Hajo L. Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Sorry for beeing a bit late to the party, but as promised, I join the GB with this kit: This will be my fourth Hobbyboss F-14, the kits are very nice in my opinion. The build will be nearly completely OOB, although I got a nice surprise when I bought a bundle of 1/72 aircraft weapons, pilots and other stuff: It also contained a Resin-cockpit for the Tomcat! I have no idea what brand it is, and it is most likely not designed for the Hobbyboss-kit, but I think at least the basic cockpit should work with the kit. This way I will also get around the problem with the Hobbyboss-cockpit, which has no features on the side-consoles and also doesn´t provide any decals for this. The F-14D-kit DOES have decals for the side consoles.... HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ichitoe Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Great choice for your build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 The resin cockpit fits quite well into the two front halves, at least while I was dry-fitting it: But first I started painting all the instruments. First a coat of grey (Revell 76), then light black for all panels and bigger instruments. Then I highlighted buttons and knobs with silver and finally gave it a touch with a white pencil. Green window color for the screens. Finally I had to sand off some parts of the sides to make it really fit, but now it sits good! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Status of this afternoon: I just attached the front to the main fuselage and the bird is waiting for the glue to dry. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Progress is fast and easy! Sitting on its own legs: And the Cat's belly in its full beauty: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) Next step I did yesterday and today was the crew. I used two figures of my first "real good" F-14, a Fujimi-kit I did in the early 90ies. First step was to check the combo of resin seats, figures and cockpit: I apologize for the slightly fuzzy pictures, but I think you´ll get the idea. I had to amputate their legs to make them fit into the cockpit. As a reminiscence to his former workplace (my "real good" Fujimi F-14 was a VF-41 "Black Aces" bird) the backseater is wearing a VF-41-logo on his helmet: Next project will be the canopy. The Hobbyboss-canopies have a nasty seam, but I was able to sand and polish it of on my previous three Tomcats, so I´m quite optimistic it will work out as well here. HAJO Edited January 19, 2019 by Hajo L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 I commenced with cutting the offending seam off with an x-acto-knife and used the knife also to smooth the canopy further down. Then I started using various profiles of a nail-polishing-tool: Last step in this progress was a good rub with my fingers dipped into smokers-toothpaste. This stuff is good for polishing things like "yellow teeth"... 😉 And then: a coat of Future! The crew already waits for the canopy: And the front windshield is attached! This is how the bird looks now, hopefully I can start painting tomorrow: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Color on! Base was Revells Bright Grey 76: The darker camo-spots were done using Revells 57, darkened a bit with 79 so that they also got a bit "blueish" tone: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Painted F-14-Model.................................Check! Various decals.........................................Check! Scissor and needle..................................Check! Warm water..............................................Check! Toilet paper..............................................Check! Top Gun Soundtrack................................Check! Amazon Account (for impulse shopping T-Shirt "Because I was inverted")....................Check!! 😁 HAJO Edited January 27, 2019 by Hajo L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 The bird is done! And his "D"-buddy in a classic scheme: I´ll do some more pictures soon, but I´ll have to spend a week on vacation first... 😉 HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Great Job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Done! More pictures in the gallery! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Nice one. I had a look at the gallery and the shot with your 4 Tomcats is pretty cool. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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