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Thanks a lot.

Good to know. So should I buy only resin nozzles and that is all, may I build Bravo?

And what about exhaust bracelets (I dont know what is the proper name for that parts), where exhaust nozzles are embeded? There are different for A and B/D engines.

Very detailed inbox: https://www.facebook.com/scalescriber/posts/pfbid02r1njqVCmJtRxPHjz36hownaBTSGXGcuFjgdZZxkMmu1znaoKaAoN7LJtfp4jYcLal

Thanks a lot, again. 🙂

Ok, so I will use station 4 only for that Sparrow or leave both empty. Thanks.

Ok, I got it. So just to be sure: that picture's plane has 3 colour scheme: FS36375 on the bottom, FS36620 on the side of forward fuselage, and top is painted with FS35237?

Thank you.

But not on station 5? So there is only station 4 left.

That painting is a little bit different from the pictures of real F-14B - the side, darker colour of grey is on the whole sides of cockpit. On the pictures that darker color ends at RIO ejection seat point.

One more question: station 5 will have to be empty, but not 4? My I use there Sprarrow missile?

Thank you guys. Next step: masking and preshading for second camouflage colour. It is really hard work, because camouflage layout on thet plane is just a nightmare. But I made it. Also I prepared few masks for all that markings and numberts. The most challenging to design and cutt out was head of Viking. But I managed it somehow.

Ok, now I see those 3 colours scheme. I think that is it. The Academy instruction is wrong.

I see only two colours: darker (I believe it is 35237, the top of aircraft), and lighter FS36375 - the rest of plane.

I am not a Tomcat guy, so I wish to be sure about camouflage colours (second one on the picture, number 17). According to Academy instruction manual, that F-14 is painted with 2 colours: bottom, lighter is just light ghost gray FS36375, top is darker medium gray FS35237. I can't find that those colours are correct on Cybermodeller database, so - should I use that two colours, or maybe that information from manual is wrong? Anybody can help?

The weathring will be made later. 🙂

Started with first camouflage colour. First preshading, then painting.

Here there are the best and complete set of pictures: The Modelling News: Preview: Contents of GWH's 48th scale Grumman F-14B Tomcat kit

Another ones: Great Wall Hobby G.W.H Model... - Great Wall Hobby G.W.H Model | Facebook

Something more: AIM-9L (-M?) Sidewinder. Don't think Eduard's resin is beter.

You are right, but there is no resin GBU-16 in that scale I suppose.

This time I want to make it according to book.

Amazing.

To bad GBU-31 and GBU-12 are such size different and that don't look so good on the model side by side, but what can I do?

Right from Shizuoka: