Pagey Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Hi All, Please find my recently completed Tamiya 1/48 Tomcat. This was an absolute joy to build. Tamiya's engineering on this kit was spot on. Extras included resin wheels, Photo etch for the cockpit and brassin seats. Also used a resin closed exhaust nozzle and a resin replacement for the beaver tail. I didnt want to have an F-14 with a perfectly clean paint finish as that would not look right to my eyes. I Tried to give it a weathered paint finish by painting the grey sections black, then used an AK paint mask to spray white splodge . then oversprayed this with the grey colour to get a weathered looking result. THe white sections were primed with white primer, the Paint mask used to spray light grey splodges and then white sprayed over the top. 20210710_160650 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20210710_154901 by Richard Page, on Flickr THe intake blanks and exhaust blanks were home made. i did buy resin intake blanks, but they were made for the Hasegawa kit and were too short (and I ended up loosing one inside the tomcat body. So I made my own and used the decals provided with the resin items to create the markings which are linked to the particular airframe (the VF number and aircraft number) I think one the intake blanks is a trimmed down gunbay access panel from a corsair and the other was made from a 1/32 tempest gunbay cover. DSC_0303 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0301 by Richard Page, on Flickr evidence of the mottled/weathered paintfinish (it is a bit more clearer in person DSC_0299 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0298 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0296 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0293 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0291 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0289 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0287 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0284 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0283 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0282 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0281 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0279 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0277 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0275 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0272 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0281 by Richard Page, on Flickr This is a big beast. a size comparison photo with a 1/48 FW190 and a 1/48 Spitfire IMG_20210727_154741 by Richard Page, on Flickr 49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 LOVE that! Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Fabulous work! What, no Zero for that last photo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto21 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Outstanding build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I think that you have nailed the weathering! Great looking F-14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Oh yes, really nice. Those masks work well in skilled hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 That is such a fantastic build. Wow! Those masks look a bit of a faff but boy they've made a difference to the finished results. Great work 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Great CAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Excellent Tomcat! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Great job, great paint and decalling work! Tomkitty at rest, in oversleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I am working on the Tamiya D, what great kits. Well done. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthspud Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Now thats an awesome finish. Gonna nick your idea for the weathering, not sure it'll work with a hairy stick but my one is only the Revell F14-D, so no lose either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjoo Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Nice technique for weathering. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagey Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 Thanks guys. I got the idea from a YouTube video. The flexible mask is really good and conforms to complex curves nicely. They were a lot of fun to used (you don't have to tape it in place) Rod - they are lovely kits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberleutnant Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Fantastic effort that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashellis Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Great F-14 Love the paintwork Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Very fine build & smart paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabo31 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Outstanding skill of your model and for me a reason more, only collect models. I will never got this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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