piper19 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 As posted before, this is the first model I made, with varying techniques taken from the internet. All still somewhat rude, got to learn to control the techniques some more. e.g. the wash on the gear legs is a bit overdone I think. Thanks Narita for firing up the flame for this hobby. The carrier deck will maybe be remade in the far future got to learn some more about dioramas first. 3 deck personnel figures still to be added, but I consider this one finished for now. P-51D in the make, alclads being sprayed right now. All be free to comment, I have a lot to learn! How would this model perform in a real contest? Just curious... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piper19 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 and last ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) I love a good ZOT!!!! in the morning, smells like I don't know,..................Victory!!!. Now that is one of the schemes that make the Tomcat such a scheme friendly aircraft. ZOT!!! That is a most excellent Dio and the centerpiece is outstanding....love the weathering. Edited February 1, 2010 by Angels49 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manuel J. Armas S. Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 WOW... Great TOMCAT... Congratulations.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackhawk7 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) Thats awesome work! Did you scratchbuild all the open avionics bays ?? Oh, and what scale it? Tom Edited February 1, 2010 by blackhawk7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Beautiful Tomcat ... 'Varks Rule ! ... I love the weathering and paint ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Very nice indeed, and a very nice and original choice of scheme. How did you do the tie-downs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Jesus,the first model? Look fantastic to me and The Aardvark is one of my favourite Navy Squadron. Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 AMAZING! what decals are these? I need some ardvarks decals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xavi84 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Come on dude, you don't have to lie to us about this being your first. This Tomcat has to be at least your 50th! Great job. For being your first i'm almost afraid to see what kind of work you'll be producing in 5 years. Keep up the amazing work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piper19 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 (edited) Thanks all for the warm comments. It's the Hasegawa 1/48th. Yesyes, it's a first one, altough it took me 3 years to build, mainly because of learning all the techniques. Especially the airbrushing is a steep learning curve. Still not good at spraying fine details, so that Me109 mottling has to wait a few more years :blink: I did make the cockpit twice, first built the Hasegawa one, and then found out about Eduard and Aires stuff. Great! The nose gear leg is scratchbuilt, because I ruined the original one by wanting to repaint it. Brake fluid is very good for removing paint, but don't let the part soak too long in it... The nose detail is the Verlinden set, very nice, but as I found out, most Verlinden thingies are pretty basic and need more scratchbuilding on them. The cannon for example still had to be made from scratch (syringe needles I used). The Aires stuff is more complete, but a lot of their stuff seems to be shrinked. The exhausts were smaller than the Hasegawa diameter, so not a nice fit. I just found out there is an in flight refuel panel for the F-14, pity just too late to fit that now. The chains and tie-downs are from a Flightpath set. The deck itself is 320 grid sanding paper. That's why I want to remake it in the future. As for decals, I used 2 sheets, one basic F-14 stencils and one hi viz aardvark sheet. I really wanted to replicate that old Revell kit, but the decals in that one were awful. Then I oversprayed it with the aircraft base color to blend it in more/fade it. Same method for the lettering and "110" decals. Now I'm busy with a P51D with the Aires super set, a learning process for alclads. The cockpit worked out better than the F-14, but the wing is giving me headaches... I filled all panel lines and used a riveting tool for the first time, not 100% satisfied, so I guess it's sanding and reworking. Edited February 2, 2010 by piper19 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hi piper19, I'm very impressed by your Tomcat. You have obviously spent some time looking at pictures of the real deal because the weathering and dirt is very convincing. I find a couple of your photos very reminiscent of hangar deck shots. The whole diorama is pleasing to look at with plenty of little details to hold the viewers' interest. A most inspirational build, thanks for taking the time to share your images. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 AMAZING Diorama!!!!! I love the weathering job!!! bye Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Make sure you add a couple photos of this great build to the group page finished builds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Nice detail build there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sig Saur & Son Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 A work of art for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 WOW, that is the most fantastic weathering job I have ever seen on a tommy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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