tomthounaojam Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) Hi Guys, Recently after building Fujimi's F-14 I was left with many spare parts and some decals and stencils. As I look at my self in the extreme corner there is this F-14 full with cobweb after cleaning i found out it was made many years ago when I was new to scale modelling and there were many missing parts as well. So, one weekend I stripped all the paint and un assembled it there were which parts which were borrowed from Fujimi and some were scratch build, some parts are still missing tho like wee parts like pitot tube and some other parts. The canopy were all messed as I used to super glue and it was clear parts all fogged up so I carefully sand it and with polishing agent somehow brought some shine back. I use Mr.color white and black with brown to get the gull gray, hope it is similar to the real one. Once the painting is done, I applied the conspicuous marking Jolly Roger again. I hope, I did a decent restoration to this my early build, still at my learning curve and it not the best F-14 in the world but a dear one with me. The last picture is my recent Fujimi F-14. Thank you for watching and any feedback welcome. Cheers Edited February 25, 2020 by tomthounaojam 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Mmmm, tomcats 🤗 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tony Oliver said: Mmmm, tomcats 🤗 Thank you, Tony. Your work are source of an inspirations. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dec0da Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 looks like a good save sir 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 When I restore mine, they get put on the street shelf as gate guards. That is a very nice restoration, do you have a before picture? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Dec0da said: looks like a good save sir 👍 Thanks, Mate 53 minutes ago, busnproplinerfan said: When I restore mine, they get put on the street shelf as gate guards. That is a very nice restoration, do you have a before picture? Thank you, Bud. This one was in Fictitious Ferris camo, which was it second paint first one don't have the picture with me right now have to check my old drive, will share later. How I disassembled it, removing the paints were a tedious task. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Great way to recycle to. Most just throw it in the garbage. I used to do this with semi truck models when they were expensive before the reissues came out. Always liked doing restorations more than new kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 That last photo of the disassembled wreckage really shows hoe dedication and a lot of elbow grease has worked wonders with the ol' pussycat! Good work! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Nice restoration job and a great result - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 17 hours ago, busnproplinerfan said: Great way to recycle to. Most just throw it in the garbage. I used to do this with semi truck models when they were expensive before the reissues came out. Always liked doing restorations more than new kits. In last few years, I tried saving some of models which surely could have end up in garbage for sure. I have some few models at different stage of restoration some may take longer due to nature of problem. Thank you. 9 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: That last photo of the disassembled wreckage really shows hoe dedication and a lot of elbow grease has worked wonders with the ol' pussycat! Good work! Kind regards, Joachim Thanks, Joachim, Indeed it was tedious task, sometime it take so much time to clean it that you sometime feel it not worth restoring but kits are precious and little bit of patience you give those old models a new life Thank you for appreciating my affords. Cheers 8 hours ago, Vultures1 said: Nice restoration job and a great result - well done! Thank Bud, cheers 4 hours ago, RMCS said: Fantastic Thanks, Mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Very nice job on that Tom, it really looks the goods, all the more so knowing how much of yourself has gone into it. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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