Tim B Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Hello, I haven't built a Tomcat yet! So now is as good a time as any. I'm not very good at jets. I always get worked up near the end of the build when the multitude of stencils, landing gear struts, vanes and bits and bobs seams never ending. So this should pose a good challenge for me. Quite why I have made life difficult for myself by buying the Black Box cockpit. I dunno At least the cockpit will be accurate. I have also purchased the Dr Pepper resin General Electric nozzles for my A kit to turn it into an A+ or B as they are now called. I will make a start tonight. Lets see if I can break myself *Sings* Highway to tha dangerzooone! Cheers Tim
daz greenwood Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Ooooooh Tomcat I will be watching this.
bexwh773 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 I'm not very good at jetsCheers Tim Yeah right and Im Minnie Flaming Mouse I remember that F-4 you cranked out had my Industrial Sized Drool Buckets overflowing Come on Tim, we all know youre pretty hot at fast movers, and this one looks like shes gonna be gorgeous Bex
bexwh773 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Get on with the Seahawk Minnie Oi Churchill, behave............ Ohhhhhhhhhhh Yesssssssssssssss Bex
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 I'll be on your six with mine in a couple of days Tim
Bandwagon 106 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 The base kit Tim is using (F-14A Tophatters) is the first one I have on the go. Take your time with this one Tim, it can be a little frustrating at times, but the end result is a very good model. Good luck with the cockpit, there are some very nice details in there. Joel
Spazman Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Great choice Tim! Can never have enough Tomcats! Ted
Tim B Posted January 14, 2009 Author Posted January 14, 2009 Got a little done today. Major surgery to get the cockpit to fit. Only a few hiccups along the way. One of these hiccups included me stabbing myself in the end of the finger with my scalpel (idiot) Apart from that, it went pretty well...Here are the pics: Nothing is glued in yet. I'll paint it next and sort the side panels out. Cheers Tim
Tim B Posted January 17, 2009 Author Posted January 17, 2009 I have got a little more done on the cockpit. Heres how she stands: Cheers Tim
Rabspat Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 that cockpit is fantastic, I have the same cockpit to put in my B when i pull my figure out and make it.
Tim B Posted January 17, 2009 Author Posted January 17, 2009 Thanks Rab. Just gotta add the ejection handles and I can finaly move on Slowly getting the hang of this cockpit painting lark. Tim
Tim B Posted January 18, 2009 Author Posted January 18, 2009 I glued the Tub in. The sidewalls were trimed and slotted in afterwards. Nothing else is glued in yet. While I mess about with other stuff I will put the other cockpit parts somewhere safe. A quick dry fit: and I'm happy. Cheers Timmy
Seamus Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 That 'pit looks incredible Tim, really top job
Tim B Posted January 21, 2009 Author Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks.... Drama! I got to the bit where you marry the back to the front and the join was horrible. So I spent ages dry fitting, squeezing and wiggling. Forgetting how thin and brittle the plastic is around the cockpit . 2 big cracks either side . After putting it down for a bit (etc.) I decided to put shed loads of gap filling CA glue on the inside and run some liquid poly about too....the rejoin wasn't great and i had to sand off a lot of detail. But! it's all rescribed and reriveted now...crisis averted Cheers Tim
Skull Leader Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 Smart work on the "bario wagon"! I like the way your cockpit came together!
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