TOMCAT14 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 (edited) DEAR ARC-ers Few years past after my last model was born. My lovely daughter is 3 years old lady now, meanwhile I met few ARC-er face to face and met a nice Tomcat Gurus and Fans at 2006 NAS OCEANA - Oompa, Brian 'Fightertown...', and few others - I miss you guys ...ok don't cry and of course I say goodbye to Tomcat Lady at Tomcat Sunset 3 years it's a lot of time for some changes - I buy new apartment and haven't time for even write something at ARC forum, Tomcat's forum etc... Now I start to change this - first was a place to do plastic modeling - workbench is finaly done,second a nice Tomcat model- so F-14 A from Hasegawa fits perfectly. I add some extra parts from AIRES - cocpit and Exhaust and some parts from Fujimi Tomcat. Sorry for pure pics, I will try to upload better pics in future. >>>Tomcatsky_live<<< :wacko: The Begining few years ago... REGARDS :blink: Edited September 3, 2008 by TOMCAT14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Some progress in project - AIRES cocpit is already compare with fuselage parts and it's fit ( Thank you Proxxon!!! ) Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Very nice work there!!!!! looking fwd to see more of it! Cheers :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoops Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I'm curious to see the Aires cockpit once it is completed, I plan on using one myself one of these days. Keep up the good work! Cheers, -Hoops Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Good work so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Looking good Artur. One thing to watch for is when adding the side walls, this tends to "bulge" the fuselage sides, and the canopy does not fit correctly. When I built mine, the canopy was curing from the Klear (Future) dip, and I forgot to test fit with it. As a result if I close the canopy now, it looks "off". HTH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 Thanks Andy for a nice tip, I think to open the Canopy but it's a really good advice anyway. I will test and put some photos in tread with canopy closed so be patient folks for any updates in the subject Regards:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hello , few more pics waiting on upload I hope you like it.. As Andy advice I did some test with canopy and also I start scrachbuild a small ladder bay...( unfortunately My Women return from vacation so work will slow a little bit ) Regards.. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Looking good there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Some little updates - cocpit is ready for painting ( seats get the PE ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Sweet looking Cat... gonna be a nice one for sure! -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Some little updates - cocpit is ready for painting ( seats get the PE ) Hello Artur, a very good job. As I will have the same problem with the BB/Avionix cockpit can I ask you how did you remove all that resin mass around the side consoles? Manual file only or some circular saw disc mounted on an electric microdrill? I need to remove all the resin i can laterally and down the side consol to fit the vulcan drum bay (port side) and the oxygen bay (starboard side) but I'd like to preserve the raised detail and I also don't want to lift (and breathe) too much resin dust in my little room. thx and regards, Luca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Thanks Guys for a nice comments. Luca, I used Multirotor Proxxon tool with some mixed parts with Dremmel stuff ( it's more popular nowadays here in Poland, so most of Hypermarkets have some useful Dremel parts to buy ) Here it is : I have the same problem - I hate resin and all resin-dust made by Proxxon operation ( I have also a little 3 years old daughter ) so ...maybe it's funny but I used a very nice place to do all work with resin - it's a WC or Toilet - small place, always you can closed the door , and major thing - water gravity system used in High Buildings in 'special chair' system just sucked all dust as a magneto - so After you finished your work - just flushed water and that's it , clean and ready place for 'drop bombs' of course clean the area before you start the job ( used Domestos or etc...stuff ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Thanks for your suggestions Artur Happy Tomcat cheers, Luca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Small update to refresh the major topic Ejection seats almost finished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Awesome job weathering those side panels. Love the detail, keep the updates coming! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 nice work, the cockpit set is really good!! [] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 VERY NICE JOB ;) Luca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thanks Guys for a nice comments..so again small update - front wheel bay Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thats some nice piping you got in that gear well! Keep up the great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HomagerMan Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Great progress Artur. What did you use for the green piping in the wheel bay? James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMCAT14 Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Great comments - Thank You Arcers... James, I have a lots of small diameter ( 0,2 ; 0,3 mm ) cables from SMD electronic elements so everything useful I try to recycle ( : )) . Those cables have a nice plastic-ruber (?) isolation material so two things in one - small,tinny cable for instalation and isolation for much more 'fat' job like those pipes. I will try to do some pics for whole recycle process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FEDE Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 WOW. Great Work!!! More picts please Greetings FEDE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) Artur, It was great to hang out with you guys at the sunset! if you're ever back in the US, swing through the midwest or the south and we'll host you guys for a night or two (maybe I can even get Marbrey to come over from Huntsville, lol). my "Tomcatsky" patch sits proudly with all of the rest of the patches on my shelf, I consider it a very rare item to have here in the US :D I always look forward to an F-14 build from team "Tomcatsky", you guys do really awesome builds. I'll be watching this one closely! Cheers, -Jeremy (the big tall one) Edited November 4, 2008 by Skull Leader Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin Witkowski, Poland Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Artur, It was great to hang out with you guys at the sunset! if you're ever back in the US, swing through the midwest or the south and we'll host you guys for a night or two (maybe I can even get Marbrey to come over from Huntsville, lol). my "Tomcatsky" patch sits proudly with all of the rest of the patches on my shelf, I consider it a very rare item to have here in the US :D I always look forward to an F-14 build from team "Tomcatsky", you guys do really awesome builds. I'll be watching this one closely! Cheers, -Jeremy (the big tall one) It's nice to hear about our patch Jeremy :unsure: Unfortunately we also suffer of low number of patches. I think we have to order some more. Also triangle one. Visit in US? Yeah, that would be nice to meet You Guys again and talk a little bit more! Personally, I also still feel great need to take some photos of any museum F-14 with TF-30 engine before I start to build my Alpha Tomcat. About Art's F-14... Well, it will be definitely his best model Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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