Trumpeter F-14d

[chrish]

 

 

I might just have enough aftermarket for this

 

 

accidentally bought 2 different sets of gear legs and wheels

going with the Reskit stuff

 

This should take a day or two...

Thanks for looking

Edited November 16, 2023 by chrish

[Oldbaldguy]

Looking forward to learning what you think of the Reskit gear.

[red Dog]

nah, that's not enough Aftermarket

Did you get a short term deadline from someone to decrease or finish your stash ?

:D

Edited November 15, 2023 by red Dog

[blackbetty]

that looks like my pile.....

will watch with interrest

[R Palimaka]

It'll be fun watching you incorporate all this into the kit!

 

It'll be more like a restoration than a model!

 

Richard

 

[A-10LOADER]

Good luck with this one.

Steve

 

"TOMCATS FOREVER, BABY...!"

[chaos07]

Looking forward to seeing how all this comes together!

[easixpedro]

Digging all these tailhook subjects!  

[chrish]

I chopped out one of the pictures, Chaos07 pointed out to me I had included a picture with some information that should be guarded a little more carefully. Thank you sir

[Neo]

Sweet, i have this in the stash too that calling my name. I love the f-14. Thats a good bunch of AM.

If you want to get rid of those duplicate gear legs lmk.

 

What are those grey intakes below the zacto ones?

 

 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Neo

[chrish]

45 minutes ago, Neo said:

Sweet, i have this in the stash too that calling my name. I love the f-14. Thats a good bunch of AM.

If you want to get rid of those duplicate gear legs lmk.

 

What are those grey intakes below the zacto ones?

 

 

Thanks

thats the kit parts out for comparison…of which there ain’t none. Comparing them to the Zacto component is like comparing chalk and cheese

(Zacto being the cheese here)

I’ve begun cutting all the resin upgrade components from their respective mold bases and once I’ve got everything cleaned up I can begin test fits.. 

[blackbetty]

nice work, chris

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by blackbetty

[chrish]

I spent (longer than I wanna admit) some time cutting the resin upgrades away from their cast blocks/ frames. The Reskit stuff is (to me) breathtakingly beautiful stuff not that I want to diminish the quality of the Aerocraft upgrades which is much better than the kit parts but....well, have a look, here's the Aerocraft parts;

 

and the Reskit parts

the Reskit gear suggests/ requires the use of the kit metal inserts

 

And I've also cut the Phoenix missiles and Sparrows from their frames

 

I should also add the Reskit component includes the tire/wheel parts. I bought them seperately when planning on using the Aerocraft gear... I've almost got enough duplicate resin parts for another Tomcat.

Thanks for looking

 

[alain11]

I am impresed by the details on the Res Kit gears !! never saw such stuff before 

[chrish]

5 hours ago, alain11 said:

I am impresed by the details on the Res Kit gears !! never saw such stuff before 

I know right?! If Reskit keeps making stuff like this I'll buy it on general principal!

I've got the fuselage thinned where needed, the gear bay, and the cockpit floor sanded to around .005" thick where they meet. They all seem to fit now so I should be able to begin paint/ construction of the office

 

I don't think I've ever had a Aires set go in so nicely before

 

Ok. so it's not all glued together yet but it's promising

Thanks for looking