Andy Mullen Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) Just finished these two F-14's for the ARC Desert Storm GB. They are Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A Tomcats, with the new Aries cockpit replacements & Fine Molds nose pitot added. First up is the VF-154 from Desert Shield Edited December 23, 2007 by Andy Mullen 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) And the second is VF-1 from Desert Storm. Edited December 23, 2007 by Andy Mullen 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Did you start these before the GB? If not that's some motoring Andy. They both look really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
model_madness Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Very colourful and neat Andy, like the panel and weathering too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugfan Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 TOMCAT FANATIC ON THE LOOSE!!!! Great builds Andy, they look good, I like the weathering. I swear man, you are a machine!! How many cats total now??? Jack aka BUGFAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Thanks guys Gary started on the 4 March, 49 days which is about the average for these Hase Cats. Jack 41 built, 1 on hold and 68 to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil @ Flory Models Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Lovely cats Andy, Good weathering to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanrgb Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Very impressive work Andy Always liked the Tomcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Very nice Andy. I can't face building one of those Hasegawa Tomcats - the most ridiculously over engineered kit in history? - let alone 40 odd! :dizzy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango 1 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I like 'em! Nicely done Andy. The VF-1 bird is my favourite, you have don a cracking job there mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene K Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 How do you like the Aires pits, Andy? Gene K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 How do you like the Aires pits, Andy?Gene K The detail in the Aires Pit is amazing, however fitting is the big stumbling block. You need to sand the tub and kit parts, to get them to fit, and even then I still managed to fubar these builds, by not including the canopies in the test fit stage. If I lower the canopy, you will get approx 0.5mm of sill protruding from under the canopy on either side. I have two more Aires F-14A pits in the resin stash, but with about 20-30 A's in the Kit stash, costwise I won't be getting anymore. Overall very nice detail, but as said the fitting is a pain. If you are only going to do the one kit, then I would think it well worth it. [edit] Just one of other thing to mention - packaging. The horn shaped plate behind the RIO. Of the 4 pits I recieved, all of the horns had been knocked off, two of which cannot be located.[/edit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notty Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Beautifully build pair of a beautiful aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Just superb. Fine work and two great schemes. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Two stunning cats ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Fantastic work. You can't beat a Tomcat or 2, or.....many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalemodellerchris Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Lovely work! Can't beat a tomcat 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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