Popular Post Jos Jansen 426 Posted January 3 Popular Post Share Posted January 3 Hello fellow modelers, On New-Years eve I had the roll-out of my recently build model, Tamiya 1/48 F-14A Tomcat kit from the VF-84 Jolly Rogers...FEAR THE BONES !! It was a joy to build this shake-and-bake kit from Tamiya, the only aftermarket stuff I used were: PE seatbelts STEEL No. 49806 from Eduard; F-14 Alfa Probe AM-48-007 from Master-Model. I used my favorite paint, Gunze Aqueous: Grey FS16440 H315 - 10ml; Insignia White (FS17875) H316 - 10ml. For the panel lines, I used the PLW from AMMO: For the grey color: A.MIG-1602 Panel Line Wash - Deep Grey For the bottom Insignia White: A.MIG-1601 Panel Line Wash - Medium Grey For some subtle oil streaking, I used the oil paints from Abteiling 501: Black ABT110 - 20ml Raw Umber ABT007 - 20ml Enjoy the reveal pics and for everybody around the globe...Happy New Year ! Cheer, Jos 73 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon J 182 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Stunning build and superbly finished Tomcat. I love it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Farmerboy 1,066 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 There have been a few Tamiya F14’s shown on BM recently, all superb, your model takes that to the next level, l agree it’s an easy build but your finish and attention to detail is stunning, good job! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Filbert_Wang 211 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Absolutely stunning work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fox1_BE 259 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 What a beauty Jos - excellent paint job 1 Link to post Share on other sites
swralph 1,797 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Excellent build and weathering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
binbrook87 2,271 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Wow! Now that is very special indeed. One of the best Tomcat models I've seen. The paintwork is flawless. And I agree with you.... Gunze Aqueous is excellent 1 Link to post Share on other sites
t15dja 621 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Wonderful Tomcat, Jos, one to be really proud of. I'm just about to build Tamiya's other F-14A - the venerable 1/32 version - in the same scheme as yours. I always have trouble with the flat coat with my models, after first glossing and decaling. Your finish is flawless.....can I ask what product you used for your top flat coat please? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SAT69 2,376 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 7 hours ago, Farmerboy said: There have been a few Tamiya F14’s shown on BM recently, all superb, your model takes that to the next level, l agree it’s an easy build but your finish and attention to detail is stunning, good job! I second that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jos Jansen 426 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 16 hours ago, RMCS said: Outstanding Thanks RMCS...! Link to post Share on other sites
Jos Jansen 426 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 14 hours ago, Gordon J said: Stunning build and superbly finished Tomcat. I love it. 7 hours ago, Farmerboy said: There have been a few Tamiya F14’s shown on BM recently, all superb, your model takes that to the next level, l agree it’s an easy build but your finish and attention to detail is stunning, good job! 6 hours ago, Filbert_Wang said: Absolutely stunning work! 6 hours ago, fox1_BE said: What a beauty Jos - excellent paint job 5 hours ago, swralph said: Excellent build and weathering. 5 hours ago, binbrook87 said: Wow! Now that is very special indeed. One of the best Tomcat models I've seen. The paintwork is flawless. And I agree with you.... Gunze Aqueous is excellent 2 hours ago, t15dja said: Wonderful Tomcat, Jos, one to be really proud of. I'm just about to build Tamiya's other F-14A - the venerable 1/32 version - in the same scheme as yours. I always have trouble with the flat coat with my models, after first glossing and decaling. Your finish is flawless.....can I ask what product you used for your top flat coat please? 29 minutes ago, SAT69 said: I second that! Many thanks guys for your overwhelming kind and supporting words...! @t15dja I use a 50/50 mix from HATAKA; XP07 Matt Laquer Clear Coat and XP08 Satin Laquer Clear Coat...IMHO a real spot-on matt coat, and super strong! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
phildagreek 3,594 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Superb. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyg352 127 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 At first I was going to say that it was an actual aircraft but photoshopped to make it look like a model! Flipping stunning work! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Dyck 2,714 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 An excellent piece of art! My congratulations! Looks really perfect! Cheers Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Vultures1 1,766 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Outstanding Tomcat, truly superb. Well done! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
foxhandybread 43 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Good lord, that is really quite special. The radial weathering around the swing wings is something else. You could swap out the grey background with a photographic one and I bet no-one would be able to tell it wasn't a real aircraft. Great job. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gremlin 67 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 simply amazing, well done!!! cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erik Leijdens 821 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Amazing work once again Jos! Indeed the best F-14 out there! Clean and crisp build. “Rete strak” as we say in Dutch! Superb mate. erik 1 Link to post Share on other sites
theaa2000 284 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) Lovely work Jos! The finish is spot on. Can't wait to see what you have planned next! Edited January 4 by theaa2000 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Nocoolname 1,465 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Fantastic!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
matteo44 556 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Great work and excellent paintjob I like it! Very very nice! Congratulations 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Brantley 2,201 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 That's some beautiful scale modeling Jos! Great work on a modern classic! I redeemed a few Amazon gift cards that I had been hoarding and ordered this very kit; oh, to reach the standard you've set here! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kiseca 6 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 That looks really beautiful. I'm surprised how big the Phoenix missiles are. I mean, I shouldn't be, I know they are big, heavy missiles, but I'd never really had a visual clue until I saw the perspective in your first photo. I believe that the Tomcat could carry 6 of them, but couldn't land with 6 because it would be over the weight limit, so they never carried more than four because it beat dropping a couple of expensive, unused missiles in the ocean each mission. Not sure if that's actually true or just 80s style urban legend. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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