karimb Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hi everyone... First of all let me wish everyone a happy and joyous Christmas to you and your loved ones.... i hope santa will be nice to all, and when you wake up tomorrow morning you find loads of plastic under the tree Shes finally done...long build that i thoroughly enjoyed to be honest... The kit is Tamiya's F14A Black knights boxing. To that i added the Eduard Big Ed set...I also used 4 different reference books, the DACO book, two squadron signal books and one more, but i cant remember the name at the moment The kit has a couple of shortcomings that need to be dealt with to get it up to today's standards, including raised panel lines all over, horrible intakes and a couple more issues...To be honest, some of the sprues in the boxing are date stamped 1980, and you find some flash and some fit issues all along, but nothing that cant be fixed with some loving care and patience... Ill list the items done in a random manner below I sanded down the complete kit then rescribed it correctly as some of the tamiya panel lines are in the wrong place, some shouldnt even be there (beware of the reference materials i came across a couple of panel lines that were different in different books... At the end the main one i relied on is the FANTASTIC DACO book). The scribing took a while to be done, but at the end it was worth it... I made the anti slip coating on the top part of the intakes using putty and stippling it with a brush, did the GBUs fire retardant coating the same way too...Also sorted out a way to get the intakes to become seamless using acetate sheet, pretty simple work and the results were very satisfying... I added some plumbing to the wheel bays as those are pretty bare in kit form (fuse wire, soldering wire, vinyl tubing...etc) as per references. I used the whole of the Eduard Big Ed set on the kit with the exception of the slime lights that came with the set, as i found those to be the same colour registry as the decal provided ones, but thicker...) Used tamiya paints for the turkey, used a mix for the light and dark ghost gray, and used the instruction call outs for the skunk line on the back. The skunk line was hand masked and painted as those come in the kit in decal form and the decals overall are on the thick side (and you cant weather decals like you could with paint lol). I used a new technique on the kit called black basing that Matt (DoogsATX) has come up with, and i will post a link to his blog where he explains the technique in detail in case someone wants to get to use it, along with a link to my WIP thread for this build, as there are some techniques i used that might come in handy to you guys too... The black basing gives the paint finish a faded and mottled look, and on top of that i also used the salt chipping technique on the top part of the aircraft... The aircraft was finished as a boss machine, VF154 Black Knights CAG bird... For the weathering, on top of the black basing and chipping, i used a dark gray wash, and oils for streaking and fading. Oil colours used were dark gray, light gray, buff, old rust and brown... Well, thats mostly it, im sure i might have forgotten some stuff, but this is the majority of it. I would like to sincerely thank everyone that followed the work in progress thread, all your enthusiasm and encouragement has made this build possible... Below the links, one to Matt's page, and one to the WIP thread for this build... I hope you like how she's turned out The WIP thread DoogsATX black basing technique Until the next build, Merry Christmas, stay safe and happy modeling Karim Well, on to part two of the photos, part three to come after too Thanks again Uncarina, Menelaos, BradG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Some more photos... On to the final part of the post, part 3 lol Whitey, Bill Cross, reconspit and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Last couple of photos Ah yes i forgot to mention, i used Gunze MR metal colour Chrome Silver, the buffable range for the leading edge slats and some of the areas that were metallic... the Cans were painted with Iron and dark Iron of the same paint range, and i used some pigments to highlight some of the areas on the cans.... Well, thank you again for checking in... Happy holidays everyone Karim Nic C.D., Bill Cross, allthumbs and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tewika Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Firstly- Merry Christmas Karim!! You work extremely fast and you really exceed with every build!! Thanks for sharing Mate!! Cheers Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tewika Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I forgot: She's stunning! Well done!! Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Firstly- Merry Christmas Karim!! You work extremely fast and you really exceed with every build!! Thanks for sharing Mate!! Cheers Ted I forgot: She's stunning! Well done!! Ted Ted, thank you for the kind comments...Im glad you like her. Up to today its the build i added the most detail and AM stuff to, and the one that took the longest to complete lol almost a month... Now i gotta decide on what to build next as my 'goodbye' WIP before i move countries for work mid january... Its gotta be something exciting, and that i can finish in such a short timeframe lol Best wishes to you and your family on the holidays, and thanks again Karim Tewika and Tony T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tewika Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thank you so much Karim and the same same! I sure it'll be something beautiful like this one:) Cheers Ted karimb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Karim Absolutely an incredible build and a brilliant finish. Nearly as much effort went into the updates and tutorials as the build. Kodos on the Big Cat and a pleasure to follow each update. :clap2: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfuf Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Beautiful build Karim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Beautiful build Karim Indeed, a BIG +2 on that one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Outstanding Karim...your weathering techniques are very effective. Congrats! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Looks terrific Karim! May I publish it on the website? Merry Christmas to you and your family! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Very impressive! Happy Holidays, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Wow, Karim, you're a 1 man model making machine - congrats on a splendid 'cat! Season's greeting to you and your family as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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