air one

Hi guys!
I have just found a Dutch guy who make 1/18th decals for the rare 1/18th JSI F-14A Tomcat....
I know this birds are quite rare but I am sure that some of you got one... with spots... and lot of....
This guy offer VERY large decals sheet covering VF-84(including the Final Countdown birds), VF-32, VF-114, VF-2,VF-142, hi-viz stencils for airframe and weapons...
In progress are sheets for VF-111, Topgun (the movie) aircraft, and some more...
if you are interested you can have a look at 
https://maiksuurland.wixsite.com/msdecals
He has a sheet for 1/18 F-104.. 
If you are interested, have talk with him, he’s a nice guys who can help us who loves really big kits...
He designed and have printed some 1/18th Super Tomcat prototype custom sheet... and it’s awesome !
Enjoy!

Hi guys!
I have just found a Dutch guy who make 1/18th decals for the rare 1/18th JSI F-14A Tomcat....
I know this birds are quite rare but I am sure that some of you got one... with spots... and lot of....
This guy offer VERY large decals sheet covering VF-84(including the Final Countdown birds), VF-32, VF-114, VF-2,VF-142, hi-viz stencils for airframe and weapons...
In progress are sheets for VF-111, Topgun (the movie) aircraft, and some more...
if you are interested you can have a look at 
https://maiksuurland.wixsite.com/msdecals
He has a sheet for 1/18 F-104.. 
If you are interested, have talk with him, he’s a nice guys who can help us who loves really big kits...
He designed and have printed some 1/18th Super Tomcat prototype custom sheet... and it’s awesome !
Enjoy!

Hi guys,
Looking for a pilot?
I found those :
http://shop.48specialmodels.com/epages/33691fa1-837e-4ecf-b59a-6d754ea56819.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/33691fa1-837e-4ecf-b59a-6d754ea56819/Products/18000104
 
They are good, but need some improvement...
You can have alors crew for F-14, F-18, F-104.
Regards,
 

Hi guys,
Looking for a pilot?
I found those :
http://shop.48specialmodels.com/epages/33691fa1-837e-4ecf-b59a-6d754ea56819.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/33691fa1-837e-4ecf-b59a-6d754ea56819/Products/18000104
 
They are good, but need some improvement...
You can have alors crew for F-14, F-18, F-104.
Regards,
 

air one ... I can confirm. The 3D printed parts are from Anyuta 3D on Shapeways. The printed parts are very detailed, but they still need much work. You need to sand the surface to get it flat and you need to paint them with car paint first (because everything else does not hold on the surface / I used Cerakote gun paint, because it is very thin). The biggest problem of the 3D parts from Anyuta is, that he is so close to the original, that the bombs, rockets and LANTIRN parts are so thin in 1/18, that they can break easily. To work with them, you really need to fill them up with putty (I used a metall 2 component putty).   

However, the results are great. Here are the pictures I made 5 minutes ago





I modified the original JSI Phoenix rocket in the tail section (engine), repainted it and attached the decals I made. After this, I aged it just a bit with a light grey wash (because the AIM54 was to expensive to get real dirty) - after all of this, I clear painted it.

What the camera can`t get is, that the BLU-111 bombs are a bit rusty und dirty, from rolling over ramps etc.. The tail section of them shall look brand new and in a close, but not exactly the same light grey pained. While the bombs are matte, the tail section is a bit more glossy.

The LANTIRN is still in work, the grey tube you can see, is a part cut out of a phoenix rocket, which has the same diameter than the LANTIRN pod I cutted in two. This tube (mid section) will make the pod longer, as the original LANTIRNs on the cat.

Today, I want to work a bit on the nose section of the cat, attaching the front wheel and the doors of it.
  
 

Steve,
Started getting info for mine...
Ordered 2 resin F-14 Pilot and RIO...and got something interesting: a 1/18 decal sheet or carbon fiber, to model the cardon Kevlar coating of the engine just aft of the turkey feather...which seem black, but is carbon on the real cat...
Regards,
Erwan

Hi A-10LOADER!
Just got one a week ago... and your work is more than inspiring to me!
I even got a decal sheet from the Sprue Brother...
I am following your builds like an instruction sheet!
Thank for sharing!

Hi guys
Got mine today,
Really happy with it!
Casting is flawless, props pitch can be adjusted..
And a couple of pilots helmets included !
Thanks Harold,