ESzczesniak Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I'm a slow builder and a bit slow to the game on this one. But I finally finished my Tamiya 1/48 F-14A. As others have said, it's a gem to build. Mine is OOB except...no really, it's totally OOB. I have always been slightly uneasy about clean Tomcats, but this gull gray over white just doesn't get that dirty. I found one picture of a VF-84 F-14A on page 19 of the Colors and Markings book (don't think I can put it here due to copy right) though that showed a pretty dirty bird. So I used this as my guide to allow this to be as dirty as reasonable for this scheme. I've got another one that will be a TPS Jolly Rogers bird that will get the full treatment. I've also never been happy with out of the bottle gloss gull grays. They match the paint chip well, but don't seem to match photos well. So I mixed my own from Vallejo and am pretty happy with results. Just like photos, with slight changes in lighting (basically white balance), it takes on a bit of a blue gray or yellow gray look. So here are the pictures. As always, comments for future improvement are welcome and thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fighting Eighty-Four Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Beautiful work on this! Very nice, crisp paint and weathering. I am impressed with how precise everything is. Your exhausts and cockpit really stand out. Of course I love the markings choice. :-) Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocketdrvr Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Nicely Done! Reminds me of the "Final Countdown". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 NOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I use MM Acryl for my Light Gull Gray. I've always thought it had the right "look", and it matches the FS color chip almost exactly. The way a color looks in a picture brings up the age old discussion about lighting, processing, etc. The best example is looking at Dave Brown's Tomcat Alley. There is a series of pictures of overall gull gray Tomcats, and each one takes on a different hue. They all look to be different colors, yet they are all the same. That's why it's so hard to go off of photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fefster Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Oustanding Work!!! Congrats!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Simple, clean, not over done on the weathering and you gotta love that livery 👍😎 Outstanding OOB . Mr. Happy (In name only) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamitri Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Looks great. What colors did you mix from vallejo ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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