HOLMES Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 BEAUTIFUL work.. The gear bay looks EXCELLENT Your photos are very sharp and clear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thank you HOLMES. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mareku Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Great job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 It's easy to tell that this build is going to be terrific- and the modeler is a master. Great, great beginning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Mareku, Chuck thank you very much! :) I think you overestimate my skills a "little". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) So this is how it looks so far...after some painting, washing and placing Eduard placards. I will paint it more and I will also fix some painting mistakes. :)/> Edited November 12, 2014 by tomfomes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manuel J. Armas S. Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Great detail... I like it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mareku Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Very nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Wow!!! The gear bay is looking so good! Can't wait to see more! Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dryguy Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) Excellent work so far!! One other area of (in)accuracy I can alert you to in the trumpeter kit, although you are a long way to go before constructing them, is the forward phoenix pallets. Perhaps get some tamiya spares? Edited September 3, 2012 by dryguy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Excellent work so far!! One other area of (in)accuracy I can alert you to in the trumpeter kit, although you are a long way to go before constructing them, is the forward phoenix pallets. Perhaps get some tamiya spares? Thank you. I didn't know about inaccurate forward phoenix pallets. What's wrong with them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Excellent start on this one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Okay, so I need a little help. :) Where can I find F-14D blueprints? I tried mr. google, but found only F-14A blueprints. Thank you for help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dryguy Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 The problem with the forward phoenix palletes is that the curved part is much too flat and not bulged enough. If you wanted I guess you could leave them off and just arm up with sparrows? When you get to constucting the nose, I suggest attaching the plastic radome, and then trimming it to a accept metal pitot. Trumpeter have not put attachment line close enough to the tip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 The problem with the forward phoenix palletes is that the curved part is much too flat and not bulged enough. If you wanted I guess you could leave them off and just arm up with sparrows? When you get to constucting the nose, I suggest attaching the plastic radome, and then trimming it to a accept metal pitot. Trumpeter have not put attachment line close enough to the tip. I am planning to arm up with GBU-16s, so I will need those forward palletes. Thanks for tips about the nose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SILLYMAY Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 UNBELIEVABLE! Beautiful work! Keep it up. Very inspiring! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mustanger Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Brilliant work thus far. Keep it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Thank you all for kind words. Here are some new pictures about the gear bay. I finished with it for now. Edited November 12, 2014 by tomfomes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) I started to work on main gear. Needed some putty after glueing it together. This is too thin according to real image (this is thickest guitar string I have). So now I need to buy a thicker guitar string. Edited November 12, 2014 by tomfomes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dryguy Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 wow this is fast becoming a tutorial from a master Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Very nice start to the most beautiful fighter ever designed in the history of aviation! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Wow, what a detail work on the wheel well and nose gear. I like it a lot. Since this is going to be F-14D what markings are you looking to place on this fine jet? Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomfomes Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Wow, what a detail work on the wheel well and nose gear. I like it a lot. Since this is going to be F-14D what markings are you looking to place on this fine jet? Mike Hi Mike. Thank you very much. Just look down at my signature. I'm planning to build F-14D BuNo.164342 NE 106 of VF-2 'Bounty Hunters'. It was the first VF-2 jet to fire its M-61 Vulcan 20 mm cannon in anger during OIF. Pilot Lt Tony Culic led his flight below the cloud layers to successfully destroy Iraqi APC hiding in a treeline. After refuelling, and despite deteriorating weather, he once again led his flight below the clouds and into a high threat area to conduct attacks in support of Coalition troops who were being fired upon. He quickly and skillfully directed multiple visual bomb and gun attacks at very high speed and low altitude, destroying or dispersing all enemy forces and rescuing Coalition troops. He recieved an Air Medal for these actions. (info from book US NAVY F-14 TOMCAT UNITS OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM by Tony Holmes) Here is a picture of a pilot: I'm considering to load it with two AIM-9s, LANTIRN, one AIM-54C, two GBU-16s and a solitary GBU-12 on the left front pallet as you can see on the next picture: Edited November 12, 2014 by tomfomes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Totally awesome. I think Zotz decals are the only thing in market to do VF-2 in low viz markings. I have a set and I highly recommend if you still don't have one yet. I'll be following your build with great interest. Keep up the good work. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomcat21 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Man that looks awesome Edited September 6, 2012 by tomcat21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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