f12aaa Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Finally done! Hasegawa kit Twobobs decals Aires cockpit and wheel bay Black Box Bombcat conversion Eduard photo-etched parts Royale Resin wheels Shull24 exhaust nozzles Fine Molds Pitot tube and AoA probe VF-Decals and Fightertowndecals data stencils Twobobs and Orion Models weapons stencils Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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f12aaa Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 The other pics HERE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Quijano Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Nice weathering there. Love it. Q Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Great piece of "work", perfect! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PHIL25102 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hi very nice job!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JesniF-16 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Great scheme, great job weathering (maybe you could share your technique, since I am currently building a Tomcat) I am guessing you used plenty of pastels?... Your Tomcat simply looks dirty and incredible :D /Jesse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric B. Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hi Simone, What can I say : I love your style, I have been abmiring every single model you have presented here on ARC, I love the aircraft you model (US Navy fighters mostly) Happy to see one of your superb models here again on ARC. The look real, nice build, nice paint, nice and realistic weathering : every inch of them look like the (4) feet of the real aircraft they depict. Fantastic job - Congratulations Eric B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joeltc Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Love it! The weathering is spot on and I love the fact its your standard looking workhorse Tomcatters line jet. you absolutely nailed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f12aaa Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Great scheme, great job weathering (maybe you could share your technique, since I am currently building a Tomcat) I am guessing you used plenty of pastels?... Your Tomcat simply looks dirty and incredible :D /Jesse Thanks Jesse, my technique is always the same: very much chromatic variations! I haven't used any pastel, all the work is done with the airbrush, just a little black smoke pigment touchs with a flat brush at the end. In any case I have taken HD videos of the painting an weathering process, so should make a DVD soon... Cheers, Simone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AjD Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 What a wonderfully realistic Tomcat. That's a beautifully crafted F-14. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JesniF-16 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Thanks Jesse, my technique is always the same: very much chromatic variations! I haven't used any pastel, all the work is done with the airbrush, just a little black smoke pigment touchs with a flat brush at the end. In any case I have taken HD videos of the painting an weathering process, so should make a DVD soon... Cheers, Simone. It looks like it's been salt weathered.... It looks great, when you come out with the DVD I will buy it Hopefully you make the DVD soon (I am into the painting stages of my Cat as we speak) /Jesse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RAIN Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 That is simply amazing. I'd love to see the DVD as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f12aaa Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 It looks like it's been salt weathered.... It looks great, when you come out with the DVD I will buy it Hopefully you make the DVD soon (I am into the painting stages of my Cat as we speak) /Jesse Yes, there is a bit of salt too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twobobs Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Whoah.... Freakin incredibl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
#1 Tomcat Fan Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 AMAZING WORK !!!!! Could not be looking closer to the real bird´s paintjob. Congratullations Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike5401 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Awesome work Simone! You always do great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 HOLY COW!!! That is an amazing Tomcat....the weathering is OUTSTANDING !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EagleAviation Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 That Cat is really nice. Excellent weathering! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xavi84 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Man, I could just sit and stare at this Tomcat all day to try and dissect your painting technique. It's just incredible. I can't for that DVD to come out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Really nice work capturing the look of the spot-touching; and the cockpit is very impressive too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pookie Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The model is beautiful. The only thing that "gives it away" is the afterburner petals. They are never the same, even color front to back. I like to weather those with blue, gold and every other shade of burnt metal I can come up with. I aspire one day to paint a model like you have done here. Your next project should be a how to DVD on your techniques. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) Astonishing work my friend. VERY well painted & weathered. -------------------------- Edited April 23, 2012 by barkin mad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rpeck Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Excellant work. Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Excellent presentation and your weathering is awesome. Since this is Critique Corner and I've done the very same thing on other builds myself, here's some suggestions: - The orange-yellow antenna on the wing glove is a bit too bright for most applications, especially for a well-weathering bird like this. A little pastel work here to dirty them up would only take seconds. - Tint on front of windscreen is a bit too intense. This is no big deal, but the color is way too green. - Navigation lights on starboard side should be green, not blue. Many of these lights sometimes look blue when not lit in photographs, but on Tomcats (and on all other fighters) they are more green. Easy fix here is to paint some clear green right on to the blue, to give you that green/blue look. - The white area behind the steps is too clean and white. More pastel work will fix this as well to replicate boot marks, etc. - The tips of the horizontal stabilizers have yellow colored circular antennas on them. This is another easy fix with yellow paint. Pic here: http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle2/f-14b_162911/images/f-14b_162911_22_of_43.jpg Again, great build and I only note the above because I've "been there and done that" myself. Edited April 26, 2012 by chuck540z3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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