Talon Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 (edited) Started this one back in 2002 and it's languished for a looooonnnng time. Decided I no longer want to do the NSAWC blue splinter jet, so I've stripped paint off, acquired and scratchbuilt some replacement parts and bought a set of Aires GE F-110 nozzles to do a conversion to an early F-14B. Aircraft has already been fully rescribed and had multiple scratchbuilt details added to bring it up to date for an F-14BHere is what it used to look like when it was nearing completion in its previous guise: Previous WIP pics Will get some updated pics soon. Edited January 18, 2015 by Talon Greg W, Luca, Alain Gadbois and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot M Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Looks like your off to a good start Talon!! Where did you get the pieces for the vertical stabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Thanks. Reinforcing plates on the stabs were scratchbuilt from plastic sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) Some work on the stores for the revised configurationScratchbuilt LAU-10 and LAU-68. Still need to add the connector details and rockets to the tubes on the LAU-10TALD corrected and modified from the Trumpeter Super Hornet and TER with added details taken from the Tamiya F-4J "Marines" Starboard shoulder pylon with modified LANTIRN pylon to take the TER and added detail to the AIM-9 rail Edited January 18, 2015 by Talon Starfighter, Whitey, Marcel111 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunumdrum61 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 That is really looking great! Hey don't sweat it, at least the paint had time to cure! Can't wait to see it finished and great job on cockpit and paintwork. The tail reinforcing stiffner plates can now be bought as aftermarket. I do not remember who makes them but I did see them on Sprue Brothers and Hannants websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot M Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 That is really looking great! Hey don't sweat it, at least the paint had time to cure! Can't wait to see it finished and great job on cockpit and paintwork.The tail reinforcing stiffner plates can now be bought as aftermarket. I do not remember who makes them but I did see them on Sprue Brothers and Hannants websites. Ditto on your work....good stuff!! I think the plates are made by Crossdelta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 didnt steel beach offer them? i made a set that i cut with my plotter/cutter out of thin self-adeshive plastic foil (you can see that in my ancient tomcat thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Talon, your doing a awesome job on this Cat. And of course, good things take time Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Just noticed the earlier images were missing. Managed to find and restore the images. Not gotten around to new pics yet. Must remedy that. Jet still underway, but currently have the OA-4M on the bench. Aircraft will be finished as the Tomato Jet from VF-101 Edited January 18, 2015 by Talon A-10LOADER, JeepsGunsTanks, Marcel111 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Cool choice. If you can find it CAM did these marking in 1/32. Well, they give you basic stuff but the rest can be found on other sheets. I too want to do the tomato cat someday. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Have the CAM sheet already and will be probably binning it to do my own. There is not much right on it and a lot of items missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Got the new rims and tyres cleaned up and painted. Little light weathering, but good enough for now. Compare to earlier rims to see the difference. GBU-24 with paint underway (taken from the Academy F/A-18 Hornet). Compared to pics of the real thing it's not too bad. Current state of play with weapons (GBU-16 is from the Tamiya F-16). Sidewinders and Sparrow are in the box, but have no paint on as yet. I added the thermal coating to the GBUs using Mr Surfacer brushed on and then stippled with a flat brush as it dried. A couple of applications gives a very good texture, which was knocked back a little with some 3M Scotchbrite. Starfighter, leoasman, Whitey and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) Back to original (revised) plan - sticking with the Bario Wagon. Edited May 22, 2021 by Talon themongoose, F`s are my favs and Subodai 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Wow, 5 years. Need to get this done, but there is another more important project I need to get finished first. Will post some pics in a new thread later. Grunticus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) Artwork sorted. Will use a mix of masks and decals Edited May 22, 2021 by Talon A-10LOADER, Starfighter, Landrotten Highlander and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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