Peter Marshall Posted April 13, 2013 Posted April 13, 2013 Well having won the vote, it's the Hobbyboss F-14A which will hopefully be better than the Hasegawa one i've fought to submission Adding to the mix is an Aires cockpit And FCM decals to make it an aircraft from a proper squadron - VF-111 (and NOT the CAG bird !) Work starts with the cockpit which surprisingly for Aires fit's quite well :-) You do have to take off a lot of the underside molding plug to get the wheel well in place - and remember to glue the wheel well in place before starting fitting A coat of Aircraft grey to start the painting, after some Black primer Then on with the Pit painting - still more work to do but getting there Peter 1
c.smith10 Posted April 13, 2013 Posted April 13, 2013 Great start, really like your green screens in the pit
Mozzy19 Posted April 13, 2013 Posted April 13, 2013 Nice start. You seem to be the only one with progress so far. Which reminds me, I've got to start my 2 entries sometime in the near future... Sean
Peter Marshall Posted April 14, 2013 Author Posted April 14, 2013 A couple of hours work today, and the cockpit's done Peter 1
Mike Mcellaney Posted April 14, 2013 Posted April 14, 2013 Nice progress on this Peter, does look like it goes together a lot better the the Hasegawa one
Peter Marshall Posted April 18, 2013 Author Posted April 18, 2013 Day off so a bit more done - first up the windscreen complete with tiny PE pilot's grab handle Then the jigsaw of panels for the gun cover and the bottom plate. Not terrible fit, but the bottom plate is a bit of a trial, quite a lot of CA and talc to bridge gaps, followed by Mr Surfacer Peter
Peter Marshall Posted April 19, 2013 Author Posted April 19, 2013 Today's work - first cleaning up the panel lines / rivets and then adding the nose, which needed a dab of filler Then building up the wings, which is decision time - this time it's flaps and slats up and wings back Then making up the intake ramps and the rest of the underside Finally for today, sprayed the glossy white for the intake ducting Peter
Peter Marshall Posted April 20, 2013 Author Posted April 20, 2013 Today's work - Intakes done with hardly visible engines Then joining the two fuselage halves - lots of berna clamps in evidence but it does fit with a little help Joined the nose to the fuselage Finally added the rudders and slotted the stabs in place but they are still removable to allow for easier painting later Peter
Shalako Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 The cockpit looks fantastic!! Can't wait to see what you're going to achieve with the paint scheme!!! Cheers Sernak
Peter Marshall Posted April 21, 2013 Author Posted April 21, 2013 A bit more done today - first sorted out the small step where the nose section joins the rear section. Then sprayed the wheel wells, and added the Pheonix pallettes and the pylons - ready for masking and primer next week Peter
Digital Genocide Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 Aires stuff looks great, that's some seriously nice work on the pit. A good overall size as well in 1/48, I have the Revell f-14a in 1/32 and it's bloody mahooosive, reckon I could make a half decent toboggan out of the lower fuselage..................... now the suns come out! Great work ATB Jase.
Peter Marshall Posted April 27, 2013 Author Posted April 27, 2013 Today's work on the Tomcat - first up masking off all the intakes and wheel wells Then on with some primer, and rubbed back Sprayed the Aluminium leading edges of the fins and wings. Masked off the aluminium, then sprayed the wing gloves Peter
Peter Marshall Posted April 28, 2013 Author Posted April 28, 2013 More done - first masking off the wing gloves Then 90mins of pre-shading.... Then 90mins of spraying a bottle and a half of Gunze light gull grey 1
Parabat Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Looking good, really coming to life now. One thing, if I may, I think what you are calling wing gloves are actually the inflatable 'bags', the glove part being forward of the wing, sandwiching it.
robw_uk Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 nice one... I have the 1/72 hobby boss jkit and may do the sundowner scheme too.... having said that it has the VF41 (white tail, red stripe, ace of spades) and VF84 (white tail yellow stripes) in too... think the matchbox kit I built when I was a kid was the same markings oohhh decisions.... qq - cockpit colour - what grey is that? looks a lot lighter to my usual "mid grey".... cheers
Peter Marshall Posted May 2, 2013 Author Posted May 2, 2013 The cockpit it painted with Aircraft Grey ( i think it's Gunze H57 without checking). HTH Peter
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