Mike C Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Phew! I finally finished this project. It didn't take that long, but with the amount of effort that I had put into this building this kit, it felt like a very long time. Here's the WIP thread. I have always wanted to build a Jolly Rogers bird, especially a Tomcat. But being a somewhat lazy and stingy modeler, I waited until Academy released their special edition Jolly Rogers boxing a few years ago, with the fantastic Cartograf decals. Although all the reviews I've read of the kit all said it was pretty bad, I still bought it anyway because of the price. Was it worth it? I think so. Sure it's got lots of issues, but they can be overcome with a bit of patience (and tons of putty and elbow grease!!! ). I'm quite happy with the end result. Will I build another Academy F-14? Depends. Yes for in-flight, but No for wheels down. I initially wanted to build this wheels down, but since Academy completely stuffed up the wheel bay (there was probably literally a dozen ejection pin marks - see my WIP thread), I decided to build this bird in-flight. But I can't be bothered with putting pilot figures in the cockpit. Just pretend that it's remote controlled. OK? If that still bothers you, well... tough! I made a few "boo boos", but hey... it's a constant learning process, isn't it? ;) As is my habit, here's the list of paint that I used to paint and weather the bird: - Overall coat: Gunze Aqueous H315 (FS16440) - this paint is very glossy, and quite a bit more translucent than Gunze's semi-gloss greys - Pre-shading: Tamiya XF-54 Dark Sea Grey - Wing bladder seal: Gunze Aqueous FS36118 - Tamiya X-18 Semi-Gloss Black - Missiles' body: Gunze Aqueous Gloss White - Burner cans: 3 different metallics from Mr Metal Color range. Dark Iron, Iron, and mixture of Dark Iron + Aluminium (which ended up the same colour as Stainless!! ) - Leading edge of the vertical stabs: Gunze Aqueous H311 FS36622 - Gloss coat: Gunze Aqueous gloss clear - Weathering: oil wash and a bit of Tamiya Smoke - Finishing coat: Tamiya Semi Gloss Clear BTW, the stand is Academy's Display Stand. Continued... Edited October 26, 2017 by Mike C Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike C Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Some close-up pics... Continued... Edited October 26, 2017 by Mike C Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Ssssssssssssmokin....good. Very nice 'cat......wrong scale though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike C Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Some more close ups... of the wings... Here are a couple of snaps outdoors... And finally on the shelf.... 'Later!! Edited October 26, 2017 by Mike C Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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