Aigore Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanx rustywelder :D There´s many stories surrounding the persian Phoenix... Considering that Iran had almost 300 missiles and not all stored at the same location it´s doubtful all would have been sabotaged, Same goes for the Tomcat firecontroll, that was also rumored to have been sabotaged, out of 79 kittys it´s very doubtful they would have been able to sabotage all of them.... simply because US personel didn´t have access to all att all times. SHort of destroying all the phoenix and the Tomcats they would have been made operational over time anyways,maybe deployment would have been delayed... Remember that the Phoenix is basicly 60´s tech so there wasn´t an insurmountable tech barrier for the Iranians. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rustywelder Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Seb and Janne, Cheers for sorting me out on that, it can get quite hard sorting truth from fiction about Iran here some times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 I have a little update today as well :D I got some PE in my postbox today (thanx Henrik) Then I happened to put some decals on the wings and fins.. That Hasegawa PE sheet must be made from stainless steel! I had to use real brute force to get the PE off the sheet. Anyways, some found theur way into the canop innards... And I could finish the boarding ladder! I then decided it was time to clean up the rear...some putty and sanding. And a new coat of paint. That´s all for today... Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Janne, Oh goodness...such lovely work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanx Holmes :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Good stuff Im jeeping 1 step behind on mine to pick up your tricks ;-) Your the main trsfic on thi GB!! Ill join you soon with my F-5 but i doupt ill atract has much attention !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Thanx Neo :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Sweet! Looks simply awesome, Janne... Please, don't forget the "Allah" symbol on the left wing underside (and it's not symmetrical to the roundel on the right wing - as some IRIAF F-14 had two of them, like shown on the instructions) Greetings Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Thanx again Diego :D No worries :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 The canopy gets it! Painted the frame black and dry brushed it... Then I glued in the rear mirrors into the canopy.. And glued in the frame.... Quick shots of dilluted clear coat on top and then demasking :D Other then the canopy I´ve painted the wheel bay doors and primed the struts... nothing worth taking pics of :P Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Janne, its a real pleasure watching you build this kit mate. Really inspirational. Deacon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Thanx deacon :-D Very kind of you to say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 Tonight´s update :D Got the vertical stabs glued on... And the landing gears are painted.... now it´s time for the some detailing :D Started with the nose wheel strut and added a few copper wires and lead wires. See if I can´t do something about the MLGs tomorrow :D Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 Oki, MLGs! Added some wires... Painted the wires... Put the MLGs together and then dirtied them up with a wash... And glued into place, there´s a piano wire sticking out from where the wheel goes...I did a dodo earlier, I´ll explain later. Then I put the nose gear together... And glued it into place, actually it clicked into place in the aires well, nice :D There, now the kitty can stan on it´s own three feet :D About the dodo I did... There was no holes in the resin wheels so they´d fit onto the struts... So I meassured the square pegs in the struts and arrived at the conclussion that I should drill a 3 mm hole in the wheels. So I did, but as I was drilling the last hole I realized I was stupid and should simply have cut the peg off the strut, inserted piano wire and then drill small holes in the wheels! Well I had to fill the hole I drilled with superglue so I can drill new holes later :P Enoughy about the wheels now :D Tomorrow I´ll put on the last decals, then seal them with a clear coat and then it´s weathering time! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 There.. Done with the decals! Didn´t keep me from putting a couple of decals in the wrong place though... The stencils are the same as in US Hi vis schemes...except for a couple of stencils. In US cats they are placed right next to the intakes but in (IIAF) IRIAF markings it´s placed right under the IRIAF (IIAF) decal. Of course I didn´t check so I had to remove the decals I misplaced..... Then I sealed the decals with a clear coat... Now I´ll just wait for the clear coat to cure so I can start weathering :D Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 damn you work fast! and goooooooood!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thanx Seb :D Nah, been at it for a month and a half now :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Weathering! Yup, it´s time to get dirty! I´ll end up with a slightly overweathered alicat, but hey! you know me :D First I made a thin panel line wash that I splashed all over the model with a flat brush. Then I wiped it off when it was dry to the touch... Then it was time for rain streaks... I made a palette and squeezed out some artis oils on it... I then dotted the paints all over the surface in a random pattern. I wiped it off in the rain direction, that is wings and upper surfaces I wiped front to back and on the sides I wiped from up to down. The next step was to make dirt streaks, these are made by dotting chosen paints in places where you expect dirt streaks or leakage and such. And finally I sealed the weathering with a flat coat! All that´s left to do now is final assembly and painting the lights and adding the antennaes :D That means this is the final update on the WIP forum..see you in the displaycase sometimne durng this week! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Now it´s finished! Here´s a little teaser until I get the hobby room cleaned and rigged for a photo shoot :D Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amen Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) So nice and fast build! It seems you had previous experience with tomcats (its not an easy kit to complete) Well done amazing result! Edited September 1, 2012 by Amen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Thanx Amen :D Well this is my third gawa kitty so I guess I`m experienced :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 She looks mighty fine now hat she is dressed up a little :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Thanx holmes :-D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fan Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 NICE Tomcat... that remindes me... have to take photos of my F-4.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Thanx Tomcat fan :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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