Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) To fill in some time for when the heron is put to the side (although it will be coming back shortly), I decided to start a kit that I had heard good about, and that is the Revell 1/144 F14 D 'Super Tomcat' Im not the biggest fan of fast jets, but i decided to give this a go. I had always thought that the F14 was a little over rated, but now i know why, it is an absolutely gorgeous aircraft. Despite the small scale of this kit, the engineering of this is fantastic, no fitting issues, no filler (apart from filling in some heavy handedness from my blade) and not hardly any join seams. Now being a small kit, its been quite a quick build, i started the kit on Monday afternoon, and now it is all pre-shaded ready for paint. Cockpit The only issue i have with the kit at the moment, is that the side instrument panels are ever-so-slightly over scale and it has good amount of detail. The build Like i mentioned earlier, absolutely no problem with this one, it went together like brickwork. I have decided to make this one in flight, so i drilled a little hole in the nottom of the plane to place a piece of sprue to act like a stand. Here yo can see the starts of a stand... it is mostly built by now. And, with another stand, I'm probably gonna change it to something better, but for now it is fine. Edited July 8, 2020 by Westlandaircraftenthusiast 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Looking good...you must work for Hels ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, junglierating said: Looking good...you must work for Hels ? Thanks mate, and no I don't, I'm not even sure what Hels is 😂 I am 16, just finished school😂 Edited July 9, 2020 by Westlandaircraftenthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Westlandaircraftenthusiast said: Thanks mate, and no I don't, I'm not even sure what Hels is 😂 I am 16, just finished school😂 Leonardo Helicopters LH (Westland) personally I work for the better part of Leonardo although strangely I live spitting distance from LH Edited July 9, 2020 by junglierating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Oh, never heard of it being called Hels before, i did suspect that you were talking about Leo. I did try sign up to start up an apprenticeship there this year but they never got back to me, I decided to go to Yeo College as a backup and do an engineering course there. Hopefully i might be able to get in there next year, it worth another try. An update on the F 14, been given its underside and side colours, just the top to do. Edited July 9, 2020 by Westlandaircraftenthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Update on the tomcat, Its fully painted, with some issues along the way of course. The 3 shades of grey are not has prominent as i originally thought, but can be seen in the right angles and lighting. Now it is me being an idiot, i painted the places that would be hidden from the swing black, I then sprayed hairspray on the area to create a scraped look (i later learned that this wasn't seen on the real aircraft) and for some reason, my brain thought not to gloss the area before hand to protect the paint, and I'm not sure why this happened, but i wiped the wing with my finger by accident and the paint went back to the plastic. but that is in the past and it has been resolved. I did mix up some grey (isn't the exact same) so i decided to go over some panels to create worn/replaced panels. It will be hard to pick the change up in the picture, but the new grey is only slightly noticeable in real life. It is now all glossed ready for decals. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Neat work so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Very nice! What squadron / colors can we expect? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, exdraken said: Very nice! What squadron / colors can we expect? Thanks, I will be doing a Black lions scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 All decalled up apart from the weapons, not much to say, nice and thin, not easy to tear, they have conformed well so far (finished decalling about 30 mins ago) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Murdo said: Looking good! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 I finished the Tomcat on Saturday and i am really happy with the end result. The right hand side roundel did get destroyed sadly, (that was my own fault) so i had to replace it with a high vis roundel from the other scheme, which isn't to bad but is a bit of a bummer. So here it is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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