ZHOU Kun Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Different tones of gray applied, still need to high light the edges between different colors 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 I used Gunze GSI paint for most of the painting work. I started to painted various smaller parts after painting the three main camoflage tones. The first to paint is the red edges on the slats and trailing edge flaps. And this is what it look like under the sun 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Painting of airbags and fairings for afterburner cans. For the airbags, i used gunship gray. For the fairings, i added black and super stainless steel into gunship gray. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 It's time to put the big cat in front of a sky-and-water background again! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 it is time to move onto some silver parts: is it supposed to be anti ice devices in the leading edge of slats and engine intake cowls? Also the pitot tube, gun vent and muzzle is painted with silver https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/mw1024/5140406agy1gh71lkq34uj21hc0u07ba.jpg 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 The in-flight-trio in my cupboard: it is a real fun to build aircraft models as they are in flight, rather than be on the ground 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, ZHOU Kun said: The in-flight-trio in my cupboard: it is a real fun to build aircraft models as they are in flight, rather than be on the ground Those look terrific, nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ2016 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Top job mate, really good detail !! You've given me a great idea to double my display cabinet space !! Cheers JJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarawakia Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Looks really good. Can't wait for the finished cat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 That is very smart work, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Took out the digital camera and shot again! This time it looked good... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasosrr Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Wow, simply wow. I can't believe I didn't see this build sooner. Brilliant modelling and great presentation. Keep up the fantastic work that you do, I look forward to seeing it complete. Nasos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 28/07/2020 at 17:54, ZHOU Kun said: The in-flight-trio in my cupboard: it is a real fun to build aircraft models as they are in flight, rather than be on the ground I thought it was a real plane photo! 👍 Beautiful work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 have been busy weathering and adding different colors to various areas 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Unusual way of displaying a Tomcat, I really like it! Your other builds look great too, thanks for sharing your fine collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 wow! looks lively and fantastic! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Adding some scratches on the upper surface of trailing edge flaps. Ref: DACO's Uncovering the Grumman F-14A/B/D Tomcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Adding the oil drain and leak effect to the bottom of nacelles The dust effect above fuselage has been improved 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Fantastic work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 A thinned gloss coat (made up of Mr Color 181 and Mr Color 46) was applied to the fuselage to seal and secure all the oil paints. One more step closer to decal work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Decals are on the way. AMK provided a 5 painting schemes and I chose VF-213 NH100 at February 2002. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 AMK kit has provided Furball Aero Design decals, they are thin, soft. The decals reacts decently with Gunze Mr. Mark Softer. I worked a day applying all the decals for the airframe, the outcome seems good. Now the airframe is almost complete, except for some small parts (the pitot tubes, air data sensors, anti collision lights and navigation lights) With the wings at minimum sweep angle, the Super Tomcat can barely be fitted into a 35cm depth cupboard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) The fitting of AMK's Tomcat kit was of course inferior to its Tamiya counterpart, yet it has a lot more details provided. It has slats, flaps, airbrakes. It does have shape issue with nose section and rear fuselage, yet can be fixed with a file and some epoxy putties. Most of the fitting problems can be solved by doing more test fitting, yet I still had problem with the part where the nose and center fuselage joins. This problem also brought about fitting issues when you wanted to close the canopy. As fore the fittings for landing gear struts: I glued the main gear strut in place with its side strut plugged into the hole on the outside of intake trunk, yet had to leave the drag strut not contacting anything (it was intened to be fitted to the pivot fitting). As for nose wheels, the AMK wheels were too small when compared to Tamiya wheels, so I replaced them with two Tamiya nose wheels. The fitting of landing gear doors did not go OK when test fitting but surprisingly went okay when I glued them. I just align them along the hinge line and the hinge fitted into the bay without much difficulty Edited August 20, 2020 by ZHOU Kun 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 The IRST/TCS dual chin pod. IRST dome was polished with Tamiya Polishing Compound, while the seam between two halves has not been treated carefully, it is a pity the navigation lights on the wing box did not fit well with the pit, some sanding was done. The port navigation lights were painted red while the starboard ones was painted with dark clear red. all paints comes from Mr. Color by GSI. On the starboard side of nose, there are also total temperature probe, pitot tube and angle-of-attack probe. All were painted with GSI's Super Metallic Stainless Steel, covered with a thin layer of clear orange to achieve a titanium like finish The port side of nose: two different AOA probes and a pitot tube was added, all were painted with Stainless Steel with a thin layer of clear orange covering. Note the yaw string, which was made of a tooth brush hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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