madcat911 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi gents, Here’s my entry for this group build. I’ll be building Academy’s new Tomcat with decals robbed from a previous iteration of this jet from the same company. Should everything go to plan it’ll be done in the markings of either Fast Eagle 101 or 107 which were involved in the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident. Mark 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Got to love a Tomcat, very popular in this GB! Great choice. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Let’s begin shall we? Started by removing the cockpit parts from the sprue and cleaning them up in preparation for paint. This is just a dry fit. Mark Edited February 17, 2020 by madcat911 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Nice one mate its a great kit. Just watch out for raised pin marks on the back or inside of some parts which can affect alignment. Apart from that it goes together lovely. Are you happy with which parts from the kit to use to depict one of these jets? Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 9 hours ago, Tony Oliver said: Nice one mate its a great kit. Just watch out for raised pin marks on the back or inside of some parts which can affect alignment. Apart from that it goes together lovely. Are you happy with which parts from the kit to use to depict one of these jets? Tony. Thanks for the tips mate. Both Fast Eagle 102 (BuNo 160403) and 107 (BuNo 160390) were block 95 jets. So no ECM blisters on the wing gloves and beaver tail, standard gun vent, standard A main wheels, L-shaped tail braces, early non-TCS chin pod, no GPS dome and short TACAN antenna on the spine. Good thing is that this is a Swiss Army knife kit of the Tomcat so most variants can be built OOB. Shame that they don’t include the SJU-17 NACES seats for the D. Mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Some work done over the weekend. Did up the cockpit. The consoles were decaled but the IPs were painted. The provided IP decals weren’t sized correctly so out came the hairy stick. Mark 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Looks good. Did you sand off some of the details before using decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Nice ‘pit. AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Nice clean work you have there looking very good. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/24/2020 at 2:17 PM, Tony Oliver said: Looks good. Did you sand off some of the details before using decals? Not at all. The decals laid nicely over the molded details. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 Did some work on the weapons today. Specifically the Sidewinders. The kit items lacked rolleron detail. So I scratched some using 0.2mm plasticard. Mark 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Getting some paint on the weapons. Mark 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 ⬆️ Tidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Top job so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 You've made good progress on this - I particularly like the cockpit detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Quick update. Got the fuselage together. Mark 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) Coming along very well. Really do like the way that the decals fitted the instrument panel, usually the kit decals do not fit that well if, at all.. Edited March 25, 2020 by Jabba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Getting the camouflage on. Used Mr Color 315 Light Gull Grey FS36440. Mark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Nice Mark mate. Just be careful it doesn’t end up looking like it was made in Scotland with tartan paint. That’s the danger when preshading every panel line the same. Give black basing a try next time, ie just use a black primer then build up your colour from there to add variation. One less stage of painting too by not having to do grey then a preshade. I have been using black stynylrez for the past few years now to prime and a base for paint. Tony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 Starting on the decals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 Finished the decals in a marathon session yesterday. Cartograf decals were easy to work with as usual. Mark 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Did the seats today. 1/72 is really too small for me! Can’t wait to hop back to 1/48 after this. Mark 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 nice work on those seats! ciao Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 6 hours ago, madcat911 said: Did the seats today Look great. What are those? They look like stock seats with added belts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Tony Oliver said: Look great. What are those? They look like stock seats with added belts? Thanks. These were the stock seats with Fine Molds plastic seat belts added. https://1999.co.jp/eng/10311649 Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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