Ed DeVivo

God bless Tamiya

Wow so I'm not crazy.. You can actually get a better fitting kit, of the same, than others of the same... Damn.

Greetings all! Where do I begin.. I built a couple of these about 20 or so years ago, maybe longer. I recall the intakes/wheel wells being an issue but not to the point of throwing the kit against a wall and grabbing the Tamiya from my stash. I can't believe this was the gold standard F-14 back then.. Here is the issue I experienced, and it could be a bad mold but it's the most recent release.. The main intakes, seemed to line up very well toward the rear fuselage near the exhaust, and glued in place using some Tamiya Thin Cement. I then glued the wheel well side wall

Rich, thank you! Already ordered! Just a quick question.. What search criteria did you use?

Greetings.. I'm building a Hasegawa F-14A, with an Aires resin cockpit set and seats. The detail is still very good considering it's a very old set. What I would like, is if anyone knows where I can find seat placards, in the form or decals (not 3D decals) for the side of the ejection seats to add detail. Eduard has a brass set, for the Hasegawa kit if you are using the kit seats. There has to be something out there, but no luck on my end finding anything. If someone knows, please feel free to let me know, and thank you! -Ed

The detail on these resin pits, was mind boggling back in the day. My first resin pit, was a Teknics 1/32 for an F-14D, coverting the Tamiya F-14A to a D. The detail and mold was amazing. I just had to have it. This was about 21 years ago, maybe longer. The switches were very pronounced and easy to paint. Even today, there is more depth to these than even the most advanced kit detail oob. I say keep those BB pits and build away!!! -Ed

My first Hasegawa F-14 dates back to around 2002 or so. I bought kit after a nice guy from the hobby shop told me about the Hasegawa at the time, was the gold standard for the F-14. I certainly miss the days of visiting that store, which has closed much like most of them, and the challenge of building the kit. Yes, nostalgia is a good thing, and like you, anything that can bring me Deja-Vu of my original modeling days, I am all in!! Even at the cost of sanity taking a nose dive given the poor fit, and no ordinance. Even though I have a couple of Tamiya's, an AMK and the new Great

Hello to all. As I look in my stash and see a few F-14 Aires and Black Box resin cockpits from days past, I wonder how much longer we will be seeing these. Black Box has been defunct for several years, and Aires really was the gold standard, still is in terms of Resin pits. Here is my question. With the progress in injection molding, and 3D decals, is there even a need for these resin pits? Some newer kits can be built OOB, and an older, let's say Hasegawa F-14 can be upgraded with 3D decals. I am wondering how much longer we will be seeing the resin after

Thanks! I really like the ResKit Jammer but right now, a bit out of my price range when factoring in deck crew. That Skunkmodels cart w/ crew was perfect, but unavailable!

Anyone see these in 1/48? Having some difficulty locating one in 1/48 scale, post WWII... The only one I see is from "SkunkModels" which seems to be discontinued. Thanks in advance! -Ed

Thank you all for the replies!! It certainly helped, and I went with the uv clear resin and I was impressed... I learned that you can also use Tamiya thin cement, which I used as well.. Thanks! -Ed

48 views not one response.. My God what's happened to ARC... lol

Greetings... I am going to use Clear Gorilla Glue to attach the canopy of a 1/48 F-15 to its frame. Here's my question. I know its a very long drying time, and while Im not worried about it drying clear, which it certainly does, my concern is holding the canopy in place on the frame until it cures. Taping and clamping is off the table due to the convex shape of the canopy and the two pieces being somewhat cumbersome. I can see that actually becoming disastrous. I thought of uv clear epoxy w/ a uv led light, as it cures in 2 minutes or so, and I can simply hold it in place.. Anyway, are there a

Thank you all for the replies!!! I used the recommended thinner and used it on a paint mule, and Im amazed how great it was to apply and the result was just what I wanted. I used AK Real Colors Gloss, with its own thinner.. Fantastic. I then used Mr Hobby GX-114 with its own leveling thinner. Amazing... I think I pressed through my clear coat concerns! Thanks!!!