Fabio taira

Hi people ..

This is my first topic here and I want to show this work...

This box version of the Freelancers ...


The box






The version

VF-41


 
 
The guys...
 

 



Continue..

FT

Hey people !!
 
ahead with some details and the beginning of paint work...
 
lets see
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
first check to the tones  of his 'grey body' .. and start to apply ...
 

 

 

 
 
 
FT...

On the backward section of the fuselage I changed it to low relief to keep the same pattern along all airframe.. . As almost everybody knows , Tamiya kits have half low(forward section - from the nose untill air intakes) , and the backward section , after air intakes are all high relief ...  so I chose to "dig" it  
 
 

 
 
cracks filled with putty and sanded
 
 



after finishing main gear wheels wheel plus details and canopy,  I'll start to work the paint ...

OOOOOOOOO.
 
VF-41. Mee Likee.
 
-d-

Fabio, this is just a suggestion, but for those bare metal areas on the leading edges of the vertical fins and wings, you might want to experiment on a scrap model using MM Steel over gloss black. I thought it looked a little bit better than aluminium, which seemed to me too bright.
 
While not 32nd scale, here is a 48th scale F-8E that i used steel on. You be the judge. Just something to think about...
 
 

 

 

 

 
I know i've posted pics of this model in many places before, but it's the last jet that i actually finished.
 
By the way, I built the 72nd scale Fujimi Tomcat and i can say the F-14 is a very geometrically complex aircraft, so i can appreciate the handling and access challenges you must be going through.
 
david

On the backward section of the fuselage I changed it to low relief to keep the same pattern along all airframe.. . As almost everybody knows , Tamiya kits have half low(forward section - from the nose untill air intakes) , and the backward section , after air intakes are all high relief ...  so I chose to "dig" it  
 
 

 
 
cracks filled with putty and sanded
 
 



after finishing main gear wheels wheel plus details and canopy,  I'll start to work the paint ...

One of the side fuselage vents ...
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Just taking a look how about the cockpit is now ...
 

 

 

 
 
 
Continue....

I use the original decal set from the box to detail side panels ...
 

 

 

 
The button ..
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
continues...

I will use this cockpit resin set from Aires. An excellent set to work




 
 
beginning work
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 



Continue..

FT

On the backward section of the fuselage I changed it to low relief to keep the same pattern along all airframe.. . As almost everybody knows , Tamiya kits have half low(forward section - from the nose untill air intakes) , and the backward section , after air intakes are all high relief ...  so I chose to "dig" it  
 
 

 
 
cracks filled with putty and sanded
 
 



after finishing main gear wheels wheel plus details and canopy,  I'll start to work the paint ...

On the backward section of the fuselage I changed it to low relief to keep the same pattern along all airframe.. . As almost everybody knows , Tamiya kits have half low(forward section - from the nose untill air intakes) , and the backward section , after air intakes are all high relief ...  so I chose to "dig" it  
 
 

 
 
cracks filled with putty and sanded
 
 



after finishing main gear wheels wheel plus details and canopy,  I'll start to work the paint ...

Hi .. Typhoon..
 
 
Hey buddy , I think you are describing this guy here below  .. Is that right?
 
 
 

 
 
So I have one of this version in my wishlist too . But in 1/48 scale..


 I think that the challenge to reproduce  this hi-vis profile is finish the model and , at final, it look like a real aircraft and not a toy for kids..
 
 
see you guys ...
 
FT

Nice job so far NT.
 Paul 

Oh yes, that's it. This and VF-84 are my two favorite Tomcat squadrons.

Hi people .. !!
 
   Well .. is not pipe and wire yet ..
 
some internal parts  and  two big pipes that cross all section  ... the pictures will tell you ...
 

 

 
 
now is right .. next steps are pipes and wires ...

One of the side fuselage vents ...
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Just taking a look how about the cockpit is now ...
 

 

 

 
 
 
Continue....

Hey .. People ..
 
After some times ..
 
 
Pilot and RIO front panels
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Continue..

I use the original decal set from the box to detail side panels ...
 

 

 

 
The button ..
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
continues...

I will use this cockpit resin set from Aires. An excellent set to work




 
 
beginning work
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 



Continue..

FT

Air intake..
 

 
same steps from a guy called "sweety"
 

 

 

Hi people  ..
 
 last corrections before close the wing box. One detail that I want to tell is the correction on the edge where the wings are swept into the fuselage. If mounted in the original condition at the end, a expressive slit still keeps exposed..
 
let's see..
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
at this point is just to correct the slits between the great parts like nose and the rest of fuselage
 

 
 

 
 
FT..

Hi people ..

This is my first topic here and I want to show this work...

This box version of the Freelancers ...


The box






The version

VF-41


 
 
The guys...
 

 



Continue..

FT

Hi people  ..
 
 last corrections before close the wing box. One detail that I want to tell is the correction on the edge where the wings are swept into the fuselage. If mounted in the original condition at the end, a expressive slit still keeps exposed..
 
let's see..
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
at this point is just to correct the slits between the great parts like nose and the rest of fuselage
 

 
 

 
 
FT..

People Hi..!
 
Air intake and exhaust duct ready
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Hi people  ..
 
 last corrections before close the wing box. One detail that I want to tell is the correction on the edge where the wings are swept into the fuselage. If mounted in the original condition at the end, a expressive slit still keeps exposed..
 
let's see..
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
at this point is just to correct the slits between the great parts like nose and the rest of fuselage
 

 
 

 
 
FT..