Trumpeter F-14d

[Grunticus]

Chris, I have to say your paint work looks very convincing for a Tomcat of that era. Really well done!

[chrish]

14 hours ago, Grunticus said:

Chris, I have to say your paint work looks very convincing for a Tomcat of that era. Really well done!

Thanks very much!

I've got a splash of paint on the wings as of tonight (between bouts of over eating)

 

Thanks for looking

[Stevepd]

Well I've also just discovered this having no idea how I missed this. I have the Tamiya 1/32 kit and your build is inspirational (albeit I know a different kit). Ihere in the UK, I'm sat outside having coffee at about 6 degrees Celsius engrossed in the posts. My wife thinks I'm mad and making her feel cold looking at me. Having managed to get the Tamiya kit for £55 GBP, this gives me scope for AM additions. Keep the progress coming please.

[Grunticus]

Those wings look superb! You're absolutely nailing the 1:1 look that Cat.

[chrish]

I wanted to see what the beast would look like all together, the wings slip fitted to the axles and the covers sitting on top

 

And some Alclad polished aluminum/ stainless steel added to the leading edges and gun port, I wasn't sure if the tiny rectangular cutout on the gun port was metal or gray but pictures seem to indicate metal color

 

and just for a bit of color I've mixed German gray with Khaki and sprayed the fin tops. Mottled with German gray/ NATO black, some pictures show color, many just gray...

Thanks for looking

 

 

[zaxos345]

Amazing stuff!!!!! 

 

John

[chrish]

I bought CAM (Custom Aeronautical Miniatures) decals for the build, specifically VF 2 Bounty Hunters but the decals may be old or just plain poor (never used them before) the decals wouldn't lay down on the model or stick to it if they did lay down. After trying a few different kinds of decal solvent solutions I gave up, ripped them off the model and threw the remaining as yet unused decals in the trash and resorted to plan B...the kit decals. I should've just used them in the first place, they went down nicely and have created no real issues, other than being almost exactly the same color as the gray paint and not the option I wanted to build.

the CAM sheet (now in the bin)

 

stenciling in place...can you see it?

 

Trumpeter kit decals on and, drying

 

 

gloss and weathering to follow...ya, more weathering and dirt

Thanks for looking

 

[Youngtiger1]

The paint job is awesome. This will look super once finished.

[Phil88]

It just amazing. Good job,

I'm going to put on my sunglasses to continue watching your montage.

[Madmax]

I'm gobsmacked by your paintwork on this Tomcat - it is truly fantastic! The fact that the weathering is still to come just heightens the sense of anticipation at how this thing is going to pop when it gets some dirt on...  

[chrish]

Thanks for the views and the comments!

I've gotten round to adding some weapons and dirt to the model

This shot shows the additions to the rear of the fuselage/ beaver tail and phoenix pylons and phoenixes in place.

paint touch up needed here and there

 

It was pointed out to me earlier that I had too much white in the intakes, although I can no longer fix them properly, I've added more gray...lighter than the lower gray but still...it's gray

 

and the fun continues...

Thanks for stopping by

 

[chrish]

Aaannd got the landing gear glued on. this was a bit of a fight. I kinda expected it to be

 

 

the nose gear isn't glued up yet as I haven't decided whether or not to have the long oleo or short one attached

Thanks for looking

 

[O.W]

Beautiful build. when you glue the nosegear make sure it's in the wright position. At the last picture it's positioned backwards.

[Grunticus]

Yoy're going fast! This going to look just fantastic when complete. It allready does.

[chrish]

Still making headway on the big cat. I noted during browsing the reference images (I do pay attention now and then) the insides of the gear bay doors weren't a true white, possibly heat stained? anyway they looked a bit more tan than white so...I added some Tamiya "Buff" to white then re-shot the gear doors here's a kind of before and after with the discolored one on the left;

weathered, dirtied up and set aside for now;

 

Still undecided on the nose gear, although I'll need air crew for the short oleo;

 

and the long leg;

A nice addition from Reskit are separate tie down anchor shackles so a person could in theory...tie the model down to a base with chains.

Thanks for looking