“I feel the need, the need for speed......”

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Yes, I’m working on another 1/48 aircraft. Tamiya’s F-14A has been a dream, I literally took this from a box of sprues to a ready to paint aircraft in 7 days, maybe about 20 hours total working time. This included converting the landing gear from extended to stowed. I had to make supports for the front gear bay to hold up the gear doors, and as there were 5, it was a little bit of a pain, fit was mostly good, but some small gaps on doors 3/4. In the rear, a little bit more work because the doors were not designed to fit into the fuselage. I had to make a new set of doors to fit because the original set were not finished, it was easier to make than fill and sand. My biggest disappointment with this kit is the lack of IP gauge detail, no Decals, nothing, just blank circles.

[BlrwestSiR]

I keep resisting the urge to get one and build it. I've got a couple of their original 1/32 releases in the stash to get to being my primary reason. 

[DocRob]

Nice work, some modern jets are really intriguing. After I built my Mig-31, I was thinking of building a -D Super Tomcat from AMK. The kits are so great, that building them is a breeze. In some areas, I found the engineering was even better than with the Tamiyas .
But then there is always decaling and stenciling on these modern thingies and finishing one eats as much time as other more demanding builds.
Anyway, I'm eager to see, how yours turn out. The pit looks great and when I understand you correct, it will be a flying display.

Cheers Rob

[Martinnfb]

To make it right

[BlrwestSiR]

On 9/5/2020 at 11:50 AM, Martinnfb said:

To make it right

In that case, don't forget to have Maverick flipping the bird. 

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1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said:

In that case, don't forget to have Maverick flipping the bird. 

I thought goose was responsible for international relations?

[BlrwestSiR]

1 hour ago, 1to1scale said:

I thought goose was responsible for international relations?

No, Goose was taking the Polaroid. And he hates it when "She's lost that Lovin' Feeling"

There's also this recent figure release:

https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/o9lgmituqcaacmepmjka.html

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9 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

No, Goose was taking the Polaroid. And he hates it when "She's lost that Lovin' Feeling"

There's also this recent figure release:

https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/o9lgmituqcaacmepmjka.html

That’s a pretty nice likeness on that figure, even shows his older age.

[Jeff]

On 9/7/2020 at 8:50 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

No, Goose was taking the Polaroid. And he hates it when "She's lost that Lovin' Feeling"

There's also this recent figure release:

https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/o9lgmituqcaacmepmjka.html

HOW do you find this stuff???  Amazing

[BlrwestSiR]

On 9/9/2020 at 10:36 AM, Jeff said:

HOW do you find this stuff???  Amazing

Too much time on my hands? 

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Using up my entire stash of Tamiya tape again.

[Clunkmeister]

His callsign should have been Maniac.  Nice build so far. I have this kit, and the AMK D model, which I’m just itching to build with flaps and slats extended...

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8 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

His callsign should have been Maniac.  Nice build so far. I have this kit, and the AMK D model, which I’m just itching to build with flaps and slats extended...

Sweet! I have been wanting the AMK, but stock is low everywhere, as soon as a few places get it, I’ll be ordering one. And I will build it in takeoff mode, on the cat.

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A little more paint progress today, more to come.

[GazzaS]

Your Tomcat is looking great!  Makes me wish that modern jets actually did something for me.  I even struggled through my late MiG-25 build.

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Finished up painting today, happy with it, ended up using 7 different grays. 

[GazzaS]

I think you did great using all of those grey's.   It really adds a proper worn look to the thing.

[DocRob]

The multiple grey shades make it alive. The speedster should look great with that base paint.

Cheers Rob

[Bomber_County]

That’s gorgeous, I’m slaving away on my F4J.........man ......grey on grey, grey on white plays tricks on you.......looks amazing..........

 

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Update, my F-14A languishes in the box, needing Decals, but I had started on another back last year for a commission build, a Tamiya F-14D. However this build is getting the Quinta Studios set in the cockpit, it’s been a slow build but it’s picking up speed again, so here are some pics of it.

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Recently I picked it up again as thing have allowed me to put my head above water, this work was done in about 90 minutes over a weekend. I finished and weathered the cockpit, put together most of the rear fuselage mass including wheel wells, wings, intakes, and landing gear assemblies. Next step is spraying the gear and wells, and back to assembly.

[Peterpools]

Just can never have enough Tomcats and your Cat is looking so good. Glad to see how brilliant the Quinta Studio sets look as I have three Tamiya Tomcats in the stash, looking to build this year and all with the Quinta Cockpit sets.

Keep ‘em comin

Peter

 

[Bomber_County]

Those Quinta “decals” look amazing, we are going to lose the art of tricking up cockpits with beautiful stuff like these.........

[BlrwestSiR]

The Quinta cockpit really does look impressive. 

And the paint on your Tomcat is even more so.

[Jackster]

That pit is a thing of beauty! The grey paintwork is fantastic! Do you have any tips on how you used the 7 shades of grey? I have a couple of builds where I will have to attempt the same thing.

Cheers

Kev