Bstarr3 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I started a WIP thread on this one, but ran out of initiative to keep up with posting photos. First a couple shots of the finished kit. Mission Models paint and kit decals for VF-84 CAG. Modified to be displayed in flight. Then the magic part: chicken wire and cotton wool to build a vapor cone as the ship transits the sound barrier. It doesn't look exactly like the reference photos, but I'm really pleased with how it came out! Comments and criticisms welcome. Thanks for looking! 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggie78usmc Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 That's so Awesome!!! love the effects and the kit! I'm on my second tamiya tomcat and it is the best kit i've ever put together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Beautiful Tomcat and very creative display. How did you shape what appear to be acrylic rods to create the stand? I'm studying ways to put models on stands and yours looks very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, SAT69 said: Beautiful Tomcat and very creative display. How did you shape what appear to be acrylic rods to create the stand? I'm studying ways to put models on stands and yours looks very good. Thank you. Yes they are 10mm acrylic rods I bought on Amazon. I softened them with a heat gun (tried a hair dryer but it wasn't hot enough so went out and bought the heat gun) and bent by hand. I also glued some styrene tube with a 12mm ID into the exhaust port, which accepts the rod and keeps the strain off the kit nozzles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 34 minutes ago, reggie78usmc said: That's so Awesome!!! love the effects and the kit! I'm on my second tamiya tomcat and it is the best kit i've ever put together Thank you! Agree its a very nice kit. My best ever probably still goes to the Tamiya 1/32 Mossie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 That’s a great idea and it looks good . In my opinion I’d loose the cotton wool at the end of your rods as it detracts from the main idea. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Wow! Very nicely built kit underneath but that vapour cone is something else. Original and inspired, and looks amazing! Edited July 17, 2020 by Vlad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Love it, that's fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 hours ago, speedy said: In my opinion I’d loose the cotton wool at the end of your rods as it detracts from the main idea. Agreed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Tony Oliver said: Agreed Thanks both. I don't love the base, actually. Its my first time trying watercolor paper as a sea base, since I was going for a high altitude effect. I was trying to go for the effect of some clouds far below, but I agree that it's unconvincing. I finally left that one because it covers up a sloppy area where the rods go into the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepwalker Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Holy 🦆! You nailed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I remember seeing these in Stokes Bay in 1980 :). Not my scale but a nice, different build. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Wow, what a very eye catching piece that is, very effective use of the cotton wool as well. Is it easily removed if you want to display it looking clean? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Vlad said: Wow! Very nicely built kit underneath but that vapour cone is something else. Original and inspired, and looks amazing! What Vlad said...superb work sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Booty003 said: Wow, what a very eye catching piece that is, very effective use of the cotton wool as well. Is it easily removed if you want to display it looking clean? Thank you. It is theoretically removable, although a lot of the stuff closer to the plane is just sort of stuffed in and not affixed in any way, so I'd have to rebuild it if I wanted to remove and replace it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Ingenious display! Very nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Fantastic model and great cloid catching effect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Holy Moly!!!😳😍🤩👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Very effective 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 Thanks all for words of praise! It is now officially an award winning model, as I have been awarded "Most Creative" in a Mission Models/Spray gunner hosted Facebook contest! My first time entering anything for competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Gutsiest move I ever saw, Mav Very brave to do that to such an expensive kit! Also great to win a prize for creativity, well done 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Fantastic display very effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Congratulation for the award, well deserved. A very creative idea, superbly executed. Cheers Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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