Air one

Thanks a lot Kursad! Now I understand why I was not able to see it anywhere, Let’s get one so ! Thanks for all your amazing sheets 😉

Kursad? I cannot see the tail number and the hull number of the CV-22 version… Are they really on the sheet ? thanks !

Can't wait to get those ones !!!!

Hi! Did you manage to get the ASPI exhaust done ? We definitely need them in 1/48….

Hi Sebastian, I can send you the kit instruction and check with all the boxes I have which one is the best ... Got tens of it... Let me know Regards, Erwan

Hi Chris! Did you got my PM ? Thanks, Erwan

Pm sent....

Yes! GRU-7 for its whole career, either as -B or -D

Wwooowww.... Yeah there can be some hot discussion goin on with a kit modeled like this! And yes guys, Hi-Rez pictures are a must... so,this Tomcat unicorn is still wandering untamed....!

It seem that just about every configuration could have been done in those early days...but the picture I found lack some resolution... I am not sure but this may be the proof that we were looking for... Another clearer picture could suit me.... but.... it seem hard to find ... just a picture of 163223 in VX-23 markings!

Ha ha Stefan ...!!! Look what I found... What do you think about this one... if I tell you I typed "F-14A early wing cover " on google...? What is your take...? After having looked at it for a good 15 min and compared, it seem to me that what we see here is production strakes with pre-production early long wing cover...the end towards the fin bases are too straight to be late-style cover... or not ?

Hi guys ! I have heard and read about that.... Got an extensive Tomcat picture & books collection, but never managed to find one picture of those VF-1 Tomcat with early overwing fairing... Any picture please ? Thanks !

Hi, This load is not known to have been used like this in real life operation... Look like more a museum display...

Hi guys, Next is the TCS chin pod. Sanded to bare, panel lined and riveted. The magnificent red lens from the kit fly down straight to the trash. The tube from the lens is drilled, then sanded smooth. A round shaped piece of plasticard is cut, then placed and glued inside the tube. The whole inside is then painted black. An evergreen tube is cut to simulate the telephoto inside the TCS. Its outside is painted black, its inside chrome ad the polished, to mimic the telephoto lens. A clear lens is cut through a clear plastic sheet, then glued to the te

Hi Guys! As promised, a little update about that baby... The whole upper and lower part of the fuselage have been riveted... Which is...excruciating and time consuming! (I stopped counting at 1500...). The wings are next for this treatment. As boring it may be, it gives this kit a totally new and more "real" look and is worth the work. I have compared it to the other one I have inbox, and it is not the same kit! The airbrakes have been glued closed, on both the upper and lower part.

Hi Steve, i have been slowly but surely moving with this project... I am posting on a french site as it is more convenient for me... (bad French people I am) i will post a thorough update here this weekend, I swear! Thank you for your interest!

Hi ! I have tried to get better images through postimage as myfav kindly explained... The "fancy" panel lines on the spine were filed with CA glue and sanded, sanded, sanded.... to finally have a flush side panel. The primer will tell if it's fine... Some riveting has also been added on the spine. The chaff/flare bucket has been drilled. The tailboat has also seen some riveting and panel scribing done. As it is going to be a -B, the panel lines around the engine have also been filed with CA, and sanded, sanded, sanded... again!!! The air intake have been th

Hi! Thank for the tip! I will try it later today... No way I ever have the skills/time/patience to make it from scratch ! Some guys here have... but not me! And yes, it is HUGE !!! :-)

Steve, I wish I could but when I post it is said to me that my file cannot be bigger than 104kb.... any hint to overcome this? thanks!

Hi Steve! It came apart quite easily, and I had help from Dean G. Kleines who told me where to look for hidden screws. I think that, as those kit are quite old now, the glue used then start to loose its power. To be honest, if I hadn't the opportunity to get my hands on another copy, I may have not thrown myself into such an endeavour.... Next update soon. By the way, if you still have your tail stiffener template and willing to share them, I would really appreciate it... regards,

ECS heat exchanger exhaust/ Molded rendering drilled and discarded. New ones done with Evergreen 0.15 strips.

Left side cockpit/ Gun muzzle thinned, and NACA vent opened, reshaped and thinned. Plasticard added to the gun muzzle to look more as in reality. Gun mouth pushed backward and rotated on the right axis. Right side cockpit/ Riveting and sanding of the refueling probe cover which is recessed(???!!! Why?), to make it flush with the surrounding aerea. Reinforcement plate added around the pitot probe.

Left cockpit side: Sanded, then additional riveting done (which was just about missing everywhere!). Reinforcement plate added around the NFO step. Reinforcement plate added around the pitot probe. Cooling system inlet discarded and redone with Evergreen sheet. Inlet below the gun muzzle opened, and reinforcement plate added around both, and riveted.

So.... Here it is disassembled, with the cockpit to go... The whole fuselage is going to be sanded, and checked for "fancy" panelling... (which are many) And the decals set done by Fightertown Decals, top notch as usual. Only the servicing marking will be used. Fortunately, the bird I want to depict, is modexed "210".... note the "201" from the Jolly Rogers release...

This is what it look like whan assembled... And with the front section in my hand, just give you an idea of its size...