Anyone thinking about a B or D conversion of his 1/18 Tomcat?

[bushande]

Hey folks,

just last week my 1/18 Tomcat arrived and all I can say it's an absolutely gorgeous KIT!!! yes I am looking at it as a kit that needs to be assembled (well after prior disassembling of course) and painted.

I guess anyone else on that forum who's got one too thinks about the same way.

Thing is, everything on that KIT just screams for B or D conversion: all the necessary antennas are there, it has BOL-rails and the gun vents are late style.

Does anybody here around plan on converting his 1/18 Turkey as well?

I'm asking because I am interested if anybody has already some ideas how to scratch the cockpit, nosepod and burner cans.

I have some rough ideas but would love to get some creative input and advice for the upcoming scratch work.

Edited January 28, 2010 by bushande

[mareku]

Helo Bushande!

I´m waiting for my Tomcat to arrive from States. I leave in Finland/Heslinki so it may take some time. Me to want to make MODEL out of this one. I must firs see how much I can disasamble it. Can one for example take the hole nose sextion apart so that cockpit can be build up and so on and so on. Any way I´m much sure that it may be build up in to very impresiv model.

Edited February 6, 2010 by mareku

[FAR148]

For the burner cans, the burner can from a 1/16 scale F-16 would be a great starting point.

Steven L

[Mak]

just last week my 1/18 Tomcat arrived and all I can say it's an absolutely gorgeous KIT!!! yes I am looking at it as a kit that needs to be assembled (well after prior disassembling of course) and painted.

1/18 Tomcat! ??? Who makes it ? Do they have a website? It must be vac kit, isn't it?

MAK

[FAR148]

1/18 Tomcat! ??? Who makes it ? Do they have a website? It must be vac kit, isn't it?

MAK

Not a kit, it's just a super cool big *** toy with a bad paint job!

http://www.badcattoys.com/fto1scforla2.html

Steven L

[Jonathan_Lotton]

If you change out the burner cans and the burner can flarings..and a few other things, you'll have a good early F-14B[R]

Or a A+ if you like that name

Edited February 6, 2010 by Jonathan_Lotton

[CiscoKid]

Didn't know Tomcats had mottled schemes........

[mareku]

OK Freands!

There is now more itrests in that subject now than before. So may be we will do together some great model!? :lol:

[Jay Chladek]

Hmmmm, for $230 I might be more likely to buy one of these monsters then a Trumpeter jobbie since it is bigger!