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[geedubelyer]

Exquisite Chris

 

Fantastic rivet detail on the exterior and neat interior details too. These should be the making of many a Trumpeter Tomcat. Great job

[Pfuf]

Love the detail and quality Getting the Trump F-14 ready in the meantime so ready when you are hehe.
johan

[Zactoman]

Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement.

It's reassuring to know that all this work might pay off with lots of orders!

 

 

I have an F-14 in the to do article pile and will definitely want a set of these , I hope they are ready sooner rather than later. I will keep an eye on your site for the release.

Any idea on prices yet?

I'll be sure to send a set for the article as soon as they're ready!

I'm not setting a firm price until they're finished and I determine how difficult and costly they are to mold, but I'm guessing they'll be about the same as my Su-27 intakes at around $60.

 

 

The bypass doors are going to look wicked but the surface detail is stunning.

Thoughts on how these might potentially adapt/help the Tamiya kits?

It might be possible to force them to fit but it would require lots of filling, sanding and rescribing on the exterior as well as chopping and moving the bypass details on the inside. Probably more trouble than it's worth.

I'll investigate the possibility more once they are finished and in production.

 

As for the bypass doors...

I was planning to include parts to have the doors either raised (as shown below) or lowered but have decided to just include the raised ones. Anyone wanting to display them lowered will have to modify the parts.

 

 

 

Is the Aires wheel set a must for the right fit of the intake or can you still use the kit parts?

Thanks

No, they will work fine with the kit gear wells.

 

 

Love the detail and quality Getting the Trump F-14 ready in the meantime so ready when you are hehe.
johan

Just don't get too far ahead of me as there is some cutting and fitting required!

 

There is this area that I already mentioned on my ARC thread:

 

 

In addition to that, a portion of the duct on the upper fuselage gets replaced:

 

 

 

[Vandy 1 VX 4]

Thanks Chris it looks great. Stay out of the cold my friend  It was 79 out and a little breeze in your old neck of the woods.   

 

If you keep this up its another 1/32 kit I need to pick up, F-14B here we go     

[Darren Howie]

Wow great stuff Chris thanks for the update.
Bracing my credit card for action!