Stephen Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Built from the amazing Tamiya kit with decals from Fightertown Decals "Tomcats at War part 1 " sheet paints for the main colours were Mr Paint , the exhaust nozzles were from KA Models. Edited October 16, 2018 by Stephen 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hi Stephen, No pic`s here just: <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/157590838@N06/43544697160/in/dateposted-public/" title="20180929_134206"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/43544697160_cb94bf2726_n.jpg" width="320" height="156" alt="20180929_134206"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, russ c said: Hi Stephen, No pic`s here just: <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/157590838@N06/43544697160/in/dateposted-public/" title="20180929_134206"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/43544697160_cb94bf2726_n.jpg" width="320" height="156" alt="20180929_134206"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Apologies for that, I hadn't used Flickr in so long I forgot what to do. It just reminds me why I don't post more stuff as it's such a nuisance compared to uploading directly on to Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Cracking build love the weathering lovely tribute to this long gone fighter 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Excellent Tomcat there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Very nice, lovely subtle weathering. I've seen a few F-14's with the refueling probe door not fitted, do you know the reason why this was done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tbolt said: Very nice, lovely subtle weathering. I've seen a few F-14's with the refueling probe door not fitted, do you know the reason why this was done? The door is removed due to a danger of it being struck by the refuelling basket , breaking off and damaging the aircraft worst case it would go down an intake . The Iranian Air Force dispensed with the door entirely for their fleet and the USN tended to do it during combat operations . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Really Great cat here ! And impressive weathering ! Congratulations !! Sincerely. Corsaircorp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 That is really amazing! Fantastic job. How did you like the exhausts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Lovely weathering - thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Nice one mate! What colours did you use from Mr Paint? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIGHTS ON Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Stunningbuild, and yet another example of why I am going to have to eventually give in to the price and get one of these kits. Definitely the "D" as you have done I think 3 hours ago, Tbolt said: Very nice, lovely subtle weathering. I've seen a few F-14's with the refueling probe door not fitted, do you know the reason why this was done? 2 hours ago, Stephen said: The door is removed due to a danger of it being struck by the refuelling basket , breaking off and damaging the aircraft worst case it would go down an intake . The Iranian Air Force dispensed with the door entirely for their fleet and the USN tended to do it during combat operations . and in addition to Stephens answer, VFA-31 also removed the refuelling door on their Super Hornets in 2008/9 (?) for their Persian Gulf deployment. Same reason I understand, the USAF KC-135 basket attachment on their refuelling hose, frequent smash, break door, ingest into engine = bad news 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Absolutely superb Tomcat. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, whiskey said: That is really amazing! Fantastic job. How did you like the exhausts? Thanks, the exhausts are superb. You have to sand the rim of the kit exhaust as it has a lip that the kit nozzle fits on to but that's 5 minutes of work. The KA nozzles fit right on and have great detail, they're very easy to use. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 48 minutes ago, DaveJL said: Nice one mate! What colours did you use from Mr Paint? Thanks, the colours are the standard TPS scheme FS35237, FS36320 and FS36375. They were all lightened by various degrees during application then I used the standard colours straight out of the bottle for the areas which would be frequently touched up such as access panels . The kit took far longer to paint than to build. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29Triplex Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Terrific Tomcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 top Felix Tomcat job!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Lovley finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Wow that's good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Beautiful looking bird. Can you position the wing sweep on the Tamiya one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashellis Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Topcat!! Great finish on the paint and weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Melo Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 That's a superb job! I always knew grey jets could be sexy but you've taken that to another level. What a result! Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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