Youngtiger1 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Coming along real nice. As I said few months back, I could not find any reference on this jet showing it top side. I google until it said enough! So, would you be willing to share what, where, and how you found this temporary scheme reference? TiA. Mike MARU5137 and Marcel111 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Nice and precise. Great show. Love your pre-shade. Sincerely, Mark GMK, scvrobeson, O.W and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 Thanks guys! Mike, there is quite a bit of speculation involved with the camo in the top/center section, but it's a temporary scheme so I'm fine with that. Cheers, Marcel Youngtiger1 and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 Got the dark brown splinter shade on, for the most part: Vertical stabs are just dry-fitted: Note tight wing/glove seal on pic below... that took a lot of work. I think it's possible to build an excellent Tomcat with the Tamiya kit, but you'll have to invest a huge amount of time in basic model building to get you there. Cheers, Marcel Whitey, chuck540z3, GMK and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Wow this is looking great! I’ll have to plan a trip to the beach when i get ready to scribe mine Marcel111 and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 WOW, she's really looking good Marcel, great work. Steve "TOMCATS FOREVER, BABY...!" Marcel111 and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Very cool. Sincerely, Mark Marcel111 and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 "Whoa ..." -Gregg JeepsGunsTanks, MARU5137 and Marcel111 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsahling1 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 I recently finished a backdated Tamiya 1/32 F-14A to a Block 70, VF-1 “Wolfpack” and it took about 10 months to finish, so I know what you mean it takes a lot of work but the Tamiya kit I think has the best “shape.” I ended up rescribing all the panel lines and had to carefully find and check references for them, scratch built the 7-vent gun panel, scratch built the intake bypass ducts (next time the ramps go down to hide it), had to modify the wing sweep device to make them fit and still move, redid the canopy with a combination of kit, resin, photoetch, and scratch built parts, cut off the tail widened the fuselage, and scratch built the “boat tail” of the early blocks, used a whole bunch of resin items like a cockpit, exhausts, resin missiles, added detail to the phoenix’s pylons and zactoman front phoenix pallets, had custom vinyl masks made for the wolf head and stripes on the fuselage and vertical stabilizers, stars and bars, and some various lettering, and other various upgrades like having to heavily modify the air brake, detailing the landing gear, etc. I like to think it came out really quite good (gotta upload the photos). But man was it a lot of work, What I think would be really cool is if Tamiya updated/scaled up the 1/32 F-14 to look like the current 1/48 I’ve heard so much about. The next time it’ll be a Tamiya F-14D from the last catapault shot “112” from VF-31 from 2006 updated as I won’t have to mess with the gun vent, intake bypass ducts, canopy closed, and tail left as is. GreyGhost, MARU5137 and Marcel111 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Marcel, What a superb build so far. Your TOMCAT looks top notch. Outstanding work. GreyGhost and Marcel111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 On 6/8/2022 at 1:45 PM, themongoose said: Wow this is looking great! I’ll have to plan a trip to the beach when i get ready to scribe mine Ha, I really do highly recommend the approach, I have a secret plan to scribe my next Tomcat (VF-111 F-14A) when we hit Florida later in the year :-) On 6/12/2022 at 5:00 PM, dsahling1 said: I recently finished a backdated Tamiya 1/32 F-14A to a Block 70, VF-1 “Wolfpack” and it took about 10 months to finish, so I know what you mean it takes a lot of work but the Tamiya kit I think has the best “shape.” I ended up rescribing all the panel lines and had to carefully find and check references for them, scratch built the 7-vent gun panel, scratch built the intake bypass ducts (next time the ramps go down to hide it), had to modify the wing sweep device to make them fit and still move, redid the canopy with a combination of kit, resin, photoetch, and scratch built parts, cut off the tail widened the fuselage, and scratch built the “boat tail” of the early blocks, used a whole bunch of resin items like a cockpit, exhausts, resin missiles, added detail to the phoenix’s pylons and zactoman front phoenix pallets, had custom vinyl masks made for the wolf head and stripes on the fuselage and vertical stabilizers, stars and bars, and some various lettering, and other various upgrades like having to heavily modify the air brake, detailing the landing gear, etc. I like to think it came out really quite good (gotta upload the photos). But man was it a lot of work, What I think would be really cool is if Tamiya updated/scaled up the 1/32 F-14 to look like the current 1/48 I’ve heard so much about. The next time it’ll be a Tamiya F-14D from the last catapault shot “112” from VF-31 from 2006 updated as I won’t have to mess with the gun vent, intake bypass ducts, canopy closed, and tail left as is. Great project! I do think the result makes it so worth while, the Tamiya kit just looks hot when done well. I'm actually already planning my next Tomcat, which will be a VF-111 bird. GreyGhost and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 Some quick update pics... getting to the pint at which I will attach the vertical stabs and the windscreen, can't wait! Cheers, Marcel A-10LOADER, johncrow, zerosystem and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Marcel, SUPERB progress and very pristine work. Looks gorgeous! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Love this! Sincerely, Mark Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 Thanks guys! Finally glued on the tails... just couldn't wait any longer ... the joint still needs to be cleaned up... Cheers, Marcel chuck540z3, MARU5137, Brett M and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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