srkirad Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 As this year marks 50 years from the first flight of F-14 Tomcat, I've decided to give it a special homage with triple build of Revell's nicely moulded Tomcats in "mini" braillescale: 1 - F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) 2 - F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders 3 - F-14D, VF-101 Grim Reapers I will keep whole of the build(s) in one topic, as I work on all 3 kits at the same time. For the beginning, I've sprayed Mr. Surfacer 1500 Grey on parts that will be painted in white and grey (cockpit and landing gear bits), and won't cut off parts from sprue yet.. I think it will save me some time during this initial phase... Cheers, S. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Working slowly on these 3 kit(ten)s - cockpits were painted in Light Ghost Grey, and decals of instrument panels were positioned. Assembling of cockpits andfront fuselage halves is next step... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Which kits are you using for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Revell ones, they look pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 Fuselages are assembled - front (cockpit) and rear (with wings) sections. Seams are to be sanded a bit, and then I will glue them together. So far so good - wings are of course workable... F-14A "Jolly Rogers" F-14A "Ghostriders" F-14D "Grim Reapers" Family photo Cheers, S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 S, This has to be MY favorite build as TOMCATS are MY favorite Jets. seeing 3 Kittens and what you have done so far is SUPERB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 After a long time some photo update - I was building kits slowly during the year, so here we are - a step or two before primering phase... Cheers, S, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 A little update - kittens are primered (Mr. Surfacer 1500) and preshaded (RLM 66). Tails and fins on F-14A "Final Countdown" and F-14D are painted in black... F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders F-14D, VF-101 Grim Reapers Cheers, S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 After a while I've continued painting on "kittens". F-14As received white color on undersides and on flapses F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders Next one for paintjob is F-14D, lightest of three shades of grey... Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 I've managed to put some more colors on kittens F-14D, VF-101 Grim Reapers - painted undersides in Light Ghost Grey F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders - painted yellow tips on underside fins Few more shades of grey to follow soon... Cheers, S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 F-14D received two other camouflage greys - Dark Ghost Grey on front fuselage part and on intake sides, and Blue Grey on upper surfaces and rear fuselage. On photos these two are very similar and unrecognisable, but in real life there are some differences... Next step on this one is black area around cockpit - from nose to rear back... Cheers, S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 New year, and new steps... on old kits Today I've sprayed Light Gull Grey on two F-14As... F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders And "the family" at the current state... Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 All 3 kittens received black antiglare surfaces... F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders F-14D, VF-101 Grim Reapers Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Looking very sharp. I think I have two of these in the stash that may get dusted off this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Today I've started with decaling. First one is finished, two other kittens will be more colorful too in following days F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) Cheers, S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 Second one is finished with decals - I had problems with them as they were very prone to breaking so I gave up decals on missiles - I will paint those stripes with thin brush... F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Superb sk , love the jr "A" , nicley painted👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 And finally the end of decaling saga! Revell missed two decals for vertical tails - red tops - they gave only 2 decals and you need 4. Oh well, paintbrush is always at the disposal Also, accidentally I broke off pitot tube, but it will be replaced with thin wire. F-14D, VF-101 Grim Reapers Cheers, S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Wash was applied on all three 'cats... F-14A, VF-84 Jolly Rogers ("Final Countdown" movie) F-14A, VF-142 Ghostriders F-14D, VF-101 Grim Reapers Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now