Marco1965 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 The F-14 Tomcat came into my life with "The Final Countdown", and I felt quite sad to see it go a decade ago. Therefore I decided, as a little tribute, to assemble one of the last combat cruise Tomcats. Hasegawa issued the F-14D Last Combat Cruise in 1/72, that includes two conmemorative schemes of VF-213: AJ 213 and AJ201. I decided to represent AJ201 as I wanted to have a Tomcat that was closer to combat scheme, not with the shiny blue all over it. The kit is quite accurate for a D, I used resin seats though as the seats provided lack detail, then you have to sand off some antennae around the wing roots not typical of a D, and the decals had some mistakes on them (as letters missing from some stencils...). I had some issues with the decal sheet as they were quite old, too. But maybe the most demanding part is getting rid of dozens and dozens of ejection pin marks. But well, that said, the kit is very nice. Kit provides only an AN/AAQ14 targeting pod, you have to buy some additional Hasegawa weapons sets if you want the 500pd GBUs typically used in the last missions over Iraq in 2005, or the lonely Sidewinder hanging from the left rail. Most of the assembly is OOB, painted as per instructions excepting the dark area around the cockpit, which was Dark Sea Blue (not insignia blue) and left the canopy frame in Light Ghost Gray. Hope that you like it. Marco 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Great looking Tomcat 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Very nice Tomcat It's still one of my favourite aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 An excellent tribute to the Cat! I had to check the text to realise that it's, in fact, 1:72… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Wow, great-looking Tomcat! Love the weathered 'last cruise' look to the finish - top job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Great Tomcat, love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 11 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: An excellent tribute to the Cat! I had to check the text to realise that it's, in fact, 1:72… I had to do a double take myself! It's absolutely gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Your painting has really brought it to life. Lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Nice Cat - looks top notch. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Looks nice! Superb! Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I thought it was the Tamiya 1/32, great work in 1/72 stunning finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Absolutely Splendiferous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Very nice tomcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon382 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Very nice result of what is my all time favourite aircraft. If you enjoy making Cats treat yourself to the 1/48 offering from Tamiya, it's an amazing kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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