Habu12 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 OOB, Furball decals. A delight to build! 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomcevak Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 That’s a beautiful Tomcat! Nice weathering too. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Great work there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonf45 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Wow!!! that is incredible, beautiful build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 oh! that is a nice one and a very nice scheme! Swing wing seems to work nice as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 i see what you did there. -d- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 That is very impressive indeed, great to see so many of these builds appearing with a truly buildable and accurate Tomcat. The weathering looks brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Lovely! Do you have friends at furball as the ‘part 5’ sheet where I assume these markings came from has only just come out? edit PS I hope you used the fishbowl scope for the RIO? Not visible in pics. Also don’t think this early nineties D would have the GPS dome on the spine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Oh yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Love it what a beaut. Cracking build and finish absolutely top notch 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtickWarspite Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Very nice build with some excellent weathering! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The weathering on US Navy aircraft always intimidates me. I think mine will have to be done fresh off the line! Top work, and very very convincing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hits all the spots. Nice one. Dick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra1922 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) Hi there, Really great work, could you give a brief summary of your weathering technique? I love the subtlety of this one and I'm stating work on one of these shortly. Z Edited August 29, 2018 by Zebra1922 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 2:44 PM, Tony Oliver said: Lovely! Do you have friends at furball as the ‘part 5’ sheet where I assume these markings came from has only just come out? edit PS I hope you used the fishbowl scope for the RIO? Not visible in pics. Also don’t think this early nineties D would have the GPS dome on the spine? It’s mid-90s, after the PTIDS upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Zebra1922 said: Hi there, Really great work, could you give a brief summary of your weathering technique? I love the subtlety of this one and I'm stating work on one of these shortly. Z Thanks! Nothing special really. However, for tomcats, I do some haphazard preshadong, followed by the base color, and focus on post shading with a lighter color. My wash is The Detailer water based wash, and almost all the rest of my weathering is done with Tamiya weathering sets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 23 hours ago, Habu12 said: It’s mid-90s, after the PTIDS upgrade. Is that what the furball sheet says? Because in the e book, (detail & scale) presumably where they got the info from, is the exact photo of this jet - crew names match - dated March 92. Which makes sense as vf31 had just transitioned to the D and this is a low viz variation of the scheme they carried on the Forrestal for several years (red boards on tails) So much so that in the picture of this jet on page 157 of said e book it even has a 35237 nose (vertical demarcation, not just the radome) in homage to the old scheme which surprisingly Furball missed. VF 31 got the PTID screen & GPS bump updates in 97 or so and did their first proper cruise with those mods in 98 - for that they were on the ABE LINC. They were only on the Vinson till 96. Hope that helps. PS may email furball about the nose of this jet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danntheman Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Now that is modelling that I aspire to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 A fantastic model - your weathering is superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Outstanding! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 that is superb. Very well done indeed and good photos too Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Cracking build , its a real beauty ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Tony Oliver said: Is that what the furball sheet says? Because in the e book, (detail & scale) presumably where they got the info from, is the exact photo of this jet - crew names match - dated March 92. Which makes sense as vf31 had just transitioned to the D and this is a low viz variation of the scheme they carried on the Forrestal for several years (red boards on tails) So much so that in the picture of this jet on page 157 of said e book it even has a 35237 nose (vertical demarcation, not just the radome) in homage to the old scheme which surprisingly Furball missed. VF 31 got the PTID/GPS updates in 97 or so and did their first proper cruise with those mods in 98 - for that they were on the ABE LINC. They were only on the Vinson till 96. Hope that helps. PS may email furball about the nose of this jet. No the FB sheet didn't have that. Either way, I don't care. So it may not have had the PTIDS at the time. The D&S didn't have specific info either. So I interpolated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra1922 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 13 hours ago, Habu12 said: No the FB sheet didn't have that. Either way, I don't care. So it may not have had the PTIDS at the time. The D&S didn't have specific info either. So I interpolated. This. Your model, your choice. Who the heck cares if it's 100% accurate or not? Well clearly some people but not me for mine or anyone else models for that matter. I also find it strange why anyone would come onto a thread of a frankly superb model and start nitpicking. Poor form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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