Pete Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Got the grey paint on the model, but forgot to paint the walkway are first. So, I painted that area dark gull grey and started masking it. When that's done, I will give it another coat of light gull grey (had to do some touch ups anyway), and then it should be ready for a glosscoat. The wings, stabs, tailfins and other smaller parts already got the glosscoat on, and I decided to test some decals from the Repliscale sheet on one of the tailfins. Looks pretty nice, I think: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It does like nice Pete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 It does look very nice ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 More decals! I've started decaling the model, and I'm using no less than 5 different sheets to get it like the real one. The Repli-Scale sheet for the unit markings, 2 old Microscale F-14 sheets for some of the stencils, another Microscale sheet for the national insignias, and the kit sheet for some other stencils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's looking real sharp Pete! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 The decals collection looks pretty good! Will it be in-flight or on the ground? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Thanks guys. It will be on the ground, Arnobiz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Added the exhausts today. These were a bit tricky to assemble, and maybe I should have taken a bit more care on them. Oh well, I shall consider it a lesson for the next Hasegawa F-14. It's starting to look like a proper Tomcat now: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 These exhausts look excellent, are they kit parts or the Aires bits? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 These are just the kit ones. They look alright, from a distance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) At least they fit: The Aires nozzles have much better detail than the kit parts but are notably undersized (About 1-2mm in diameter I reckon...) :(/> Edited April 17, 2013 by arnobiz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hmm, I will remember that for future builds. Not that the kit ones are an easy fit. I had to scrape of some plastic on the inside of the petal part to fit on the rest, and had to use a file to get them to fit in the fuselage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Just a quick post, no pics. I'm done with the decals, and the glosscoat is drying as we speak. On tuesday, I will try to brew some nice light grey wash for it. If I do my best, I could have it finished by the end of the week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cpoud117 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I can't wait to see it done ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Here's how far I am right now. I still have to finish the wheels, the cockpit, do the red edges on the gear doors and glue them in place, assemble the weapon pylons, and finish a CATM-9. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Nice work as usual Pete! Do you usually leave the pitot off till your almost finished? I'm trying to figure out how to cut down on braking the ones off of my builds while they are under construction. Edited May 1, 2013 by Spectre711 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Very nice work Pete. No weapons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Nice work as usual Pete! Do you usually leave the pitot off till your almost finished? I'm trying to figure out how to cut down on braking the ones off of my builds while they are under construction. Thanks. On this build I actually had it glued on before the painting and all, but of course I snapped it off. I will have to make a new one as the last step of this build Very nice work Pete. No weapons? Thanks. Only a CATM-9 (a blue sidewinder). Since this is a reserve plane, I doubt they flew much with live weapons, so I will go for a more standard day to day load. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Finished! More pics in the display case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 If not for the title I'd never have known this was 1/72. Well done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 That looks awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Very clean build, well done :) Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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