Bernie Mac Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Great progress! Oliver Thanks Oliver, I am following that F-4 thread of yours, and its looking great. Hi Ian, Just had a read through your thread and I like what I have seen ( what's not to like ! ) . I admire your detail work the cockpit looks great and the engines look miles better with the extra effort you have put into them. Keep up the great work, I will keep an eye on this one ! Guy Thanks very much Guy, I appreciate the feedback! - Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Tonights update: First up is a little teaser of what the access panel will show, its not as much as I like so will most likely take the opposing one off as well. All inaccurate rivets filled and sanded down The front section has also all been fitted and the cockpit sealed in. There is a good few fit issues that will need some filling/sanding/rescribing work as well so this is going to be a lot of work. And then finally I added a little bit of scratch build detail in that I should have thought about before but completely forgot. Just some simple wiring but it will help bring some colour into the access panels. Also noticed that these electronics bays will need to be painted black (the electronic boxes that is) and have to decide if I will had some details into the empty one or will I close it up, still undecided. Apologies about the quality of the photos I am only left with my phone at the minute at its fairly late so no chance of natural light I am afraid! - Ian 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 So far, so good! I haven't had a chance to see how this kit builds, so all the more interest. Looks great so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Looking very nice already. Jan Remco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Been a bit quiet once again, but I have made some more progress. First up, I removed the opposite panel, now there is lots of the engine on show! The main landing gear wells and a few other panels got themselves a bit of white and a gloss coat followed by some panel line wash. I still need to go over to clean up the panel lines with the thinners but will do that in a bit when it dries a little first. I suppose its also worth mentioning the extra few details, only small ones added to the landing gear bay. With a bit of colour it will really pop. And the directional lights on the the front landing gear were drilled out and just need to be painted. The intakes were all assembled now that most of the demolition work is complete on the rear of the airframe. I also put together the wings. These have also had all the rivets removed and mentioned previously as well as the panel lines rescribed. Aside from all that not much has been done, will have to prep some more resin parts, mainly the intake fans, and chin pod. I am considering using the resin chin pod, although the actual aircraft never used the later F-14a chin pod as this is an earlier version I am still unsure if I will take that route of "Modelers Licence". After that its time to get scratch building the interior of the engine bay that is going to be on show so I can get it painted and join the the fuselage half's together. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Great update, progressing really well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Outstanding work! ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 That's some tasty engine porn! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 Hi all, anther quick update. Didn't get anything done over the weekend but here is the progress so far from last week. I firstly sanded down the panels a little bit to make them a little less thick. I kind of cheated on this one by mainly focusing on the edges that would be visible so it just appears to be that little bit thinner but if you took a calipers to the center it would still be the original thickness. As well as that I added the hinge as you can see by just using some wire and cutting the insulation which should give the desired effect especially when a wash is applied. Then I started on the interior. I left a couple of pipes handing down as if they were "Disconnected" from the engine as you can see, I just need to add the corresponding "valve" on the engine as well. And then we also have the other side. Then with the engine in place, I couldn't get a good photo of what you can actually see with the engine in place. There is definitely stuff visible. The interior is also just dry fitted with blue tac and some brackets made from square tubing cut in half. There will be replaced when fitted so they sit at more of a 120 degree angle. This will be more in line with the real steal as well as letting you see more of the detail. The pipes that will hang down from the wall are made from stretched sprue and then the holes bored out. I also added some stretched sprue to the larger diameter pipe to give the look of a valve connector or nut. Once side panel also got some PE added which was left over from my HB F/a-18. I think this will help it pop. Finally I also managed to fit the PE in the afterburner. This is now one step closer to being painted. Once I am happy with the interior I will make a start on getting everything painted and then it will be time to seal it all in and joining the fuselages. I think its also worth mentioning for anybody who is thinking of doing something similar or who is just building their own tomcat and can't find any good walkarounds online, I found the below website on my searches. Found them to be really good and is where I got all my references for who the interior of the engine compartments should look like. http://www.carrierbuilders.net/ Anyway hope you enjoy the update! - Ian 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyn Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 outsanding work well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Superb work, truly outstanding. And a very useful link, thanks for sharing. Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 As above superb work and a great link thanks. Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Another update before the weekend hits us. Won't have any more updates till some time next week as I will be heading home to Ireland for the weekend, so hopefully this one will keep you all going till then. After adding the hinges I also added the clasps. I will probably revisit and reshape these at a later stage this was more a test fit. I have glued them in place when I realised I still have to rivet and detail the interior of these panels so they will most likely pop off during that process unfortunately. The interior walls and roof also got a few struts added. These details will mostly be covered by the engine but some will be visible so thought it best to add them in at least. Also added a little extra pipe work which will show great with some colour and a wash applied. The nose end of the compartment also got added as you could see the massive gap that was there. This was also detailed with some ribbing and some pipe work. Then everything got a lick of paint. The interior roof and one side wall gets a coat of white while everything else gets Tamiya Gun Metal. These will then be highlighted with some washes and Vallejo metal colour silver. I use both Tamiya and Vallejo paints. Tamiya sprays great but can't be brush painted so will eventually move completely towards vallejo as they are more versatile. Engine and pipe all with their base coats as well as the side walls. I will be picking out the metal silver for the engines then adding a gloss coat followed by washes and then the colour for the pipes. I also made a start on painting the gun but this will be low on the priority list, the goal is get the overall body ready for paint as that will be a big process with the salt weathering everything planned. This means all smaller details will be pushed back...including landing gear etc. And that is all for me for the moment. Hope you enjoy the update, if you have any questions of how I did anything or my plans or just anything all please don't hesitate to ask I am more then willing to share! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Beautiful work. I hope there are not so many fitting issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Beautiful work. I hope there are not so many fitting issues? Thanks very much! No not as of yet. Everything seems to fit together perfectly. The only thing I have noticed so far is with the front fuselage as having a few defects in the mould. This was a small depression easily fixed with some filler and sanding as well as the panel lines on the under side as being really faint. Most likely all related from when it was cast. All this was fixed with a quick rescribe and some more filling and sanding. Everything else practically clicks together! Which can get annoying when it comes to keep parts separated for painting. Where several parts would fit together to form a really solid assembly you have you would (or well I have) to sacrifice that to make painting a little bit easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Good to hear that. Ok, I am awaiting for next update. Please, do it quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Hey all here is the latest from this build. I started painting and detailing the interior. This is with all washes and colours added. The same also applies to the engine. With all these parts weathered and that jazz as well as the glove vanes painted and weathered I did some test fitting and started sealing everything in. Glove vanes in. Glove vanes out...dealers choice And that is all for me tonight. Once I have the fuselage together I will finally be back on track following the instructions some what and making my way towards painting. This should also mark the end of the largest chunk of scratch building. Only have the detail the interior of the access panels which is more scribing and riveting than scratch building. Hope you enjoy the update, will keep you all posted on any new progress. - Ian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I think the glove vanes got sealed shut at some point in the Tomcats use.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 I think the glove vanes got sealed shut at some point in the Tomcats use.. Yeah they started to remove them from production as they just added extra weight and weren't be used. From the image of the tomcat I am looking to build it still had the glove vanes, although you may be right in saying they were sealed shut but the slot/panels are still shaped to accommodate the glove vane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 This is a great F-14 reference site if you haven't seen it.http://www.anft.net/f-14/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 This is a great F-14 reference site if you haven't seen it. http://www.anft.net/f-14/ Thanks very much, I did find that alright. I have been studying it a lot especially when trying to figure out the look of the interior of the engine compartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hello this is a site, which I like very much for detail photos. Cheers http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/f-14_home.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 WOW that's some great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Mac Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Hi all, Its been another few quiet days for me I am afraid. Not much progress made. I am currently getting everything all set up for priming which will then be checked for any more sanding and then from there it will be time to move to paint. I also have a good few sub assemblies I neglected to put together and so I wanted to make a start on them once everything was all masked off. So first up here is just a few photos of how the whole thing looks when it has been all masked off. I still need to add a little bit of filler and sand the arrest hook housing. I glued it on before realising I had missed it. I also put together this tomcats payload. As you can see from the above photos I will only be fixing this bad boy up with 2 phoenix's a couple of sidewinders and 3 AIM-7's, two under the wings and the last one on the belly. Hope you enjoy the update! As always questions and critiques are always welcome! - Ian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviano Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Great progress, looking good! Oliver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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