Ale85 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) This is my latest build: a Tamiya's 1/48th scale F-14D Tomcat. It's a great kit, with superb fit and smart assembly, i had lot of fun building it! Kit built OOB, with some details from Eduard PE and KA Models exhaust nozzels. Painted with Gunze's Acryl Paint (h-307, H-308, H-337). So, let's start the photogalley: Ciao Ale Edited September 2, 2019 by Ale85 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSimps74 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Beautiful Turkey Ale! For me the perfect amount of weathering, great job!! Maybe grim reapers tomcats didn’t go on cruise, I don’t know, but I always like their cleanish schemes, esp gunfighter 160 nice one, matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Bravo! Outstanding work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Very smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Very smart, and great to hear that you enjoyed building it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Thanks to all! ciao Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 What a cracker,great finish with that weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 That's a cracking finish. How did the kit's decals perform please? Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex SZ1996 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 it looks good. the weathering makes it more 'alive'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 10 hours ago, redcap said: That's a cracking finish. How did the kit's decals perform please? Gary They are good, I had a little trouble only with the sharkmouth. ciao Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Excellent news - thanks Ale. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_ Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Awesome, love the weathering! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Thanks to all, i'm happy you loved my Cat! ciao Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knb.1451 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 9/2/2019 at 8:30 AM, MattSimps74 said: Beautiful Turkey Ale! For me the perfect amount of weathering, great job!! Maybe grim reapers tomcats didn’t go on cruise, I don’t know, but I always like their cleanish schemes, esp gunfighter 160 nice one, matt This is true, VF-101 is what is known as a RAG or replacement air group. They trained the combat pilots and maintenance crews. I should know, I was with VFA101. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antb Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Lovely build! I've one in the stash and love the scheme, your build is great. Love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 A great build and finish! Having built the "A" version of this kit earlier this year I 'm sure you enjoyed the engineering that produced such an easy fit. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Sweet job! Maybe I should convince my father to build a F-14 in the near future, would be a nice addition to our IIAF collection...😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Very nice indeed! Excellent Tomcat sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_ Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Congrats on a great build/finish. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 12:35 PM, FortyEighter said: A great build and finish! Having built the "A" version of this kit earlier this year I 'm sure you enjoyed the engineering that produced such an easy fit. Mike i really enjoyed this kit; and now i start to build an A, i really love the Tamiya cat! ciao Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 That's a mighty good looking Tomcat! The weathering is just right. Quick question about the exhausts - typically when parked the starboard exhaust would be closed and the port open. "Typically" being the operative word as the mechs working on it would open or close both depending on the work they were doing so you would find Tomcats parked in all exhaust nozzle configurations. Was curious to your choice of both open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 That's always been one of my favourite schemes on the might 'Cat. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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