan the gunbay.

So, that is all for now. Thanks for looking. Thees thinks I made was not so spectaculare but nesesery to do so... Greatings for all of you. Marek