DannyB Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Wow, that looks awesome! Loving the tags around the wires, really nice touch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Good start. Agree with you, what a plane, film star looks too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyAl Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That looks awesome! Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Thanks guys, I'm happy with it but I'm off to the opticians in the morning to get some new specs! It's very fiddly work and yes, this one will stretch my patience, but I'm determined to have this one finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Wowsers, that's some work there Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Wow, nice work Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I think I'm going to steal these pics and use them as a source of reference for the mods I'm doing on my airfix version.... *steps back in awe b4 nicking pics and running away to some dark corner down on the hanger deck* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Very nice, I can see how your patience will be tested with this ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 The postman has been!! I've had a couple of days away and got back yesterday to find various packages had arrived! So with the new bits and pieces to add to the collection of after-market goodies for my F-14D as well as having had a good look through the rest of the builds going on, I've also had some great inspiration and so I decree that today, 2nd February, will be a modelling day! Photos to follow as soon as I've made a cuppa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 OK, that was a nice cup of tea! So good, I might have another, but before I do, here are the photos. The Aires sets don't really need any introduction, but they are really very nice, just hope I can do justice to those wheel wells! But there are also a few products from companies that I have not tried before, such as Royale Resin and Master, but all I can say is that the quality is stunning! The brass turned pitot tube and those gun barrels are simply incredible! Anyway, here are the piccies... A bit of progress on building her and the cockpit has had a bit of attention. I prefer to use gloss Xtracolor paints when painting cockpits as the various washes that will be applied flow better on the gloss surface. When everything's dry and finished, it will all get a coat of matt varnish to get an even sheen. There's lots and lots of detail in this set, it's a model in its own right! Panels were masked off and sprayed black, lightened with a bit of white to a dark grey. The nose gear bay has been sprayed white and the side walls of what is the gun bay detailed with the Verlinden etched set. Another coat of white has finished this off and the next thing to do is paint the wheel bay details and get the gun bay installed ready to accept that gorgeous gun! Can't wait to do those gun barrels!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Time for lunch! Here's the morning's progress. As the roof of the gun bay is effectively the floor of the cockpit, there was quite a lot of dry-fitting, sanding, more dry-fitting etc. to make sure that this area was looking ok. After spending about two hours on it, here's where I ended up: The cockpit set itself has been painted in the basic colours with a light dry-brushing over the panels and switches. There is still a lot of work to be done on this, adding a bit more detail, painting the details etc. Now to the gun barrels. A very tedious and time-consuming job. But I think they really do look the part and I'm happy, so that's all that matters. Trouble is, I'm having difficulty typing as my eyes were so used to focussing at extremely short distances! Next is to paint the interior of the gun bay, get the gun itself finished, then paint the ammunition drum, add a bit of detail into the bay and install the gun. Well, that's this afternoon's plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 this is going to be a seriously impressive model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyAl Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) this is going to be a seriously impressive model I concur with the above. The amount of attention to detail going on, and we're only on the forward half of the fuselage, this thing is going to look incredible. Edited February 3, 2012 by easyAl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) and we're only on the forward half of the fuselage Hmmm, yes, I know. Trouble is that I'm looking at the calendar and thinking not long to go really before the finish line! Another day's modelling then, oh well!! Oh, and I found this last night when doing a little research. Not that much going on in the gun bay apart from the cannon, so that should´t take too long to finish. Edited February 3, 2012 by Busdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Busdriver, I think there might be a few things missing from the bay in that picture, especially the whole ammo feed mechanism. As I just bough the same verlinden set a few days ago, I have one more reason now to keep looking at this build ! Even if you're not sure to finish in time, keep it going ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hi Giorgio, yes, you´re right! I found this one too. The first is a museum aircraft that has been stripped quite a lot, this one is operational and there´s certainly more going on. Just mean more work now! And the ammunition drum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 pics duly nicked for my use.... *runs away again to lurk in a dark corner* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Looking good so far...but man, I hope you didn't open Pandora's box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 A very ambitious project there, but you seem frighteningly effective...and good:) Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Modelling vision and talent in equal measure. This is looking great. Edited February 6, 2012 by Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Fantastic work, I've somehow missed this up to now... Some incredible detail Busdriver, going to be a cracker. Parabat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Thanks for the kind comments guys! I've been knocked out with some sort of horrible virus/flu thingy this week, but there has been a little bit of progress. The gun and ammo drum have been installed and next on the list is to get that cockpit finished. And that is today's plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Blimey, that's brilliant work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 awesome stuff.....and very inspiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Thanks guys! Strong superlatives being used and I feel very humbled. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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