1/72 Hasegawa F-14A 'Splinter Cat'

[Dermo245]

Hi everyone and here's my latest finish, built for the Tomcat GB here on the forum.

The full build thread is here but to recap:

 

Kit:  04038 1/72 Hasegawa F-14A 'Atlantic Fleet Squadrons'

Build: OOB

Paints: Halfords plastic primer; Tamiya & Mr Hobby Acrylics; Klear; Flory Models wash.

Decals: Hi-Decals 72-051 for Iranian & Aggressor schemes

Extras: ACMI pod scratchbuilt; AIM-9 training round from spares

 

This was my first time building the Hasegawa kit and I found it a bit fiddly and over-engineered (if that's such a thing?!) The intake fit was a bit of a faff as was the front to rear fuselage. But happy how it turned out and like the scheme!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hasegawa_F-14_Tomcat_1_72_NSAWC_done (9) by dermot.moriarty, on Flickr

 

 

And now paired up with my Hornet Aggressor 

 

 

Thanks for looking, stay safe and happy modelling.

 

Dermot

 

 

Edited December 18, 2021 by Dermo245
Fixing photo links

[Farmerboy]

A masking masterpiece, good job.

[Rich G]

Great looking aggressor, superb work!

 

Rich

[Vultures1]

That's lovely work on your splinter scheme Tomcat - very well done!

[RMCS]

Stunning 

[SAT69]

3 hours ago, Farmerboy said:

A masking masterpiece, good job.

I couldn't agree more!

[Navy Bird]

At the risk of repeating what I said over on the group build, this is one awesome cat!    👍

 

Cheers,

Bill

[F-32]

That looks bloody brilliant!