benjo Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Hey guys n girls. Since i have built a few of these, and have another 4 in the works, ill share one at a time my builds. the first two have already been on here, a long time ago though. Ive been quiet for a long time due to other comitments, but im back with my new F-14 D conversion. I LOVE this scheme, i think of it as old tom going to his formal in a new white tux. or prom for those who are in the wrong side of the world :-) Not going to score well with judges at a show, due to gloss finish and lack of weathering, it will be there, but it will be subtle. i think this jet was painted and retired before it ever got inspected or pulled apart for maintenance, or at least thats the impression i get. we all know the armor modelling regime has taken over as the accepted method of finishing and painting. but i dare to stand out with this. !!!! BRINGING SEXY BACK, BABY! Ill update whenever i can. I have just spent 72,ooo hours of sanding and scribing, and then more sanding followed by more scribing and sanding. not sure what im doing with the cockpit though. i have an idea to just close it because tamiya canopies do fit, or i have an eduard photo etch cockpit set which if i use will be open with some resin seats in there. this is a tamiya conversion with crossdelta decals and the stiffner and walkway set too. not sure on the armament, i am in a good mind to load it up with 4 phoenixes to ram the fighter theme home. not totally untrue, i did find a photo of this jet with the phoenixes displayed is if they were ready to be mounted, but i know they were retired waaaay before. anyway, the pic. benjo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Bejo.. PURE S.EX MACHINE.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Looking good Benny .... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Firecaptain Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) I hope you left out the letters "L" and "G" as in 72 LoooooooG hours and not EIGHT YEARS of sanding! Edited January 30, 2010 by Firecaptain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjo Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) yeah, 72,000 hrs sounds about right :-) No flying rc planes today its crappy and raining. Sice i can't fly my rc F-14 continued my work on this I have a bit more progress. I totally screwed up the finish. I sprayed with the clear, and it went all dark and splotchy, dont know why i havnt done anything different from any other time. So i spent the rest of my morning respraying it, dont know how i pulled it off, had to mask the decals and spray around them. some decals i couldnt so i just had to blend it in. so now i have a more weathered look than i wanted but its this or change the scheme completely. Not sure what exhaust nozzles im using this time, the hasegawa f-16 ones like in the pic or the technics, or the wolfpack. since i scratch built the rear fuselage change out of styrene im keen to use the hasegawa nozzle with some left over 1/32 revell f-14A cans, as they were incorrect for an A, being a GE engine luckily! Edited January 31, 2010 by benjo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mareku Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Wow! Nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 That's looking very very sweet! Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjo Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) I added the eduard cockpit set. Not complete yet. i still have to make circuit breaker panels with all the little circuit breakers. I really am looking foreward to that, NOT! but it should look sweet in the end. i decided to run with the cam exhuasts and cam instument coamings for this one. Slowly but surely, its getting there Benjo Edited February 8, 2010 by benjo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mareku Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Looks nice. Keep working, mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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