stoohoo Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Hi all 😀 Finally finished this after about a year of on and off work on it. I'm not the quickest modeller and this is my first jet in 1:48, the F-14 is a big plane so I took my time with it as I can't see me getting many of these on the shelf at the moment 🙂 This is the Hobbyboss F-14B in 1:48, bought for the bargain price of around £30 off a well known auction site a couple of years ago. Being a lifelong fan of the F-14 and Top Gun meant a man scale version needed adding to the collection. Its not a bad kit all in all, a lot of plastic in the box for the money, loads of weapons options and nice general detail, including a small sheet of PE for the seat belts and canopy rails (and radar if you want to leave the nose open). The general fit isn't too bad and a lot of dry fitting meant minimal filler was needed in the end. I closed up the gun access panels as I prefer the clean lines of what has to be the most beautiful airplane ever. I left the access ladder open, though with hindsight I think I would close it up or look for a PE replacement as it's a bit clunky. I did look at the great tips on here by @Parabat and dealt with a few of the areas that could be easily improved, like filling the wing rivets, shortening the arrestor hook. One of the main issues I head read about the kit was the intakes being too thick and parallel to the ground and dealt with this by sanding them thinner but also cutting a thin wedge out of the outside faces and clamping and glueing it all back up. I also used a thin strip of foil tape to create the ring that's missing before the intake petals which I found quite a noticeable omission. Paints used were Gunze numbers as per the instruction callouts for the TPS scheme grays, thinned with Tamiya thinners, sealed with Alclad aqua gloss and then an oil wash and Xtracrylics Matt to finish. Photos were taken from my phone as I am lacking any decent setup so hoping they come out OK. I realised when taking them the the old light blue pillow case I had used previously as a back drop is both far too small for a plane of this size and also in dire need of replacement 😂 Anyway, hope you like and on with the pics, hoping that they work as this is the first post I have attempted entirely from my mobile... Cheers for looking, Stu 🙂 41 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Looks amazing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 That's a beauty! Outstanding finish - well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Very nice build, well weathered look.... DaveH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Lovely F-14B, that looks really great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Smashing work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doxasg Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Nice painting and weathering on your model👍 Congratulations. Giannis Doxas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Very nice, great job on the weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelling Padre Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Stunning weathering and top finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 Thanks for all the kind comments and likes 🙂 Have a great long Easter Bank Holiday weekend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 That's nice, very nice........ great colouring and great asymmetric load out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Smashing work 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Great work on your Cat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter W Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Great work Stoohoo and I really like the finish you've achieved. You can't not love a well built F-14. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Fantastic finish and paint job. Well done👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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