chrish Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) Built as an adventure to try adding (artistic license) the scruffy looking paintwork to a navy aircraft. As always, striving to mediocrity Thanks for looking Edited January 13 by chrish typo Hartmann52, Stormer, Christa and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissFighters Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Awesome job! You have well and truly failed to attain mediocrity! Watched Top Gun Maverick last night with the family (their choice!) and there really is something special about the Tomcat. Thanks for sharing the build. Tony Martinnfb and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Very nice job Chris. Steve "TOMCATS FOREVER, BABY...!" Martinnfb and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 She looks great Chris. Should the Phoenix missiles sit so far away from their rails? Nice and grimy finish. Inspirational. chrish and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) Amazing Tomcat! From 1 to 10, I give it a solid 10! The weathering plays a major role for that. Now I see some little things that are not perfect - 1) there is a seamline visible at the tail end, where the top and bottom half of the fuselage are glued - along the fuel damping tubes and sensors. And 2) the flat bottom area of all wheels seems it does not accept the flat surface underneath properly - there are some gaps with light visible along the sides. I deal with this very easily just by pacing the model on a perfectly flat surface like yours, then putting a (let's say 400 grit) long flat piece of sandpaper right underneath a tire, and hold the tire with one hand very strong, while moving the piece of paper just a couple of times... it just sands off the little imperfections right away, and all the light gaps disapear. Moreover, the stress in the pylon struts is much less, as the weight of the model is distributed evenly over the entire ''flat'' spots of the tires, not just on one edge or another. But that's it... I can't find anything else... Edited January 13 by F`s are my favs Martinnfb and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Nothing mediocre about this.. really nice paint job Martinnfb and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Excellent finish Chris Martinnfb and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Really well done Chris and I bet it was fun to add all that cool looking weathering. Despite your "mediocrity" comment, I'd love to have this 'Cat in my display case. Cheers, Chuck chrish and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I dig that!! Thanks for sharing. Rod Martinnfb and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Man, what a great-looking bird! It looks ready to get a catshot to go do cool Tomcat stuff! chrish, Pete Fleischmann and Martinnfb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 A most excellent model, and a fantastic finish! Well done man chrish and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Impressive. It looks flown hard. chrish and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann52 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Reskit and Zacto rullers! Super work and result! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Love it great work. You just need a deck and blat deflecter! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19squadron Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Yes, looks super and Reskit are the tops! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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